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5 Surprises from the 2018 Midterm Elections
The 2018 cycle was no different, with 22 House and three Senate races still uncalled by 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.
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The 2018 cycle was no different, with 22 House and three Senate races still uncalled by 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Beto O’Rourke, who is also being sent home after losing his Senate bid. Rep.
“And them being in the majority, I’m just going to blame them,” he said, remarkably just moments after extolling his contribution to expanding the GOP majority in the Senate.
Kavanaugh’s confirmation threw a wildcard into the race for Senate control.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is fond of saying that unlike the House, the Senate is in the “personnel business.”
Claire McCaskill told reporters she doesn’t “really care” whether Democrats win back a majority in the Senate or if Republicans squeak out another win.
Joe Manchin has won re-election in West Virginia in the heart of Trump country, dispatching Republican state Attorney General Patrick Morissey.
Tester has never won a Senate race with more than 50 percent.
President Donald Trump will make final pleas Monday to voters in three battleground states — Ohio, Indiana and Missouri — as he tries to boost Republican candidates with control of the House and Senate
Joe Donnelly of trying to “steal” his re-election bid by purchasing Facebook ads for the libertarian candidate on the ticket to siphon votes from his GOP foe.
Some suspected that he wanted to make sure the ordeal would not impact his re-election, while John Nance Garner, a “wet” Texas Democrat known as “Cactus Jack,” objected to proceeding because he believed
The ad was paid for by DefendArizona, a super PAC aligned with Senate Republicans that has spent nearly $22 million boosting Arizona Senate candidate Rep.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the only member of the Republican leadership not facing a conference-imposed term limit on his role.
Beto O’Rourke donate his Senate campaign money to other candidates and causes.
Trump’s goal is to limit Democratic gains in the House and pick up one or more seats in the Senate. And his every move is made with an eye toward his own expected 2020 re-election bid.
McCaskill, one of 10 Democratic Senate incumbents running for re-election this year in a state Trump won in 2016, is locked in a tight battle with GOP Attorney General Josh Hawley.
Those bills wouldn’t likely make their way into law even if the party wins control of the Senate — the president has veto power after all.
In June, conservatives in the Senate helped sink a plan backed by Bush to overhaul the country’s immigration policies.
Joe Manchin reportedly told Senate Democratic leaders about Congress earlier this year.
Tim Kaine had a 5-point edge over Republican challenger Corey Stewart in the state’s Senate race.