Glimmers of Hope for Dems as Election Nears

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Source: CBS News

Some Dems Regain Lead as GOP Tries to Keep Hope Alive in Seizing Majority - and Both Sides Pour on the Ads

(CBS) For the last few months, polls have suggested that Republicans would win back the House, and perhaps even the Senate. But new polls leave the GOP more worried about Election Day.

As CBS News Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes reports, Democrats - who did not expect to do well this midterm, anticipating even worse losses than majority parties usually suffer in midterms because of the economy - are beginning to see glimmers of hope that their losses might not be as bad as they feared.

Polls show Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, who'd been running neck-and-neck with GOP challenger Carly Fiorina over the summer, has reclaimed her lead.

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Democratic Senator Patty Murray in Washington State has also seen a rebound in her numbers, as have Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Illinois, Ohio and California.

"You're starting to see that around the country, because a lot of Democrats held their advertising money until the last months of the election when people care most," said CBS News Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons.


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