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Thune campaigns in Iowa as GOP tries to hold the Senate

CBS News reported Senate Majority Leader John Thune campaigned with Rep. Ashley Hinson in Sioux City last Friday as gasoline prices and the Iran war weigh on the Senate map.

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  1. New headline Was: “Thune stumps in Iowa as GOP fights to keep Senate majority”
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  4. New headline Was: “Thune campaigns with Hinson as Iowa Senate race tightens”
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  1. New headline Was: “Thune campaigns with Ashley Hinson as Senate GOP zeroes in on Iowa”
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune campaigned with Rep. Ashley Hinson in Sioux City, Iowa, last Friday, less than a day after President Donald Trump held a rally there, CBS News reported1,2.

CBS News said Thune and Hinson met local business owners at a strip-mall restaurant as part of Thune’s closing travel for Republican Senate candidates1. Asked how she balances loyalty to Trump with unpopular policies, Hinson said she would support him when she agreed and oppose him when she did not, CBS News reported1.

CBS News described Thune’s two years as leader as an effort to move Trump’s agenda while keeping the Senate independent, now tested by an unpopular war with Iran and high gasoline prices1. Thune told CBS News, “Nothing’s a guarantee. There are no layups”1. He said high gas prices were a short-term issue and that conditions for growth were in place1.

CBS News said most Senate Republicans have opposed more than a dozen Democratic votes aimed at limiting the president’s war powers1. Thune told CBS News that if Republicans can contrast their record with Democrats, they have a strong chance of keeping the majority1.

CBS News reported Thune has backed Hinson in Iowa and Mike Rogers in Michigan, and has campaigned with GOP Senate candidates in several other states1. Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics told CBS News Republicans were even odds at best to keep the Senate and that he would blame a loss more on the president than on Thune1.

CBS News said Thune has refused to drop the legislative filibuster, including on the SAVE America Act, arguing the Senate should not become a copy of the House1. Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio called Thune well respected; Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska called him decent, CBS News reported1.

Thune told CBS News he expects to seek to remain leader after the election, subject to colleagues, and that he does not bank on the president’s support1. An earlier CBS News dispatch also described the Iowa stop as a GOP priority2. KCCI reported Trump headlined a Sioux City airport rally on Oct. 22 with Hinson on stage3. Whether Republicans keep the majority is not yet known.

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  1. CBS NewsJohn Thune's balancing act: Inside his push to save the GOP majority
  2. CBS NewsThune campaigns with Ashley Hinson as Senate GOP zeroes in on Iowa
  3. KCCITrump headlines Iowa rally Thursday on tour of states with tight races

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