Cash could be deciding factor as Tribune/WGN-TV survey finds weak spots for both candidates Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk are wounded rivals running neck and neck for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.

By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Memo to Ohio voters: Expect to hear the name of President George W. Bush a lot in the campaign for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat. Not from Republican Rob Portman, who worked for President Bush as budget director and trade representative, but rather from Lee Fisher, the Democratic nominee for the seat now held by Republican U.S. Sen. George Voinovich. The loss of ...

In the race to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Robert C. Byrd, Gov. Joe Manchin III won the Democratic nomination over the weekend, and John Raese won a crowded Republican primary.

It will be a three-way race for the late Robert C. Byrd’s U.S. Senate seat in November as voters decided to pit Democrat Gov. Joe Manchin against Republican John Raese and Mountain Party’s Jesse Johnson.

In one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country, five-term Republican Congressman Mark Kirk and Democratic State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias are battling for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Roland Burris. Burris was appointed to finish President Obama's senate term and opted not to run for re-election.