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The 2012 presidential race may be off to a slow start - not a single Republican has announced his (or her) intentions to run - but aspiring GOP pols are falling all over themselves to get into Senate races nationwide.

One of the most important and underreported results of the midterms was the GOP picked up at least 675 state legislative seats.

Republicans have to balance the demands of their new partners with the need to take action in Congress.

Republicans are signaling that they plan to push bills and strategies to undermine labor’s political clout and ability to grow.

She is joined by her husband at a rally for Raese, who is batting Gov. Joe Manchin for the seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd Jr. Palin has been crossing the nation, building up IOUs in this midterm election.

To understand Republicans' nagging fear that the Nov. 2 elections might not be quite the massive triumph that many have predicted, check out Pennsylvania's perplexing Senate race.

GOP candidates in the closest campaigns for the Senate have moved ahead of their Democratic rivals in the fund-raising race, according to reports released late Friday.

FiveThirtyEight's projection for the U.S. House shows little change from last week. Republicans are given a 73 percent chance of taking over the House, up incrementally from 72 percent last week. During an average simulation run, Republicans finished with 227 seats, up from 226 last week; this would suggest a net gain of 48 seats from the 179 they hold currently.

In conservative districts around the U.S., Democratic incumbents are fighting back and beginning to reverse declining poll numbers. Their efforts could blunt the predicted GOP gains next month.

More bright spots for Republicans Senate candidates as they head toward midterm elections.