Read more Senate race stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17802/senate-race.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:39:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73302/carly-fiorina-launches-calif-senate-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says she'll run for the US Senate seat held by California incumbent Barbara Boxer. Fiorina ended months of speculation today with an announcement in an opinion piece she wrote for the Orange County Register . She's scheduled to make a formal announcement later in the day....http://www.newser.com/story/73302/carly-fiorina-launches-calif-senate-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 10:07:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70927/gop-lukewarm-on-wrestling-ceos-senate-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Linda McMahon eying him as the ultimate takedown of her takedown-filled career, Sen. Chris Dodd has reason to be nervous. The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment has sharp business acumen, star power—and, perhaps most significantly, $30 million she’s willing to spend to wrest his Connecticut Senate seat...http://www.newser.com/story/70927/gop-lukewarm-on-wrestling-ceos-senate-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 8:44:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69139/vitter-rides-high-on-anti-obama-sentiment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYou might think an acknowledged client of a Washington prostitute would have a tough time being reelected to the US Senate. But you’d be wrong, the New York Times reports. David Vitter of Louisiana appears to be a strong favorite in his 2010 bid, and he owes it all to...http://www.newser.com/story/69139/vitter-rides-high-on-anti-obama-sentiment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 10:45:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63912/economic-muck-gives-gop-hope-for-new-blood-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs bad economic reports keep coming, Republicans are seeing candidate recruitment soar, the Hill reports. The party has had “probably its first good couple weeks in four years,” says an analyst, fueled in large part by rising unemployment and sinking stocks. Meanwhile, Democrats have lost top Senate candidate recruits and...http://www.newser.com/story/63912/economic-muck-gives-gop-hope-for-new-blood-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 9:18:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59963/franken-coleman-fight-over-94k-in-legal-fees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorm Coleman and Al Franken are tussling over $94,000 in legal fees as they head to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Talking Points Memo reports. A county clerk ruled this week that Coleman, after losing a court ruling in the Senate race, owed Franken the money under a loser-pays election...http://www.newser.com/story/59963/franken-coleman-fight-over-94k-in-legal-fees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 May 2009 19:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59684/rfk-son-plans-run-for-obama-senate-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnother Kennedy is taking a shot at a Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Chris Kennedy, the eighth of Robert F. Kennedy's 11 kids, plans to challenge Roland Burris in next year's election for the Illinois seat vacated by President Obama. Insiders say the Democrat decided to run after polls...http://www.newser.com/story/59684/rfk-son-plans-run-for-obama-senate-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 4:12:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58936/crist-run-tests-gop-tolerance-for-moderates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith his moderate reputation and warm personal style, Charlie Crist’s Senate candidacy ought to be just what the doctor ordered for Republicans. But the party’s right wing is looking the gift horse in the mouth, writes EJ Dionne of the Washington Post . Conservatives have long distrusted Crist, but he sent...http://www.newser.com/story/58936/crist-run-tests-gop-tolerance-for-moderates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 8:06:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56716/coleman-takes-vote-battle-to-top-state-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmbattled former senator Norm Coleman is keeping alive the last fight of Election 2008 with an appeal to Minnesota's Supreme Court, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Coleman is arguing that a lower court that awarded Al Franken a 312-vote victory denied constituents their constitutional rights by rejecting some absentee ballots....http://www.newser.com/story/56716/coleman-takes-vote-battle-to-top-state-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 1:32:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55561/franken-picks-up-87-votes-in-minn-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs election officials in Minnesota tallied up some 350 previously-rejected Senate ballots today, Al Franken stretched out his lead over Norm Coleman by almost 90 votes, making it more than 312, the Star Tribune reports. That’s good news for Franken in Coleman’s lawsuit over the election, which a lawyer said...http://www.newser.com/story/55561/franken-picks-up-87-votes-in-minn-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 13:22:45 CDT