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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,2006
ELECTION 2006
Republicans could lose U.S. House
WASHINGTON — A half-dozen Republican congressmen ushered into office in the 1994 GOP tidal wave that tossed Democrats from power may be swept out on Tuesday, casualties of a Democratic surge fueled by anger over the Iraq war.
On the eve of the midterm elections, Republicans are hoping their acclaimed get-out-the-vote operation will ensure majority control. But some say privately they have a slim chance of retaining the House after a campaign centered on turmoil in Iraq, President Bush's sagging approval numbers, political scandals and corruption investigations.
"It all gets down to Republicans turning out the vote," said Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., chairman of the House GOP's election effort.
Sidedel for 12 years, Democrats appear poised to win the House in a shift that likely would elevate Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California to speaker, the nation's first woman to hold that office, and herald in at least two years of Democratic rule.
At least 50 Republican seats are endangered, many with incumbents facing fierce challenges from Democrats who have sought to capitalize on the public's intense disenchantment with one-party rule.
In the minority, Democrats need to gain 15 seats to seize control of the House.
On the defensive, Republicans have spent months trying to beat back well-funded Democratic opponents in districts stretching from New Hampshire to California. In the campaign's homestretch, Democrats have widened the battlefield by going after Republicans in states that historically have been solid GOP territory, including Idaho and Kansas.
ELECTION 2006
Democrats poised to take over Senate
TOM RAUM ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The fate of a clutch of endangered Republican incumbents, including some from states that heavily supported President Bush two years ago, will determine who controls the Senate for the rest of the Bush presidency. Both parties are spending millions of dollars in last-ditch efforts to influence those contests.
By contrast, few Democratic incumbents are in danger this year. Nearly every Democratic senator seeking re-election seems assured of another term, polls suggest.
Not so with Republicans.
Facing difficult re-election battles are Republican Sens. Conrad Burns of Montana, George Allen of Virginia, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Jim Talent of Missouri and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
Furthermore, Republicans face a strong challenge in Tennessee for the now-GOP seat held by retiring
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
Democrats also were hopeful for a victory over Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, where polls have shown a tightening contest in recent days between the incumbent and former state Democratic Party chairman Jim Pederson, a shopping mall developer.
Democrats need a gain of six seats to win back the Senate, which they last controlled in 2002. Republicans now control 55 seats in the 100-member chamber.
Republicans are facing headwinds that include an increasingly unpopular war in Iraq, a president with low approval ratings, voter disgust over a slew of congressional scandals and the historic pattern of midterm losses in the sixth year for the party holding the White House
"The political environment has been very tough for Republicans for many, many months," acknowledged Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, who heads the Senate Republican campaign effort. "No question about it."
Sen. Barack Obama, D-III, left, laughs as he chats with Sen. Dick Durk, D-III, right, during a campaign rally in Grayscale, III. The two men were campaigning for Democrat Melissa Bean who is running for re-election to seat in Illinois '8th Congressional district.
Jeff Roberson/ASSOCIATED PRES:
Politicians try to get voters out at last minute
ELECTION 2006
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats pushed their get-out-the-vote efforts to full throttle and political luminaries hopscotched the nation on behalf of candidates as some polls showed Tuesday's midterm elections tightening.
President Bush jetted to Florida Monday to campaign for GOP candidates, but Charlie Crist planned to duck a rally with Bush in Pensacola to campaign at the Lox Around the Clock restaurant in Delray Beach.
The White House was clearly irritated with the candidate's decision not to appear with the president. Bush political strategist Karl Rove mockingly questioned what kind of alternate rally Crist could put together that would rival the 10,000-person crowd Bush was expected to draw.
Former President Clinton campaigned in upstate New York on behalf of Democratic House candidates before flying to Virginia for Senate challenger Jim Webb and Rhode Island to be with Senate candidate Sheldon Whitehouse.
for voter turnout to be mediocre in off-year elections. And both parties have put together legal teams for possible challenges.
Polls showed a mixed picture of the electorate. A CNN poll released Monday said 58 percent of likely
voters would cast their ballots for Democrats running for Congress and 38 percent for Republicans. But a Pew survey and a Washington Post-ABC News poll showed the gap narrowing to four to six percentage points.
The greatest obstacle for both parties is the historical tendency
Republicans and Democrats sent thousands of volunteers to states with the most contested races to work phone banks and canvass neighborhoods to turn out voters.
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