The U.S. state of Georgia votes in a run-off election for U.S. Senate on Tuesday that will help decide whether Democrats gain a big enough majority in the chamber to ram through legislation virtually at will.

Polls make incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss a slight favorite to beat Jim Martin and block Democrats from holding 60 seats in the 100-seat Senate...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is adding her name to the list of big-name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining Senate election this year.

Palin teams up with Sen. Saxby Chambliss at a fundraiser Sunday night and at four campaign stops across Georgia on Monday, the last full day of campaigning before Tuesday's runoff election.

Chambliss is the freshman Republican senator from Georgia who is fighting to keep his seat. He's facing Jim Martin -- a former state lawmaker in Georgia -- in the runoff election...

The top Senate Democrat sought Wednesday to lower expectations for legislation
this week to help endangered carmakers, saying it would be the Bush
administration's job to save the industry if Congress doesn't...

A Mississippi senator who won a tough special election campaign says he won't
hesitate to use the filibuster to block any efforts by the Democratic-controlled
Senate to advance liberal legislation.

Roger Wicker's victory was one of the few bright spots in an
otherwise dismal election night for the GOP. Wicker, who was appointed to fill
Trent Lott's unexpired term, won the seat outright with 56 percent of the vote
against former Governor Ronnie Musgrove. As a member of what he calls the loyal
opposition, Wicker suggests he will work hard to keep the Democratic majority in
check...