Results on one of the last big nights of the primary season suggested that even in a year when voter dissatisfaction is high, incumbents should not be counted out.
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Tea Party Choice, Sharron Angle, Scrambles in Taking on Harry Reid
Senator Harry Reid seems to have found a lifeline in his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle, who has stumbled in her campaign.
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On Politics: A Primary Victory Boosts White House — For Now
Senator Michael Bennet’s win in the Colorado primary gives Democrats hope of stemming an anti-incumbent tide in November.
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Senate Set to End Stalemate and Extend Jobless Aid
Senate Democrats are poised to break a partisan stalemate over extending benefits, but the fight seems certain to play out as a midterm election issue.
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Democrats Fight to Hold Crucial Seat: Kennedy’s
Operatives are scrambling to help Martha Coakley’s Senate campaign as the state is bombarded with ads.
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Magazine Preview: Reid Faces Battles in Washington and at Home
While pushing the president’s agenda through a nearly dysfunctional Senate, Harry Reid is trying to keep his job.
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Senate Hopeful in New State Airs Evolving Views
An official New Yorker since 2009, Harold E. Ford Jr. said that he’d revised his view on abortion and gay marriage.
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Obama Takes New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws
The new approach could avoid setting off fights with lawmakers, but will make it harder to keep track of which statutes the White House believes it can disregard.
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Ford Says He Won’t Be ‘Bullied’
Harold E. Ford Jr. fired back at the supporters of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as he considers challenging her.
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Race for Kennedy’s Seat Heats Up
New financial reports give the Democrat a boost, but outside groups are weighing in on both sides.
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Democrats Anxious Over a Once-Safe Seat
Scott P. Brown’s Senate campaign is throwing a scare into Martha M. Coakley and Massachusetts Democrats.
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Democrats Wary as Two Senators Decide to Retire
The Democrats face a perilous environment that could hold major implications for this year’s midterm elections.
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What’s the Outlook for Democrats?
What it means now that Senators Dodd and Dorgan are stepping down.
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Citing Tough Race, Dodd Steps Aside
The announcement by the Connecticut Democrat opens the way for the state’s popular attorney general to run for his Senate seat.
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Democrats Face Shifting and Perilous Political Environment
The decisions from Senators Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut and Byron L. Dorgan of North Dakota to retire have brought new attention to the Democratic Party's troubles.
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Decision Sets Stage for Pitched Battle
Against determined Republican opposition, Democrats hope to keep a Senate seat they have held for 46 years.
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Senator Dorgan of North Dakota Will Retire
Senator Byron L. Dorgan will not seek re-election, a sign of the difficulties Democrats will face in midterm voting.
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Legislators Work to Improve Laws on Runaways
New laws would make sweeping changes in the way runaways are handled by the police and social workers.
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States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill
States that have already broadened health care coverage say that the Senate overhaul bill unfairly penalizes them.
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Catholic Group Supports Senate on Abortion Aid
Catholic hospitals have apparently split with bishops on an abortion-financing compromise in the health bill.
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A Morning of Glee and Glumness
Democrats and their allies rejoiced over their successful Christmas Eve vote, while Republicans sat scowling at their desks.
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For Reid, a Hard Climb to the Pinnacle
Thursday’s vote on health care was a highlight of Harry Reid’s career, one characterized in no small part by its sheer inscrutability.
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News Analysis: In Senate Health Care Vote, New Partisan Vitriol
The Senate’s final vote marks the culmination of more than a generation of polarization of the political system.
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