United States Senate

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A statement from former Speaker Newt Gingrich says be "is not running" for the U.S. Senate and tells people to ignore solicitations by a Virginia PAC trying to draft him. (associated press)

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Rep. Shelley Moore Capito hopes to become the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from West Virginia since the early 1940s. (Associated Press photographs)

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West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant announced this week that she will run for the U.S. Senate. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Craig James, Texas Republican and U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a press conference in Houston on May 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

Steve Lonegan (center), a Republican running for the U.S. Senate, talks during a news conference in which New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (right) announced his endorsement of Mr. Lonegan, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013, in Flemington, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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** FILE ** Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, shown here in Helena, Mont., August, 2012, says he will not run for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras, File)

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New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa (left), 47, listens June 6, 2013, in Trenton, N.J., as Gov. Chris Christie announces that Chiesa will temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat that opened up this week after Frank Lautenberg's death. (Associated Press)