Ask any Republican who’s run the best race of their Senate incumbents this year, and Sen. Pat Toomey’s name emerges near the top of the list. Ask any Democrat — and quite a few Republicans — who has run the best Senate race, and almost universally they cite Jason Kander. Taken together, these two Senate races will do more than just help determine which party claims the majority. They will also show whether it’s possible, in this hyper-partisan era, for quality campaigns and candidates to overcome tough political geography. Now, Blunt is in a coin-toss race that few strategists in Washington, in either party, believe that he deserves to win.

Source: Washington Post November 07, 2016 21:38 UTC