Control of U.S. Senate down to wire in two pivotal races

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Control of U.S. Senate down to wire in two pivotal races
To which party will the Senate tilt? The answer depends on nine key races, with many ...
Steven Thomma, McClatchy News Service

Last update: October 24, 2006 – 7:00 AM


WASHINGTON -- Republican Senate candidates have fought back to regain an edge in two key races, pivotal battlegrounds that could determine which party controls the Senate, according to a series of new McClatchy-MSNBC polls and a companion Virginia Poll.

Republicans hold narrow leads in Tennessee and Virginia, two states where the party hopes to build a Southern bulwark against a Democratic tide that's threatening their Senate seats elsewhere in the country.

The new polls show Democrats leading in two states they must hold -- New Jersey and Washington -- as well as in five states now held by Republicans: Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

Yet even if Democrats take all seven of those battleground states, they still need to win either Tennessee or Virginia to take control of the Senate. Democrats must gain six seats overall to take a majority. "Control of the Senate is going to come down to Tennessee and Virginia," said Brad Coker, the pollster for Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., who conducted the surveys for McClatchy-MSNBC in eight states.

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I just saw that earlier today. I think Ford is our best chance though.