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Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth has not publicly come out for Sen. John McCain after falling short in his challenge in the Senate primary in Arizona. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPH
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Associated Press photographs West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III (left), a Democrat, leads in polls for a Senate seat, but his GOP rival, businessman John Raese (right), has closed the gap. One analyst calls it a "race worth watching."
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Associated Press Rep. Michael N. Castle, Delaware Republican, is taking his GOP rival for the nomination for Senate more seriously after a Republican senator was denied renomination by an insurgent in Alaska.
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California Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, a Democrat from Santa Monica, left, talks with state Senator Christine Kehoe, a Democrat from San Diego, during the Senate debate over Ms. Brownley's bill proposing to ban use of plastic shopping bags at the Capitol in Sacramento Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The measure failed.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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SENATE SKIRMISH: GOP ex-Rep. Pat Toomey (top) is set to take on Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak for a Senate seat from Pennsylvania.
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Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan talks to members of the media during the Governor's Ham Breakfast at the Missouri State Fair Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 in Sedalia, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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President Obama joins Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, who is running for Senate, at a campaign rally in Kansas City on July 8. Her opponent is a seven-term GOP congressman.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Joe Miller, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, and his wife, Kathleen, enter election central in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday. Returns showed Mr. Miller ahead of incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
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Associated Press Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, independent candidate for Senate, speaks to reporters after voting in St. Petersburg.
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Associated Press photographs THIRD WAY: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, independent candidate for Senate, speaks to reporters after voting Tuesday in St. Petersburg.
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Associated Press Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (right), a former Republican, had $8 million in his campaign coffers for his independent bid for Senate as of Aug. 4, nearly double that of his GOP rival.
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Senate candidate Joe Miller has been campaigning door to door in Anchorage, Alaska. Mr. Miller has the support of the "tea party" movement and the backing of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. (Associated Press)
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Democratic Sen. Patty Murray is likely to face GOP favorite Dino Rossi in Washington's election for the Senate seat. In recent polls, Mr. Rossi trails Mrs. Murray by about 4 percentage points. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks to reporters off the Senate floor Thursday. He said he hopes a $600 million border-security measure approved Thursday clears the way for consideration of comprehensive immigration-reform legislation.
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks to reporters on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, after the Senate passed a $600 million bill to pay for more law enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Members of a joint Senate-House conference on social security get together, Monday, Nov. 16, 1981 in Capitol Hill to discuss the problems of the program. From left are: Senate Budget Director Robert Dole, R-Kan.; house ways and means chairman Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill. and Rep. Barber Conable, R-N.Y. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
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Members of a senate-house conference committee on social security meet, Monday, Dec. 14, 1981 on Capitol Hill, discussing the proposed changes in that program. From left: Sen. Daniel Moynihan, D-N.Y.: Russell Long, D-La.; Robert Dole, R-Kans. And Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
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Rep. Sam Gibbons, left, D-Fla., confers with Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., before a meeting of House and Senate deficit conferees, Tuesday, June 20, 1984 at Capitol Hill in Washington. The negotiations stalled when House Democrats served notice they will not trim Medicare and other health programs as long as Senate Republicans seek tax breaks for business and the wealthy. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
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RECESS APPOINTMENT: Dr. Donald Berwick can serve for a while without a Senate vote or a hearing. (AP Photo)
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President Pro Tempore Senator Ted Stevens, and Department of the Interior Secretary Gale Norton, right, hold a news conference supporting arctic oil drilling outside the Russell Senate office building in NW Washington DC, Tuesday, March 15, 2005. ( Astrid Riecken / The Washington Times )
