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Richard Shelby

October 28, 2008 - 4:36pm
NEWS: Nevada

Ensign loses battle for campaign cash

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter
John Ensign

WASHINGTON - National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Ensign's desperate pleas to his colleagues for campaign cash have largely fallen on deaf ears.

With a week to go until Election Day, Ensign has collected contributions to the NRSC from only a handful of members, according to an internal committee count. The lack of giving left the NRSC $9 million short of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

The uneven financial playing field comes as a handful of Senate seats hang in the balance. Public polling shows races in Oregon, North Carolina, Minnesota, Georgia, Kentucky, and Mississippi as tight. Should Democrats gain 9 seats on Election Day they will have the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster.

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April 25, 2008 - 2:05pm

Friday political trivia: The Class of '86

By Wally Edge
Category: US Senate
Tags: John McCain, George McGovern, Harry Reid, Barbara Mikulski, Tom Daschle, Richard Shelby, Gary Hart, Bob Graham, Barry Goldwater, Slade Gorton, Kent Conrad, Brock Adams, Kit Bond, Thomas Eagleton, John Breaux, Russell Long, Tim Wirth, Terry Sanford

Who were the newly elected Senators of 1986? And How many of Barbara Mikulski's freshman colleagues are still there today?

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