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Republicans closing in on ninth Senate pickup in Louisiana
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The Washington Post ^ | November 28, 2014 | Sean Sullivan


The Republican Party stands on the brink of putting an exclamation point on its hugely successful midterm election with the GOP challenger for U.S. Senate in Louisiana well-positioned to dislodge the Democratic incumbent in a runoff election early next month.

A Dec. 6 win by front-running Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) over Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) would give Senate Republicans their ninth pickup and stretch their advantage in the chamber to 54-46 over Democrats when the new Congress is sworn in next year. It would also serve as yet another setback for a once dominant party now in steep decline in the South: Landrieu is the only remaining Democratic statewide elected official in Louisiana, as well as the last Democratic senator from the Deep South.

The bustling GOP bandwagon stands in stark contrast to the Democratic side, where the groups that usually send in reinforcements have declined to spend money for Landrieu, sensing virtually no chance of shaking up a race that looks like Cassidy's for the taking.

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