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Democrats May Keep the Senate—With a Little GOP Help
27 Mar 2024 12:51 GMT
The Republican primary voters of Ohio, in their infinite wisdom, selected a businessman named Bernie Moreno as their nominee to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. Moreno, who was endorsed (of course) by former President Donald Trump, …
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Lisa Blunt Rochester announces campaign for US Senate
21 Jun 2023 13:03 GMT
U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester is looking to switch chambers at the U.S. Capitol.
The four-term representative (D-Del.) announced Wednesday she will campaign to fill the seat being vacated by Senator Tom Carper, who announced he will retire at …
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Senate majority up for grabs after months of GOP holding the advantage
15 Oct 2022 19:20 GMT
Vice President Kamala Harris may be spending more time on Capitol Hill.
President Joe Biden's understudy, as president of the Senate, has already cast 26 tiebreaking votes for Democrats since the ticket took office on Jan. 20, 2021. That's due to …
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Laura Ingraham DEMANDS Viewers Get Excited About Total Garbage GOP Senate Candidates, Dammit!
23 Aug 2022 21:42 GMT
Laura Ingraham is really tired of everybody acting like Republican candidates for Senate are fucking bugfuck stupid crazy losers from stupid bugfuck loser crazy town. Just because they are literally Herschel Walker and that sentient mound of human butthair …
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Celebrity candidates threaten GOP's hopes of a Senate majority
07 Aug 2022 12:30 GMT
Inexperienced Republican candidates are threatening to cost Mitch McConnell a long-anticipated Senate majority in this year's midterms.
The big picture: The GOP roster is filled with Trump-endorsed celebrities who've never run political campaigns — …
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Former Pence aide slams 'extremist, far-right' Kathy Barnette — and says she could cost Republicans a Senate seat
14 May 2022 00:34 GMT
On Friday's edition of CNN's "The Lead," former Mike Pence communications aide Alyssa Farah Griffin tore into Kathy Barnette, the far right radio host who has unexpectedly surged in polls to threaten frontrunners Dr. Mehmet Oz and David …
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McConnell insists it's 'possible' Republicans could fall short of Senate takeover
13 Apr 2022 06:18 GMT
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it's 'possible' that the Republicans could screw up their chances of retaking the Senate this fall, pointing to some 'bizarre' candidates of the past.
'This atmosphere for …
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Mitch McConnell says GOP Senate candidates' views on Trump are 'irrelevant' to him: 'You have to have electable nominees'
31 Mar 2022 16:30 GMT
McConnell said the GOP could "screw this up" in the 2022 midterms if they don't have "electable nominees."
"How you feel about former President Trump is irrelevant," the Senate Minority Leader said.
McConnell and Trump …
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The biggest obstacle Republicans face in the battle for the Senate
22 Mar 2022 23:49 GMT
Greitens, who quickly faced calls from Senate Republicans and his GOP primary opponents to exit the race, has denied the allegations. Missouri is a solidly red state, but some Republicans fear that Greitens, who had been viewed as the front-runner in the …
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Tea Party Extremism Creates Opportunities For
07 Mar 2019 06:53 GMT
[Publisher's Weekly RoundUp]
What are some of the lessons from last week's primary voting? Prospects are suddenly looking better for the Democrats in one of the houses of Congress.
The Tea Party could turn out as a blessing in some form for the …