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Democrats' lead fades in Colorado Senate race. Is state not so blue after all?Democratic Sen. Mark Udall appears to be distancing himself from an unpopular president but may have miscalculated by focusing so much of his campaign on women and reproductive rights.聽
Ebola issue takes center stage in final Iowa Senate debateRep. Bruce Braley, the Democratic candidate, scored points from having just attended a Washington congressional hearing on Ebola, one expert says. Republican state Sen. Joni Ernst criticized the administration for being 'reactive rather than proactive.'
Kansas debate: Did Roberts stick 'liberal Democrat' label on independent Orman?In the聽Wednesday聽debate, embattled Sen. Pat Roberts tried to paint his opponent, Greg Orman, as a Democrat in disguise. For his part, Orman, an independent, had a blunt message: The problem in Washington is both聽political parties.
Iowa Senate candidates call in star power to swing tight raceMichelle Obama and Mitt Romney head to Iowa to stump for Senate hopefuls. But, while high-powered endorsements might energize the party base, there's not much evidence they sway many voters, one expert says.
FocusHas politics lost its 'human touch'? Louisiana Senate race is test case.For the parties, getting people to vote is all about marrying voter data and high-tech capabilities with a human touch: interaction with voters 鈥� on the phone, at their door, via snail mail. Here's how this is happening in the Louisiana Senate race.
Kentucky Senate race: how it became 'Clash of the Titans'The matchup between Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes is on track to be the biggest spending race in US Senate history, most of it by outside groups.聽
In unexpected twist, Iowa's Joni Ernst could save GOP's Senate dreamIn a race that was once a dead heat, Republican Joni Ernst has pulled ahead of Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley, even as Democrats in states like North Carolina prove less vulnerable than strategists once thought.
'Depose Harry Reid' is rallying cry for GOP Senate candidates: Good strategy?From聽Kentucky to Alaska, GOP Senate candidates argue that a vote for a Democrat is a vote for majority leader Harry Reid. Cast your ballot for the Republican, and you can flip the Senate and dump the dictator, they say.
Senate campaign 2014: Brought to you by 'dark money' like never beforeCampaign spending by 'dark money' groups is eight times higher than about this time in the last midterm campaign cycle, and it's mainly going to TV ads in races that could tip control of the US Senate.
Michigan Senate race: Can outsider millions make climate change an issue?Outside groups backed by the Koch brothers on the right and environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer on the left are pumping millions into a race that tests whether climate issues can play well for Democrats in moderate states.
Shaheen-Brown race tightens in N.H., poll shows. Is Obama to blame?Suddenly, N.H. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) and former Mass. Sen. Scott Brown (R) are only two points apart. The last Granite State Poll had them 12 points apart. But the shift may not be as big as it seems.
No tea party break for Democrats in AlaskaDan Sullivan, former Alaska attorney general, won the Republican Senate primary Tuesday 鈥� not tea partyer Joe Miller. Now Sen. Mark Begich (D) is in for a battle royale.
West Virginia Senate test: Which candidate can cozy up closest to coal?Coal is the gold standard in West Virginia, where Senate candidate Natalie Tennant bashes her GOP rival for appearing on the campaign trail with out-of-stater Mitt Romney, who once said coal 'kills people.'
Alaska Senate primary: GOP mobilizes to thwart Democratic 'meddling'In 2010 and '12, Democrats funded ads to topple GOP 'establishment' candidates before they could get to a general election. But this year Republicans saw it coming in Alaska, and 'establishment' favorite Dan Sullivan is campaigning on it.
Republicans and race: why Mississippi drama mattersAt an emotional meeting in Chicago, the Republican National Committee steered clear of 'race-baiting' allegations in Mississippi's GOP Senate runoff. But the issue of how Republicans reach out to blacks is very much alive.聽
Tea party losses cheer some Republicans, but chill Democrats' Senate hopesIn the fight for control of the Senate, Democrats had been counting on Republicans to elect tea party candidates in the primaries who would be too extreme for a general election. They didn't.
Lamar Alexander: how a Senate moderate is thriving in GOP primarySen. Lamar Alexander voted with Senate Democrats to back immigration reform, yet that doesn't appear to have clobbered his prospects in Thursday's GOP primary.
Tuesday's primaries offer important lessons in Republican civil warThe tea party failed to beat the vulnerable Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, but it did fend off an establishment challenge against two influential House members. The big takeaway: candidate quality matters.
Sen. Pat Roberts trashed by Obama cousin for living away from home stateFor voters, a senator with a home away from home can signal selling out to Washington. Milton Wolf, a distant relative of the president, is using that argument against Sen. Pat Roberts in Tuesday's Kansas Republican primary.
Is Dems' endangered US Senate seat in Colorado safer now?Top Democrats in Colorado this week managed to keep two antifracking measures off the ballot 鈥� initiatives that could have caused Sen. Mark Udall (D) all sorts of difficulty in his tight reelection bid.
