And Now There Are Seven

Abstract

Democrats hope that state ballot initiatives on stem-cell research and raising the minimum wage will draw their voters to the polls and put McCaskill over the top. Democratic nominee Jon Tester seems content to stay out of Burns's way, letting the senator trip over his own ill-considered statements, the most notorious being his insulting firefighters balding forest fires in the state. Despite the anti-Republican political climate nationally, one of the bluest states is producing a very close contest, pitting an appointed Democratic senator, Robert Menendez, against GOP state Sen. Tom Kean Jr.