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Mildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate
Democrats are growing hopeful they can recapture the U.S. Senate in this fall’s midterm elections amid President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings. But they still need nearly everything to break their way against a map that put them at a starting disadvantage, analysts and campaign officia...
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What happenedMildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate.
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Left / center-leftMildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate
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Mildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate
Democrats are growing hopeful they can recapture the U.S. Senate in this fall’s midterm elections amid President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings. But they still need nearly every...
Mildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate
Democrats are growing hopeful they can recapture the U.S. Senate in this fall’s midterm elections amid President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings. But they still need nearly every...
Mildly blue or a blue tsunami? 9 states will decide if Dems flip control of U.S. Senate
Democrats are growing hopeful they can recapture the U.S. Senate in this fall’s midterm elections amid President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings. But they still need nearly every...