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Members of the House Face Uphill Battles for Senate.
The race in North Dakota for a Senate seat being vacated by a retiring Democrat, Kent Conrad, was supposed to be a cakewalk for Republicans. When the state’s lone House member, Rick Berg, entered the contest, leading Republicans tucked the seat into their pocket and looked to other battles in their quest for a Senate majority next year.
It has not worked out that way.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/us/politics/house-members-face-tough-senate-races.html?hpw
