Early Senate handicapping for '04: short of an across-the-board Bush-Republican collapse, Democrats will have their hands full holding the line on what they already have in the Senate. (On the Record).(elections United States) From: Campaigns & Elections | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Faucheux, Ron | COPYRIGHT 2003 Campaigns & Elections, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

As the nation's attention is fixed on international dangers, war and the domestic economy, candidates are already readying their campaigns for 2004. Once again, control of the U.S. Senate sits on the block.

Republicans and Democrats split the Senate 50-50 in the 2000 election, giving the GOP control since Vice President Cheney could break the tie. Of course, that situation didn't last long; the switch of Jim Jeffords of Vermont soon tilted Senate control to the Democrats...

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