Senate races

The longtime chairman of the Senate Finance Committee faced a difficult reelection contest in Montana.

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is still taking time to mull a Senate bid with her family and supporters, she said on Tuesday.

Daines could give Montana Republicans' chances a boost at winning the seat in the GOP-leaning state.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) leads every potential Republican challenger by double digits in a new poll, but former Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown could be the party's best chance at challenging her in 2014.

Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) will not run for Senate in Iowa, eliminating one of the GOP's strongest opportunities at taking retiring Sen. Tom Harkin's (D) seat.

"Looking at Washington, D.C., from Montana, there is no bigger broke-down pickup than the Senate," Schweitzer told The Hill. 

The Hill's Bob Cusack and Cameron Joseph sit down and talk about Tuesday's surprise retirement of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mt.), what it means for the race in Montana and its potential impact on the Democrats' majority in the Senate.  

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Schatz was tapped by Gov. Abercrombie to fill the seat of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, who died in December.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is hitting back at critics who have questioned his campaign's characterization of actress Ashley Judd's mental illness in a new op-ed that tears down attacks from "far-left partisans."
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Rep. Edward Markey (D) holds a double-digit lead over his Democratic opponent Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) in the most recent Massachusetts Senate campaign poll, cementing his status as the clear frontrunner just over a week from the April 30 primary.