Battleground Republicans Grow Anxious Over US Senate Majority
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- Category: Europe
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-04-19 07:18 UTC
- Sources: Politico Europe
GOP operatives, strategists, and party officials in key US battleground states are expressing growing concern that the prolonged Iran war and a sputtering economy could threaten the Republican Senate majority in the midterms, according to interviews with nearly two dozen party insiders.
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