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- Elizabeth Warren vs. Scott Brown in first debate: what they need to doChallenger Elizabeth Warren will debate Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts Thursday. The race, one of the nation's most closely watched, is seen as a tossup.
- Elizabeth Warren takes slim lead in Massachusetts Senate racePolls show that Elizabeth Warren has overturned a small deficit and now has a small lead over Sen. Scott Brown. But with both candidates' favorability ratings rising, the race remains tight.
- Who will stick with Todd Akin?Todd Akin, refusing to bow out of the Missouri Senate race, is appealing to social conservatives, religious pro-family groups, and high-profile politicos to try to steer his campaign back on course.
- Todd Akin says he's staying in Senate race, despite furor over rape commentTodd Akin's remark on 'legitimate rape' set off a firestorm, including within Republican ranks. If he were to drop out of the Missouri Senate race before 5 p.m. Tuesday, the state party can nominate a replacement.
- 'Legitimate rape' comment by GOP's Todd Akin shakes up Missouri Senate raceAmid furor over Rep. Todd Akin's comment – that women's bodies are almost always able to prevent pregnancy in cases of 'legitimate rape' – Democrats have new hope of defending their most vulnerable US Senate seat.
- Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin lifts GOP hopes for US Senate takeoverBefore he won Wisconsin's Senate primary Tuesday, Tommy Thompson led Democrat Tammy Baldwin in a hypothetical matchup by 5 points, a poll showed. This marks the former governor's reentry into politics.
- Stakes high for GOP as Wisconsin voters settle on a Senate matchupWisconsin has an open US Senate seat, and Republicans hope to pick it off on their way to a takeover of the upper chamber. Voters decide Tuesday which of four candidates will carry the GOP banner into the fall election.
- 'Welfare-voter' spat in Massachusetts part of larger political duelRepublican Sen. Scott Brown says Massachusetts' decision to try to expand voter registration among welfare recipients is a blatant political maneuver. But it is part of a national trend.
- Scott Brown to Elizabeth Warren: Pony up for state's 'welfare voter' driveSen. Scott Brown (R) said Friday that rival Elizabeth Warren should reimburse Massachusetts for the cost of mailing voter-registration forms to welfare recipients – a move he says was calculated to help her campaign.Â
- 'Welfare voters' are latest battleground in Brown-Warren Senate raceGOP Sen. Scott Brown charges that a new drive to register low-income voters in Massachusetts is a bid to boost support for Democrat Elizabeth Warren, pushed by a left-leaning group with ties to the challenger.
- Missouri primary: Tea party win sets up battle for control of SenateEmbattled Sen. Claire McCaskill now faces US Rep. Todd Akin, who ran on tea party fiscal issues and evangelical social issues, in a race set to turn on sharp ideological contrasts.
- How Missouri Senate primary fits into tea party strategy for Election 2012Three Republican candidates – all with tea party ties – are vying in Tuesday's Missouri primary for the chance to take on Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the fall. GOP takeover of the Senate is a top tea party aim.
- Ted Cruz, pulling an upset, is poised to boost tea party ranks in SenateTed Cruz, the new darling of the tea party, easily won his primary runoff against Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and is favored to win in November. He could become a spokesman for no-compromise conservatives.
- Elizabeth Warren: What will Obama's 'you didn't build that' ally say to DNC?Elizabeth Warren may fill two roles at the DNC: a champion of the little guy who fires up the base and someone who presents Democrats as the mainstream alternative to the party of the rich.
- Sen. Orrin Hatch survives tea party primary challenge: how he did itOrrin Hatch, a six-term veteran of the US Senate, fought off a tea party-backed challenge in Utah’s Republican primary Tuesday. His tactics could serve as a lesson for other GOP incumbents.
- Sen. Orrin Hatch: Will the tea party bring him down in Utah?Six-term US Sen. Orrin Hatch faces his first Republican primary election since 1976, challenged by tea party favorite State Senator Dan Liljenquist. Will Hatch suffer the same political fate at the hands of the tea party as defeated GOP Senate veterans Bob Bennett and Richard Lugar?
- US Senate: Can a Maine independent heal a broken Congress?Independent former Gov. Angus King, who is running for the US Senate seat of disillusioned moderate Republican Olympia Snowe, hopes to play kingmaker in a divided Congress.
- Has Elizabeth Warren put the 'Cherokee issue' behind her?Elizabeth Warren has won the Democratic nomination to challenge US Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts. But questions about her claim to Native American ancestry continue to dog her.
- Cherokees hammer Elizabeth Warren on ancestry claim ahead of Mass. party conventionIndian reporters and activists want answers from Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, who has given muddled replies about whether she used unsupported claims of Cherokee ancestry to further her academic career at Harvard.
- Elizabeth Warren says she informed employers of 'native American heritage'Elizabeth Warren, who is seeking to unseat Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, has clarified what she told Harvard and Penn about her native American heritage and when.Â