Democrats' Meddling Made Critical Senate Seat Close to Unwinnable for GOP

National Democrats spent big dollars boosting a number of hardline conservatives in roughly a dozen Republican primaries this summer in the hope those candidates' polarizing brand of politics would tip independents to support their party's candidates.

A Washington Post analysis last week found Democrats had spent nearly $53 million in nine states through September in an effort to boost far-right candidates to victory. And entering the fall, it looks like Democrats' risky strategy could very well pay off, particularly in one race many observers see as critical to the party maintaining its slim Senate majority next Congress....