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Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, celebrates in Boston with wife Gail, center, and daughter Ayla, right, after winning a special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell denies accusations that she misspent campaign funds and suspects a political smear. (Associated Press)

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Alaska Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller (right) confers on Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, with his attorney, Thomas Van Flein.

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A security officer checks Joe Miller as he enters the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, for his court case against the State of Alaska in the U.S. Senate race with Sen. Lisa Murkowski. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)

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In this Dec. 1, 2010, file photo, Scott Kendall, an attorney for Lisa Murkowski's U.S. Senate campaign, speaks to Ketchikan Superior Court Judge William Carey via teleconference in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn, File)

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Rand Paul, left, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, talks with Paul Kennedy, of Fort Wright, Ky., during a campaign stop at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. (AP Photo/The Enquirer, Patrick Reddy)

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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina talks to a potential voter as she visits with volunteers working a phone bank during a campaign stop in Elk Grove, Calif., Monday, Nov. 1,. 2010. Fiorina, who is battling to unseat Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, was on the campaign trail on the final day before Tuesday's election.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Marco Rubio, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida, speaks to supporters in Pensacola, Fla. If elected, he would join a New Jersey Democrat as a second Cuban-American in the Senate. (Associated Press)

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Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate seen here in April at a union rally, has not distanced himself from President Obama, who is still more popular in Illinois than anywhere else. (AP Photo)

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Associated Press A poll last week had U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, ahead of his Democratic rival by 11 points.

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Associated Press Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in California Carly Fiorina, seen here at campaign even Sept. 13 in Glendale, Calif., has a very personal reason for her pro-life stance. Her mother-in-law was advised to abort the son who became her husband.

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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican turned independent, talks to reporters in Miami on Friday after the first debate between the candidates running for an open U.S. Senate seat.

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**FILE** Republican U.S. Senate nominee Marco Rubio takes the Pledge of Allegiance before addressing supporters during a "Reclaim America" town-hall meeting in Longwood, Fla., in 2010. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Christine O'Donnell, Delaware's Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, attends the Sussex County Republican Committee picnic at Dave Wilson's Auction on Sunday in Lincoln. She said she canceled Sunday TV talk-show appearances to campaign at events in her state.

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Kelly Ayotte, celebrates with her husband, Joe Daley, after learning she won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Concord, N.H. The former state attorney general defeated tea-party-backed conservative Ovide Lamontagne in the GOP primary on Tuesday.

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Rep. Mike Castle, left, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Delaware, is helped off stage after addressing supporters after his defeat on primary election night Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, in Wilmington, Del. Christine O'Donnell defeated Castle. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kelly Ayotte talks to supporters with her husband Joe Daley at her side in Concord, N.H., Tuesday, Sept. 14,2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe Miller (center) talks with supporters in Anchorage, Alaska. His defeat of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the state's primary is partly attributed to "tea party" support.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of U.S. Senate hopeful Linda McMahon (center) celebrate winning the GOP nomination in May. Though early polls showed Mrs. McMahon trailing considerably behind Democratic rival Richard Blumenthal, an August poll shows Mrs. McMahon behind by only 10 percentage points.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Joe Miller, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, and his wife, Kathleen, enter election central in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday. Returns showed Mr. Miller ahead of incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski.