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KS SENATE: Baseline Analysis

July 2, 2009
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy writes that Kansas is one of five open GOP-held Senate seats, and will be the easiest for the party to hold. In fact, the real contest is the Republican primary between Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt. Whoever wins the nomination will very likely be the Sunflower State’s next Senator.
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IN and IA Baseline Analyses

June 25, 2009
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy takes a look at the Senate races in Indiana and Iowa, and finds two incumbents who start the cycle as heavy favorites for re-election.
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IL SENATE: Baseline Analysis

June 18, 2009
Senior Editor Jennifer Duffy writes that about the only thing certain in the Illinois Senate race is that, one way or another, appointed Democratic Sen. Roland Burris will not be the party’s nominee in 2010. As Democrats wait to see whether their preferred candidate, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, decides to get in the race, other Senate hopefuls are waiting in the wings, including state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, who raised $1.1 million in the first quarter. While Democrats are preoccupied with their primary maneuvering, Republicans are busy recruiting a top-tier challenger. They believe that the sour political environment in the state provides an opening for them, even in heavily Democratic Illinois.
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