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Democrat Raphael Warnock Projected Winner of Georgia Senate Runoff
If he is elected, Raphael Warnock will be the first Black senator from Georgia in the state’s history.
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What Early Voting Turnout Tells Us About Tuesday's Georgia Senate Runoff Races
Millions of Georgia residents have already cast their ballots for Tuesday’s Senate runoff races, but according to a recent poll, Gen Z and Millennials are lagging other age groups. NBCLX’s political storyteller Noah Pransky explains what this tells us about the election that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and our country’s next two years.
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McConnell on Election Senate Wins: ‘We Had a Very Good Day'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke optimistically to reporters on Friday about the results of the Senate race on Election Day.
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Maine Senate Race Heads for Close Finish
The Senate contest between incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon is the costliest political race in Maine history. The two candidates and their allies together have spent more than $120 million on television advertising alone, but neither had an edge in the polls ahead of Election Day.
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Maine's Collins-Gideon Senate Showdown Heats Up in Final Stretch
The four-way, ranked-choice battle for U.S. Senate happening in Maine this year is the most expensive political race in Maine history and one of the most closely watched across the country this year. With two weeks to go until Election Day, Sen. Susan Collins is facing her “fiercest challenge” yet, according to Andrew Rudalevige, professor of government at Bowdoin...
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Markey, O'Connor Face Off in Senate Debate
Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and Republican challenger Kevin O’Connor sparred on everything from mask-wearing to the Green New Deal in their first and only scheduled debate Monday. The matchup was hosted by GBH News with each candidate in a different studio at the station — a last minute logistical change the station said was needed to help...
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Collins Won't Say in Debate Who She'll Vote for in November
Democrat Sara Gideon sought to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine, with President Donald Trump during their first debate Friday night, and she demanded several times that Collins say whether she’ll vote for him — a dare Collins wouldn’t take. Collins, who has said she didn’t vote for Trump four years ago, brushed off the question, saying voters...
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Markey and Kennedy Race Is One of the Most Watched in Mass.
Several primary races are taking place in Massachusetts Tuesday but one of the most closely watched is between incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and challenger Congressman Joe Kennedy III.
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Markey, Kennedy Make Final Campaign Push Before Primary
At least two new polls show Ed Markey ahead by 10 or more points in the senate race.
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Susan Collins Faces Uphill Battle in Maine Senate Race, According to New Poll
After serving for 23 years as a popular U.S. senator, Maine Republican Susan Collins appears to be in trouble. “When I first moved here, I was a huge Susan Collins fan, but I’m incredibly disappointed in her in the last couple of years,” said Kristen Dalton of South Berwick. The latest poll, released by Colby College Tuesday, shows Collins...
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Markey and Kennedy Face off in Debate
In a race that features few policy differences, the debate was very much about scoring points with voters.
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‘A Clash of the Titans:' Markey, Kennedy Debate for US Senate Seat
In a tight race between well-known candidates who closely align on the issues, pundits say the bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate between Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy III will come down to personality versus policy. “It’s a clash of the titans. This is really the clash of the titans,” Suffolk University Political Research Center...
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Meet the Candidates: Kevin O'Connor
Sue O’Connell sat down with Kevin O’Connor, a lawyer running in the 2020 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.
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Markey-Kennedy Senate Race Tightens
Anyone following the US Senate race between Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy knows the race has evolved since it began last September when Kennedy had a 14-point lead in the first poll. Boston University Professor Tom Whalen says, “I think it has definitely tightened.” And as the polls have narrowed, the race has grown increasingly heated with the most...
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Markey-Kennedy Senate Race Heats Up
The competition is heating up between Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy.
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Social Justice Issues Promise to Be Pivotal for Kennedy, Markey
While the coronavirus crisis and economic downturn have been a central focus of the U.S. Senate race, social justice issues have also become a priority. Massachusetts voters say the issue of Black Lives Matter will play a role when it comes time to vote for either Ed Markey or Joe Kennedy III.
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Planned Parenthood Endorses Challenger to Sen. Susan Collins
Planned Parenthood Action Fund said Tuesday that Collins “turned her back” on women. It cites her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as well as other judicial nominees who oppose abortion. Collins was honored by Planned Parenthood as recently as 2017 as “an outspoken champion for women’s health.” Collins is facing the toughest reelection bid of her…
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Markey and Kennedy Meet and Talk Immigration
Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy III both joined a discussion on the refugee cap.
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Joe Kennedy Kicks Off Challenge Against Ed Markey
Democratic Congressman Joe Kennedy III announced on Saturday that he’s jumping into the 2020 Senate race.
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Sen. Warren Promises Mass. Democrats She'll Focus on the Issues
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren promised fellow Massachusetts Democrats at their annual state convention Saturday that in her quest for the White House, she’ll keep fighting on the issues that first propelled her into Senate. Defeating President Donald Trump is critical, Warren said, but the party needs to talk about what’s broken in the country, from racism to the growing gap...