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Subj: One of this year's key Senate Races: New Jersey Date: 04/02/2002 7:57:15 PM Central Standard Time From: billfrist@listserv.nrsc.org To: skcalien@aol.com Dear NRSC E-Member, This year, you will be receiving updates from us on key Senate races across the country where we have a good chance to pick up Republican seats. Last week NRSC Communications Director Ginny Wolfe sent out an e-mail announcing the launch of our newest Web site, http://www.torricelliduck.com. We wanted to notify all of our supporters that the New Jersey Senate race is an important opportunity for us. Even if you don’t live in New Jersey, I...

HELENA - U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., has received the highest proportion of large-dollar, out-of-state contributions of all the candidates for the Senate this year, a Capitol Hill newspaper reported Wednesday. The Hill said Baucus has received 86.9 percent of his individual donations of more than $200 from out-of-state donors. He was followed by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, at 82.9 percent and Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., at 77.2 percent, according to the latest campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission and compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group. These Democrats' opponents have criticized them...

HELENA – Former Republican state lawmaker and one-time Senate candidate Jack McDonald is joining the race for the GOP nomination to run against incumbent Sen. Max Baucus. McDonald, 73, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate six years ago, said Tuesday he is entering the race because he believes the two other announced Republican candidates are not talking enough about conservative moral issues. “They’re both talking economic and jobs – the same thing that Baucus is saying,” McDonald said. “You can’t beat him with that pitch. That’s not the issue, in my book.” McDonald, a self-described born-again Christian, said he...