Independent candidate for US Senate Brian Bengs center, of South Dakota, at a news conference outside the Capitol on September 24, 2026. Independent candidate for US Senate Dan Osborn of Nebraska is to his right. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Is the best shot Democrats have at defeating safe-seat Republican senators…not running candidates at all? That’s the theory behind the party’s approach to several Senate races in deep red territory this year — races in which they hope independent candidates might manage to take down Republican incumbents, if only the Democratic Part...
The independents who want to take over the Senate
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Oct 1, 2026 • 4 weeks ago
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