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Republican Ron Johnson, a first-time candidate, touts his experience in creating jobs at a specialty plastics manufacturing company he founded with his brother in 1979.

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Opinion: Citizens United 1 Year Later -- Unleash the Corruption

By not in system

Last month it was reported that incoming Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., "paid a personal visit" to Tom Donohue, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "to thank him for the chamber's unsolicited ...

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Self-Financed Candidates Spent Millions, but Most Fared Poorly

By Tom Diemer

How's this for a top-10 list, Dave: The top 10 congressional candidates who spent millions of dollars of their own money on campaigns and still lost on Tuesday? Well, all right, two on the ...

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Veteran Wisconsin Democrat Feingold Falls to Tea Party Conservative Ron Johnson

By David Wood

Wisconsin Democrat Russell Feingold, who often bucked his own party during an 18-year Senate career, was swept away nonetheless Tuesday by a wealthy plastics manufacturer, Ron Johnson, who called for ...

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Democrats Barely Hold Onto Majority in Senate

By Andrea Stone

(Nov. 2) -- In what was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dark election day for Democrats, the party will keep control of the Senate, but with a slim margin and several tea party Republicans ...

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Countdown to Election Day: Senate Races to Watch

By Andrea Stone

Republicans will edge close toward control of the Senate Tuesday but are unlikely to be able to seal the deal. While the GOP is widely favored to win back the House, it faces a narrower path to ...

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