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  It is critically important that the democrats hold the house and capture the senate. A win by Biden coupled with a senate and house majority will give the democrats te oppoetunity to right the wrongs of the Trump administration. If by chance Trump wins reelection  is is critical the democrats take the senate as it will give democrats the ability to stymie the agenda of an ineffective, mis-guided, and dangerous man. The battle for the Senate If Joe Biden wins next month, there are two very different scenarios for his presidency. In one, Republicans have held Senate control, and Biden will have limited ability to pass legislation. In the other, Democrats have retaken the Senate, and Biden can enact  an ambitious agenda  — fighting climate change, enacting universal pre-K, raising taxes on the rich and expanding both health insurance and voting rights. Given the stakes, I want to give you a brief guide to the Senate elections. For each, I’ve included a link to a story...

AMES, Iowa — Democratic voters fear their party is on the brink of repeating the mistakes that sent  President Trump  to the White House as they consider their choices weeks before the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. The four front-running contenders are all battling to prove they are the most likely to defeat Trump, a reflection both of the president’s looming presence over the race and the anxiety felt by Democratic voters, who fear fatal flaws with each candidate could doom their hopes of winning back the White House. In conversations with nearly two dozen Iowa Democrats before and after Tuesday’s debate, many analyzed the unsettled Democratic primary through the lens of a television pundit. They weighed the relative strengths and weaknesses of former Vice President  Joe Biden , Sens.  Bernie Sanders  (I-Vt.) and  Elizabeth Warren  (D-Mass.) and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor  Pete Buttigieg  (D) and more often than not expr...