The growth in the number of registered Latino voters, the influence of the Tea Party, and anti-incumbent fervor have combined to open the door for a particular kind of Democrat to win a U.S.
Senate seat in Arizona.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-parraz/change-az-needs_b_643688.html
The last possible competitor who could make a race of the Senate seat previously held by Hillary Clinton just announced he wouldn't run.
Former New York Republican Gov. George E. Pataki has decided not to mount an election challenge against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this fall.
Source:
http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/04/13/ny-sen-gillibrand-does-it-again/
Scott Brown--the new star Republican Senator--was accused of harassing a female campaign worker in 1998.
Did the Democrats blow an opportunity to keep their 60th Senate seat?
Source:
http://gawker.com/5489364/the-scandalous-scott-brown-lawsuit-that-no-one-told-you-about
Striving for an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown pushed ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley on Tuesday in a U.S.
Senate election that became a referendum on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and his first year.
Obama will campaign in Massachusetts this weekend for Martha Coakley in a bid to save Kennedy's former Senate seat -- and with it the Democrats' filibuster-proof majority.
Source:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703657604575005212723179150.html
Sen.
Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) announced this evening that hes retiring at the end of his term, a shocking development that threatens Democratic control of his Senate seat next year.Dorgan was up for re-election in 2010, but the third-term senator wasn't facing any strong Republican opposition-- but was facing the growing possibility of a serious...
Source:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0110/In_shocker_Dorgan_announces_retirement.html
