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Morning Digest: GOP reserves $2.5 million in airtime for under-the-radar Missouri Senate race

Morning Digest: GOP reserves $2.5 million in airtime for under-the-radar Missouri Senate race

Leading Off: ● Senate: The conservative group Senate Leadership Fund, which is close to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has announced about $40 million in fall TV reservations. New Hampshire is getting the most cash, with $15.8 million going to boost Sen. Kelly Ayotte. As Andrea Drusch points out, the Koch brothers have refused to help Ayotte, so SLF is likely trying to fill the void. The…

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Many U.S. Senate races close; Republicans projected to pick up at least two seats

Here’s an updated summary of where we stand in U.S. Senate races:

Republican pickups

Arkansas: Tom Cotton (R) projected to defeat Mark Pryor (D)

West Virginia: Shelley Moore Capito (R) beats Natalie Tennant (D)

Democratic holds

New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (D) defeats Scott Brown (R)

Minnesota: Al Franken (D) defeats Mike McFadden (R)

Massachusetts: Ed Markey (D) defeats Brian Herr (R)

Illinois: Dick Durbin (D) defeats Jim Oberweis (R)

Michigan: Gary Peters (D) defeats Terri Lynne Land (R)

Republican holds

Kentucky: Mitch McConnell (R) defeats A. Lundergan Grimes (D)

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The Atlantic’s Molly Ball reports on the “unprecedented political organizing effort” to win in states that Mitt Romney carried in 2012, including Arkansas (where longtime Senator Mark Pryor is up for reelection) and North Carolina (where freshman Senator Kay Hagan is up).

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Well-funded Republican operative Karl Rove is targeting Democratic Senators Kay Hagan in North Carolina and Mark Pryor in Arkansas for saying nice things about the deficit reduction plan generated by the Simpson-Bowles Commission. The ads equate the Senators’ praise for the Commission’s plan with cuts to Social Security and Medicare, suggesting that Hagan and Pryor want to hurt both.