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In Georgia, a mad sprint to capture the U.S. Senate
The nation’s immediate future comes down to this: one month in one state. In Georgia, Democrats need to win both U.S. Senate runoffs in January in order to control the chamber, and Republicans need to keep their base fired up.
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Ernst, Greenfield in dead heat for Iowa Senate seat
Iowa’s Senate race is one of the country's most expensive, as Republican incumbent Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield are locked in a dead heat. Andrew Batt of Iowa PBS explains the candidates’ closing messages as both parties battle…
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Here are the Senate seats that will be critical in 2020
While nearly two dozen candidates are competing for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, that party is facing the opposite predicament in the Senate: not enough top-tier candidates are running, in part because many strong contenders are in the presidential race…
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Brooks and Marcus on what’s fueling the president’s ‘ramped up’ rhetoric
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s rhetoric on immigration policy and the federal judiciary, his denial of Saudi involvement…
Although Election Day is past, a Senate contest in Mississippi remains to be decided. The race has attracted national attention due to a controversial remark made by the Republican incumbent, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, in a social media video that went…
In our news wrap Thursday, a pre-winter storm spread across the Eastern U.S., leaving six people dead and causing mass power outages. Also, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insisted that she has the votes to become speaker come January, dismissing…
Among the record number of women elected to Congress last week is former CIA case officer Abigail Spanberger, who defeated two-term Republican Rep. Dave Brat in Virginia's 7th District. Rep.-elect Spanberger will become the first woman ever to represent the…
President Trump is at the White House for Election Day. While his appearances on the campaign trail have concluded, he continues to make his voice heard through social media, tweeting out polling locations and last-minute endorsements. Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy…
Democratic Congressional candidates now hold a nine-point advantage over Republicans, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. But can polls be trusted? In 2016, polls in key states showed Hillary Clinton winning handily. Donald Trump…
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