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Basically because in the modern world the candidate with the most funding is likely to win.
The bills proposed to raise money for the federal government are called revenue bills. Revenue bills must pass through both houses, but originate in the House of Representatives.
The Sevnteenth Amendment
through public elections
i have read he lost as many as 17 consecutive elections, ranging fro mayor to senator.
The Republicans had Senate majority until the 2006 Congressional Elections when Democrats took the majority. The National Republican Senatorial Committee works to gain a Republican majority Senate, hoping to in the 2010 Congressional elections.
In their last two U.S. Senate elections (2010 & 2012) they had one candidate from each party, so it appears not.
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Yes, elections for the Senate and House of Representatives are held in the same year. Congressional elections in the United States take place every two years, with all seats in the House of Representatives up for election and one-third of the seats in the Senate. These elections typically occur in even-numbered years.
The Democrats lost seven seats in the 2014 mid-term elections to lose control of the US senate
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The Democrats became the majority party in the US Senate.