Loss of Georgia Seat for Democrats Could Cost Senate
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Democrats' hopes of retaining a Senate seat in Georgia are fading fast and such a loss could deal a fatal blow to the party's chances of regaining control of the Senate.
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The primary election defeat of two congressional veterans from Maryland Â one Democrat, one Republican Â could signal the breadth of anti-incumbent sentiment and raise warning signs for both parties.
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Tim Johnson's illness has threatened the Democrats' majority. But that may not be such a bad thing
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The Democrats suddenly face a map with unexpected opportunities in their battle for control of the Senate.
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It's no secret that Senate Democrats are looking at a target-rich environment in 2008. Open Republican seats in Colorado, Virginia and Nebraska are likely to be seriously contested by Democrats, while Republican incumbents in Maine, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Oregon are also in danger.
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As Washington is riveted by the potential political fallout from Sen. Tim Johnson's brain surgery, some people in South Dakota remember when one of its Senate seats sat empty for three years.
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Control of the U.S. Senate could be determined by Republican Gov. Mike Rounds if a replacement must be named for Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson.
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Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson was in critical condition after brain surgery, the U.S. Capitol physician said on Thursday, an illness that could deprive Democrats of their precarious hold on the incoming Senate.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Supporters of Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama say they are concerned that the protracted Democratic presidential nomination fight over delegates may hurt the party's chance to win in November.
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Sen. Tim Johnson was critically ill on Thursday after brain surgery for a potentially deadly bleeding that could deprive his fellow Democrats of their razor-thin hold on the new Senate.
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Often when the dust settles on a Democratic Senate primary in Maryland, the hard work is done and the winner can expect to roll over the Republican in the fall. Not this time.
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Democrats are poised for U.S. Senate gains in the November 7 election, but face an uphill battle to pick up the six seats they need for control, according to Reuters/Zogby polls released on Thursday.
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Republicans and Democrats swapped seats in Georgia and Illinois as they battled for Senate control in a string of races concentrated in the South and West.
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A Democratic senator was recovering from emergency brain surgery after falling abruptly ill, as the party's newly won control of the US Senate hung in the balance.
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The election results point to serious problems, like an inability to reach outside the Democratic base.
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YANKTON, S.D. -- Democratic hopes of regaining the Senate majority hinge first on defending five endangered seats, with none more important than that of Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle. Daschle, long a fixture of South Dakota politics, is holding on by a thread as Republicans spend millions to try to protect their thin majority and topple a high-profile nemesis. Democrats have spent even more, making this lightly populated prairie state the unlikely epicenter of a battle for control of the Senate.
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Republicans captured a previously Democratic-held Senate seat in Georgia on Tuesday as they battled to retain control of a sharply divided US Congress, according to Fox and NBC network projections.