Florida Senate: Harris (R) 33%;  Nelson (D) 56%
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Rasmussen Reports - Now that Florida&#39;s gubernatorial primaries are over, Democratic Senator Ben Nelson has finally started running TV spots in support of his reelection bid.
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Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has won the endorsement of two fellow Democratic senators from the heartland Â Ben Nelson, a popular moderate in largely Republican Nebraska and Claire McCaskill from Missouri, historically a bellwether in presidential contests.
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Next stop: Florida primary on Tuesday, Jan. 29
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Democratic hopes for a gain of at least one Senate seat in 2008 are growing, buoyed by new campaign finance reports and polls in New Mexico. Despite retiring Republican Sen. Pete V. Domenici's long tenure, popularity and strong reputation in the state, Democratic Rep. Tom Udall already dominates his two Republican challengers.
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Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey in Montana shows Democrat Jon Tester leading incumbent Republican Sen.
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THE RACE: Support for Republican, Democratic candidates in the presidential races in Florida
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Democratic Rep. Harold Ford is running even with Republican Bob Corker in Tennessee, while Democrat Jon Tester has edged ahead of Sen. Conrad Burns in Montana, according to polls released Sunday for some of the most contested Senate races.
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Florida Democrat Christine Jennings has gained plenty of attention for her cliffhanger House race in the open 13th District Ã¢ÂÂ just not the kind that she desired in her strong bid for the seat that two-term Republican Rep. Katherine Harris left open for a Senate bid that failed.
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Rasmussen Reports - Now that Republican State Senator Jim Barnett has won the August 1 primary, Governor Kathleen Sebelius leads her challenger 48% to 37%, a drop from seventeen percentage points in our last survey,&nbsp;to eleven.The Governor&#39;s support has yet to rise much above 50% in any case. But the decline reflects the closer competition we often see in a final campaign stretch and have been seeing in races around the country.
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Rasmussen Reports - The Tennessee Senate race is getting closer and Rasmussen Reports now classifies the Corker-Ford race as a &quot;Toss-Up.&quot; Previously, it had been rated &quot;Leans Republican.&quot; This reduces the number of states in the Republican or Leans Republican categories to 49. Forty-five (45) Senate seats are favored to remain in&nbsp;Democratic hands while 6 are now in the Toss-Up category. (see State-by-State Summary).
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A complete vote count in the race between New Mexico Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson and Democratic challenger Patricia Madrid showed the incumbent leading by 879 votes, the Associated Press reported Monday. Madrid has scheduled a press conference Tuesday Ã¢ÂÂ but it was not clear whether she will concede or challenge the outcome in the stateÃ¢ÂÂs Albuquerque-area 1st District.
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HawaiiÃ¢ÂÂs reputation as a Democratic-leaning Ã¢ÂÂblueÃ¢ÂÂ state was confirmed in SaturdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary elections, which featured closely contested Democratic primaries for the Senate and the 2nd District that drew substantially more voters than did the much lower-profile Republican contests.
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Point guard Devin Harris&#39; play in the preseason has impressed Mavericks coach Don Nelson enough to start the rookie from Wisconsin.
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U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris overcame a campaign ridiculed even by her own party to claim the GOP nomination for the Senate on Tuesday, and Rep. Jim Davis held a narrow lead in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.
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Republican frontrunners locked in race to win today's Florida primary
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Republicans toppled Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, winning their biggest Senate prize and expanding their majority in a Southern sweep. They added wins in Alaska and Florida on Wednesday.
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DAMASCUS -- US Senator Bill Nelson met President Bashar al-Assad of Syria yesterday, a week after a US bipartisan panel recommended the Bush administration engage Syria to help stabilize Iraq. Nelson, a Florida Democrat, was named to the Intelligence Committee this week and said he was on a fact-finding mission to the region. Members of the US Congress have shunned ...