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Republicans facing electoral disaster in Congress

Republicans are facing their biggest electoral disaster since the Watergate scandal with even the party's Senate leader in grave danger of losing his seat.

The party's leaders are bracing themselves for heavy losses in Congress, with Democrats aiming to seize a commanding majority.

Standing on the steps of the local courthouse in Jamestown, in staunchly Republican rural southern Kentucky, Senator Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, admitted: "This race is going to be close. It's not going to be a coronation."

He is fighting for his political life against a virtually unknown opponent whose campaign is based principally on the fact that he does not have the word "Republican" in brackets after his name. Barely 50 people had turned out to see Mr McConnell speak in Jamestown.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)