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Senate challenger Mike McFadden has accused incumbent Al Franken (left) of failing to stop Minnesota from becoming a recruiting ground for extremists. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Kay Hagan, North Carolina Democrat, has been polling strong and energizing her base while Republican candidate for Senate Thom Tillis is struggling to gain the support of more conservative members of the GOP. (Associated Press)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney didn't win Colorado two years ago as the Republican presidential candidate in 2012, but he was back in the Rocky Mountain State on Monday, campaigning on behalf of the party's candidates for governor, Senate, the House and other offices. (Associated PRess)
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Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Kentucky Democrat running for Senate, has been trying to dent Sen. Mitch McConnell on the farm bill, which he supported. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C. makes a statement during a debate with Republican candidate for Senate Thom Tillis at UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, N.C., in this Sept. 3, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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Local residents say that after last year's flood Rep. Cory Gardner, Republican candidate for Senate, was a "workhorse" and actively assisting constituents.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters following a GOP policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Republicans are increasingly optimistic that they can tilt enough seats to capture the Senate majority for the first time since the 2006 elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, endorses Senate hopeful Scott Brown during a campaign event at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., on Sept. 12. (Associated Press)
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The Capitol will be bustling again as House and Senate members return from a five-week recess. Before heading back home for last-minute campaigning, lawmakers must get to work on several key bills — including a continuing resolution to extend funding for government agencies — improving on what has proved to be a decent year of progress, according to The Washington Times' Legislative Futility Index. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C. makes a statement during a live televised debate with Republican candidate for Senate Thom Tillis at UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)
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Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C. makes a statement during a live televised debate with Republican candidate for Senate Thom Tillis at UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)
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Republican candidate for Senate Thom Tillis (right) and Concerned Veterans for America been airing attack ads targeting incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan for the conditions of VA facilities in North Carolina, but analysts say the issue will have little impact on the race. (Associated press)
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Rep. Cory Gardner, a Republican Senate candidate in Colorado, wants to see birth control pills handed out over the counter. (Associated Press)
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FOREGONE CONCLUSION: Former head of clandestine services Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., says a Senate report on CIA torture after the Sept. 11 terror attacks is biased away from the facts. (associated press/cia)
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A Virginia state Senate panel on Wednesday advanced a modified version of a bill that would prevent people convicted of domestic abuse crimes from possessing or transporting a gun. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute Director Harold Varmus testifying in May at a Senate hearing in Washington on the fight against cancer. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Democrat Michelle Nunn, center, a U.S. Senate candidate, greets supportes after a candidates forum with Republican nominee David Perdue, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Macon, Ga. The Georgia race is one of the most closely watched this year as Republicans make a push to take control of the Senate for the last two years of Obama's term. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kent D. Johnson) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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U.S. Senate candidates, Democrat Michelle Nunn, left, and Republican David Perdue, shake hands before their televised candidates forum Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Macon, Ga. The Georgia race is one of the most closely watched this year as Republicans make a push to take control of the Senate for the last two years of Obama's term. (AP Photo/The Macon Telegraph, Woody Marshall)
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, center, speaks at the Republican Party of Arkansas' Victory 365 center in Little Rock, Ark., on Aug. 19, 2014, as attorney general candidate Leslie Rutledge, left, and Senate candidate and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., listen. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ** FILE **
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National Edition News cover for August 16, 2014 - Harry Reid shifts funds in effort to maintain Democrats' Senate majority: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to reporters after a Democratic caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. As lawmakers race to adjourn this week, the Senate is facing a myriad of problems, including: keeping federal highway money flowing to states with an infusion of billions of dollars; the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border where tens of thousands of Central American kids are flowing in; funding for Israel's iron dome air defense system; and the growing tension with Russia over the crisis in Ukraine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
