It’s likely to go down to the wire in the tightly contested New Hampshire Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Coats. Bayh was a late entrant to the race and had an early lead in polls. “And that is good news for democracy when people participate”.
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Leahy was first elected in 1974 from the liberal state. He ran unsuccessfully for state comptroller in 2002 and governor in 2006.
The presidential race was expected to help Democrats because of high turnout and the state’s two-to-one Democratic enrollment edge.
Most legislative incumbents elsewhere in the state coasted to re-election after facing only token opposition.
In such an outcome, the new US vice president – either Democrat Tim Kaine or Republican Mike Pence – would be the tiebreaker in the Senate and determine control of that chamber. Democrat Arnold Drucker faces Republican Louis Imbroto.
Meanwhile, House leaders will be watching races in a few dozen states to see if Democrats are able to stage upsets, or if the GOP manages to hold onto the bulk of its House majority.
“We’re forecasting Democrats to win control of the Senate, but only by the slimmest of margins”, Sabato wrote.
The current district includes Harlem and parts of the Bronx. If the early trend holds, the Republicans would maintain control, which would give them power over both chambers of Congress for another two years.
“It requires for Donald Trump, reaching across the aisle and for Hillary Clinton, the same if she were to be president”.
The Trump campaign filed suit against the Clark County registrar, accusing him of intentionally coordinating with Democratic activists “in order to skew the vote unlawfully in favor of Democratic candidates”. The GOP held an enormous 59-seat advantage coming into Tuesday. And the Trump backlash predicted by Democrats wasn’t as significant as expected.
Illinois – Republican Senator Mark Kirk is trying to fend off a challenge from Democratic Representative Tammy Duckworth. Daniel Patrick Moynihan announced his retirement in 1998.
Despite his planning, Kaine ended up second in line – perhaps also appropriate for the potential vice president.
Daily local news headlines from the Rockdale Citizen. Women left hundreds of voting stickers as tributes. Paducah residents will vote for mayor and city commission.
Nora Rubel is director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute at the University of Rochester. Toomey, in fact, waited until just before 7 p.m. Tuesday to cast his vote, which he did for Trump, after ducking the question much of the year.
If Republicans were to lose a net five seats, McConnell would likely return as the Senate’s minority leader – a title he held from 2007 through 2015 – when the Senate convenes in January.
In the Hoosier State showdown for an open seat, Republicans have a strong candidate in Rep.
Ryan is expected to easily hold the House majority, though it nearly certainly will shrink by a dozen or so seats. There are two open seats downstate.
NY voters will decide which political party controls the state Senate this election.
With less than half the votes counted Republicans were ahead in several pivotal races. The lone executive offices held by Democrats are attorney general and secretary of state.
Democrats picked up a Senate seat from Republicans when Representative Tammy Duckworth, as expected, defeated Senator Mark Kirk in IL, according to the major TV networks.
The outcome of the presidential race is expected to have a major impact on the outcome of the congressional campaigns, with a handful of Senate races at center stage. But since President Barack Obama’s election in 2008, Republicans have made historic gains in Appalachian coal communities by running against Obama’s energy policies that they say have hastened the demise of the coal industry.
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Bryant also visited Trump at his NY headquarters in Trump Tower and attended the third presidential debate in Las Vegas, but said he wasn’t interested in an appointment in a Trump administration.
