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In a Sunday, July 18, 2010 photo, Alvin Greene, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, makes his first public speech at Manning Junior High School, in Manning, S.C. Greene was indicted Friday, August 13, 2010 on two charges, including a felony charge of showing pornography to a South Carolina college student. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
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Linda McMahon chats with Scotty's Diner owner Scotty Vincent as she campaigns in North Haven, Conn., on Wednesday, the day after winning the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Connecticut. (AP Photo)
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Andrew Romanoff, center, candidate in the Democratic Primary race for the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado, bows his head as supporters clap during his concession speech to incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet in Denver on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)
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Judy Wheeler, of Fort Collins, a support of Andrew Romanoff, candidate in the Democratic Primary race for the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado cries as Romanoff concedes defeat in Denver on Tuesday, August 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)
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Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive, takes a congratulatory call in her private suite with friends and family prior to her campaign party after winning the Republican primary in Cromwell, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive, waves to supporters during her campaign party after winning the Republican primary in Cromwell, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dan Coats, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate (right center), speaks with health care professionals during a roundtable discussion on health care at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
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Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (front) speaks to supporters during an election-night party after she won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, Missouri Democrat, stands behind her. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul spars with his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Jack Conway, at a gathering of county officials on July 8, 2010 in Louisville, Ky. The two are competing to replace Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, who is retiring after two terms. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Democrat Jack Conway, Kentucky's attorney general, lent himself $400,000 to prevail in second-quarter fundraising against Republican Rand Paul in their campaigns for a U.S. Senate seat. Mr. Paul reported raising $1.1 million in the three-month period that ended in June. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Marco Rubio, a Republican hopeful for Florida's U.S. Senate seat, has had impressive success, partly because of his grass-roots fundraising prowess. His campaign reports it now has more than 75,000 donors who have given less than $86 each.
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FALTERING: Republican Jane Norton, after being the front-runner for months in the Colorado primary race for U.S. Senate, finds herself trailing by double digits in two recent polls. (Associated Press)
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Ken Buck, Weld County district attorney in Colorado, leads Jane Norton in the state's Republican primary race for a U.S. Senate seat by double digits, according to two recent surveys. (Associated Press)
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Alvin M. Greene, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has spurned pleas by the state's Democratic Party chairwoman to drop out. Mr. Greene said he is staying in the race and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in the November election. (AP Photo)
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Alvin M. Greene, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has spurned pleas by the state's Democratic Party chairwoman to drop out. Mr. Greene said he is staying in the race and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in the November election. (AP Photo)
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In this image made from video the U.S. Senate passes the health care overhaul bill Thursday Dec. 24, 2009. (AP photo/CSPAN)
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"TEA PARTY" POWER: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul (center) is accompanied by his wife, Kelley, his father and mother, Ron and Carl, and his son, William, as he arrives Tuesday evening for his victory party in Bowling Green, Ky. Mr. Paul trounced primary foe Trey Grayson, the Kentucky secretary of state.
