GOP Pivots to Defense in Battle for the Senate

‘I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,’ Minority Leader McConnell said. ‘Senate races are just different.’

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Announcing advertising cutbacks in four battleground states and a big ad buy in Ohio signals that the GOP is playing defense as it attempts to reclaim the Senate — and that the party knows something about certain election races that the public polling doesn’t show.

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