Ensign Charts Course for GOP to Retake Senate
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Surveying the 2008 playing field, Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, the man charged with the unenviable task of leading Republicans back to the majority in 2008, lists five seats currently held by his party -- Colorado, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Minnesota -- as trouble spots.
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Rasmussen Reports - Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee (R) has pulled to within two points of challenger Sheldon Whitehouse in his bid for re-election. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll in Rhode Island shows Whitehouse earning support from 44% of voters while Chafee attracts 42%.&nbsp; Whitehouse had a six point lead last month.
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A Senate electoral playing field that was already wide open for 2008 has become considerably more perilous for Republicans with the retirement of Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) and the resignation of scandal-scarred Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho).
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With more than half the Florida vote counted, the Arizona Senator is projected to win the winner-take-all GOP primary
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A state senator said he is evaluating whether to continue his bid for a second term after a Charleston television station aired revealing pictures of him last week.
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One might expect Republican senators to cheer the prospect of a colleague becoming the party's presidential nominee.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Leading the majority party in the Senate, a job that has been likened to herding cats, is tough enough in ordinary times. For Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), last week's Republican election triumphs paradoxically made the job tougher yet.
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U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris led early primary election tabulations Tuesday in her bid to claim the GOP nomination for the Senate, and Rep. Jim Davis led in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.
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The GOP tries to regain control in a state that hasn't seen a Republican governor in 20 years.
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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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The Republican Party has lined up to beat back a conservative primary challenge to the most liberal Republican in the Senate, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
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Democratic state education superintendent Inez Tenenbaum is giving Republicans an unexpectedly tough battle for a U.S. Senate seat in conservative South Carolina.
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The Republican candidate takes on the tough task of defending his positions before religious conservatives today.
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Analysis: The election of the once disgraced politician as the number two Senate Republican may mean that the G.O.P. has no intention of getting along too well with the new party in power
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Republicans captured Democratic seats in Georgia and South Carolina Tuesday night and reached out for renewed control of the Senate.
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The New York senator weighs in on whether Republicans would gain an advantage.