Control of US Senate hinges on handful of hard-fought contests
326228
A handful of nail-biter contests could flip control of the US Senate to the Democrats in the November 2 election, while the House of Representatives is expected to remain firmly in the grasp of George W. Bush's Republican Party.
339589
Republicans are poised to renew their grip on the House on Tuesday, and Democrats&#39; faint hopes of a Senate takeover hinge on close races in a string of southern and western states that favor President Bush.
126245
A US senator suffers a possible stroke, which could lead to Republicans regaining control of the Senate.
232094
The race for Florida's open Senate seat could play a huge role in shaping the nation's political landscape in the years to come: It could determine which party controls the Senate, and even influence the presidential race. That is the easy part.
536189
While the 2008 presidential campaign  grabs most of the headlines, Republicans hope to buck the odds  on another front -- the U.S. Senate, where last year they  narrowly lost control to the Democrats.
325451
Democrats must gain six seats in the  November 7 election to recapture U.S. Senate control, and they  lead in three of the seven most vulnerable Republican-held  states, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
210275
As President Bush enters a tight two-month battle to win another term in the White House, fellow Republicans seem headed toward retaining control of a sharply divided U.S. Congress.
138592
Democrats and Republicans swapped a pair of US Senate seats in Tuesday&#39;s elections as they battled for control of a sharply divided US Congress, according to television network projections.
132504
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.
466691
Republicans were well-positioned to retain narrow control of the Senate as voters went to the polls Tuesday, but with nine races too close to call, Democrats still had a long-shot chance of scoring an upset, political analysts said.
344631
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.
406085
WASHINGTON -- The Senate race in America&#39;s political battle was proving as pitched as the main event yesterday as Republicans renewed their claim on the Senate floor and reached out to grab hold of Democratic seats across the south.
81876
The Republican Party retained control of the US Senate after yesterday&#39;s election by picking up seats in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
740146
For the first time in almost 30 years, the full Senate plans to take up the D.C. voting-rights issue in a showdown Tuesday that could either give the legislation a strong push or kill it for this year.
362432
With control of the Senate in the balance, Democrats are battling an apparent Republican surge in GOP strongholds where President Bush is running strong, from the Deep South to South Dakota.
272023
In the nation's most dramatic &#151; and most expensive Senate race &#151; Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota is scrambling to maintain his political life in a state where Republicans say the Democrat is out of touch with people in a state that solidly supports President Bush.
33322
As New Yorkers go to the polls tomorrow, perhaps the most important question other than who wins the presidency will be whether the Democrats make inroads in Republican control of the State Senate.