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Search results for "Predictive markets now have Democrats favored to win the Senate, 55 to 45"

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Steven Schale stated on August 31, 2010 in a blog post.:
Charlie Crist's "personal approval numbers are plummeting."
By Aaron Sharockman• September 1, 2010
David Dewhurst stated on May 29, 2012 in a memo from campaign pollster Mike Baselice.:
Says that from 1992 through 2010, every statewide candidate drawing over 43 percent of the vote in a Republican Texas primary won the resulting runoff.
By W. Gardner Selby• May 31, 2012
Barack Obama stated on August 14, 2010 in his weekly address:
"Some Republican leaders in Congress" are "pushing to make privatizing Social Security a key part of their legislative agenda if they win a majority in Congress this fall."
By Robert Farley• August 18, 2010
Jim DeMint stated on December 07, 2010 in a radio interview:
The Obama-GOP compromise "raises taxes, it raises the death tax."
By Robert Farley• December 13, 2010
Cecile Richards stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun:
Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."
By W. Gardner Selby• July 29, 2016
Ron Kind stated on November 17, 2019 in a TV interview:
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."  
By Mica Soellner• November 25, 2019
Donald Trump stated on May 02, 2016 in an interview on CNN's "New Day":
"Frankly, (Hillary Clinton) doesn’t do very well with women."
By Louis Jacobson• May 2, 2016
Kendrick Meek stated on January 10, 2010 in a television interview:
"A number of the national publications have put this race in a tossup race between Democrats and Republicans. They don't know who's going to win this race."
By Aaron Sharockman• January 12, 2010
Joe Biden stated on November 20, 2019 in comments made during the November Democratic presidential primary debate.:
"The fact is that right now the vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All."
By Victoria Knight• November 26, 2019
Scott Walker stated on November 16, 2011 in a television interview:
The St. Norbert College/Wisconsin Public Radio poll has "been wrong in almost every election."
By James B. Nelson• December 4, 2011
Cory Booker stated on February 04, 2019 in an interview on CBS This Morning:
"Even the (Congressional Budget Office) says if you lower Medicare to allow 50 year olds to get into it, you can not only save the government money, but you can lower premiums for all Americans."  
By Jon Greenberg• February 8, 2019
Bill Johnson stated on June 27, 2013 in a news release:
Most Americans want "traditional marriage," as defined by the Defense of Marriage Act.
By Stephen Koff• July 10, 2013
Gabrielle Giffords stated on April 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "New York Times":
Polls show that Americans "overwhelmingly" support "expanding background checks."  
By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2013
Jonathan Karl stated on November 03, 2013 in a conversation on ABC's "This Week":
"Before the Republican wave in 2010, Democrats had an advantage on the generic ballot in Congress. Even in 1994 with the Gingrich revolution ... Democrats had that advantage."
By Amy Sherman• November 3, 2013
Blanche Lincoln stated on August 19, 2010 in a TV ad:
John Boozman supports "privatizing Social Security"
By Lukas Pleva• September 2, 2010
John Lehman stated on July 10, 2012 in a radio interview:
The new 21st State Senate district was "created in secret for Van Wanggaard. It was drawn within half a block of his house."
By James B. Nelson• July 26, 2012
Dave Hansen stated on March 05, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
By Tom Kertscher• March 17, 2017
Mitch McConnell stated on January 07, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:
A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."
By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2015
Club for Growth stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad:
Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 21, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on December 13, 2010 in a Twitter message:
Under the compromise tax agreement, "99.7% of American families will not pay 1 nickel in an estate tax."
By Robert Farley• December 14, 2010

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