Closely Divided Senate a Pundit's Nightmare as Election Day Looms

Elections 2002 The conventional wisdom on what the Nov. 5 elections will mean for the Senate can be summed up in three keystrokes: ???

The death in a plane crash on Oct. 25 of Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., added more complexity and uncertainty. Sen. Wellstone and former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman had been involved in one of a handful of tight races that make next week’s outcomes particularly tough to predict.

Congressional and election analysts say control of the narrowly divided Senate is just too close to call. Meanwhile, the elections involve a few prominent education policymakers...

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