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EDITORIAL: Vote for George Allen

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Inside Politics: GOP’s Hagel endorses Kerrey for Senate in Nebraska

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Tim Kaine

Senate control looms large over Virginia’s Allen-Kaine contest

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Gingrich: Akin vote would be signal to GOP establishment

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson (left) and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, take part in a news conference on deficit reduction on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kerrey making a race of it in Nebraska

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Director Kenneth Melson, in a private deposition to congressional investigators, suggested the Obama administration’s Justice Department knew as early as March 2011 that its Operation Fast and Furious gun-running story was wrong and could have corrected the facts months earlier than it did. (Associated Press)

Ex-ATF chief claims gun-running story delay

By John Solomon - The Washington Guardian

Testimony suggests administration knew for months Fast and Furious story wrong

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

Mitt Romney speaks Monday at Avon Lake High School in Ohio. He has knocked President Obama’s use of waivers for welfare laws and No Child Left Behind but has said he would issue a blanket waiver to block much of the health care law. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Romney hearts Democrats

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: RNC chief: Candidate gaffes aren’t the real issues

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks Saturday in Boston. Ms. Warren is running against Republican incumbent Sen. Scott P. Brown, who is now considered the underdog because she has linked him with Republican goals for a Democratic state. (Boston Herald via Associated Press)

Democrats look to New England

By Andrew Miga and Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev. heads to an early voting location to vote, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Las Vegas. Interest in this year's election is being driven by races between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, and U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and his Democratic challenger, Berkley. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Despite ground support, Berkley struggles to soar in Nevada

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks Sept. 19, 2012, with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Sen. Reid leaves hospital after Vegas car crash

By Michelle Rindels - Associated Press

Republican Senate candidate George Allen plays corner hole with his daughter, Taylor, 24, before a Washington Redskins game in Landover, Md., Oct. 14. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

Virginia Senate race tops in outside spending

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican (Associated Press)

McCain accepts Mourdock’s explanation, backs him

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock makes a point in Indianapolis on Wednesday, at a news conference at which he sought to clarify what he meant by remarks on rape he made in a debate the night before. (Associated Press)

Indiana Senate candidate apologizes, explains rape comment

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The candidates for Indiana's U.S. Senate seat — (from left) Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly, Libertarian Andrew Horning and Republican state Treasurer Richard Mourdock — debate in New Albany, Ind., on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Ind. GOP Senate hopeful Mourdock criticized over rape, pregnancy comments

By Tom LoBianco - Associated Press

“Richard Mourdock said that life is always a gift from God, and we couldn’t agree more.” - Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of The Susan B. Anthony List (Associated Press)

Pro-lifers stand with Mourdock in flap over rape

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Karl Rove’s American Crossroads super PAC and its affiliate, Crossroads GPS, are making their biggest buy yet in this year’s Senate elections, with a new round of ads costing $8 million that will target Democratic lawmakers in eight states. (Associated Press)

Rove super PAC makes biggest buy yet

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Inside Politics: Lawmakers urge Pentagon to buy U.S.-made uniforms

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is on the campaign trail tending to important races in his home state.

Hill leaders emerge as niche players in national campaign

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press