Senate races

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is hammering Democratic nominee for Senate in Massachusetts Rep. Edward Markey for his long tenure in Congress, its first attack after Markey won the party's nomination.

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) is planning a media tour through Georgia on Thursday and Friday and is expected to announce his Senate bid. Read more...

The Tea Party Leadership Fund wants Sarah Palin to challenge Sen. Mark Begich in 2014.

Voters will see local businessman Gabriel Gomez (R) and Rep. Edward Markey (D) face off in the upcoming special election.

Celebrities including Tim Meadows, Carl Reiner and Lily Tomlin, have donated this year to Sen. Al Franken’s (D-Minn.) campaign.

The Hill's Bob Cusack and Alexandra Jaffe preview Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate primary to fill the seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry. 

Schweitzer leads former Montana Gov. Marc Racicot and Rep. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) in a hypothetical Senate match-up. 

The liberal congressman holds a double-digit lead in polls over Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) heading into Tuesday's vote.

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) is pushing back against a report that former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have pushed him to stay in the House instead of undertaking a Senate run.

"Report that Ron & Rand have asked me not to run for Senate is false--probably made up by same ppl promoting unelectable political class Rs," Amash tweeted Monday afternoon.

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A new poll of "bellwether" towns that have previously predicted the outcome of special elections gives Rep. Edward Markey (D) a strong lead over Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) going into the Democratic primary in the Massachusetts special Senate election.