Will Republicans Take The Senate?
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5 Things to Watch in Senate Races Tuesday Night
All along, the biggest question in this election was whether Republicans could take over the Senate and add it to their solid House majority.
Republicans need to gain six net seats to do so. Three, in states where Democrats are retiring, seem nearly certain: West Virginia, Montana and South Dakota.
Republicans' chief targets elsewhere are Democrats running for re-election in states that President Barack Obama lost: Alaska, Louisiana, Arkansas and North Carolina.
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Republicans eye slim Senate majority
Republicans are spending the final weekend of campaigning before Tuesday's election sizing up the possibility of their first Senate majority in nearly a decade, but with key races still too close to call.
Latest polls show some critical Senate races tightening, guaranteeing a night of drama and suspense on Tuesday, as Republicans strive for a net gain of six seats to capture the chamber. A GOP victory would give the party complete control on Capitol Hill and the ability to constrain President Barack
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Brutal new polls for Democrats make a GOP Senate landslide look quite possible
This morning, the GOP's chances of taking the Senate rose to their highest yet in Vox's average of the major forecasting models. The new release of the highly-respected Des Moines Register poll was particularly brutal for the party, since it gave Republican Joni Ernst a sizable seven point lead on Democrat Bruce Braley.
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