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W.Va. gov. wins Democratic primary for US Senate (AP)

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin speaks during a news conference at his campaign headquarters on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, in Charleston, W.Va. Manchin defeated Ken Hechler and Sheirl Fletcher in a special election and will represent the Democrats in the November general election to fill the void left by the death of U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd. (AP Photo/Randy Snyder)AP – Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.


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W.Va. governor wins Dem primary for US Senate (AP)

Businessman John Raese, flanked by his daughters, from left,  Agnes and Jane and wife Liz, addresses his supporters at the Hotel Morgan i after being declared the Republican winner in the West Virginia primary, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010 in Morgantown, W.Va. Raese, a wealthy businessman, defeated a crowded field of GOP candidates. He now becomes key to the GOP's quest to dismantle the Democratic Senate majority. Democrats are clinging to the majority as high unemployment and the slow economic recovery take a toll on their political prospects this fall. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)AP – Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.


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W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem primary for US Senate (AP)

FILE - In this March 11, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., talks during a news conference discussing the economy on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vitter survived a 2007 prostitution scandal and has shrugged off fresh questions about his judgment in allowing a knife-wielding aide to remain on his staff for more than two years. Vitter has been dogged by questions about his personal life. Yet in a GOP year and in a GOP-leaning state, the incumbent is on track to win the Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, primary against two little-known Republicans. He has been more focused on Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, his likely opponent in November. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP – Popular Gov. Joe Manchin easily won the Democratic nomination Saturday in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd. A crowded field of 10 Republicans were vying for the chance to take on Manchin in November, with a wealthy businessman and a former U.S. House candidate among the best-known GOP contenders.


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W.Va., La. voters go to polls for Senate primaries (AP)

FILE - In this March 11, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., talks during a news conference discussing the economy on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vitter survived a 2007 prostitution scandal and has shrugged off fresh questions about his judgment in allowing a knife-wielding aide to remain on his staff for more than two years. Vitter has been dogged by questions about his personal life. Yet in a GOP year and in a GOP-leaning state, the incumbent is on track to win the Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, primary against two little-known Republicans. He has been more focused on Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, his likely opponent in November. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP – Fourteen candidates sought a shot at the late Robert C. Byrd’s Senate seat, with popular Gov. Joe Manchin the front-runner on the Democratic side and a wealthy businessman and a former U.S. House candidate the best-known of the GOP contenders in Saturday’s primary.


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Palin a central figure in tight Alaska Senate race (AP)

Republican primary candidate for U.S. Senate  Joe Miller, center, smiles as he visits with supporters in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010.  ( AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)AP – Sarah Palin has emerged as a key figure in an Alaskan Senate primary race so close that it will now be decided by absentee ballots.


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Meek takes Florida’s Senate Democratic nomination (AP)

Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla. talks on his phone while having breakfast at Jimmy's Place as voters go to the polls in the primary election in Miami, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Meek is running against billionaire investor Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP – Rep. Kendrick Meek cinched Florida’s Senate Democratic nomination by defeating political upstart Jeff Greene on Tuesday, and veteran politician Bill McCollum battled novice Rick Scott in the state’s GOP gubernatorial contest as voters weighed the merits of establishment candidates vs. wealthy outsiders.


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New senators want to change way Senate works (AP)

AP – Those who hold the Senate in low esteem can get a sympathetic ear from some of the chamber’s newer members. These lawmakers also are fed up with the Senate’s ways and would like to change them.

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