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Nate Silver says GOP has 60 percent shot of reclaiming Senate

By  Sun-Times staff
   
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Nate Silver has some good news for Republicans. The statistician who just launched FiveThirtyEight and correctly predicted the outcome of every state in the 2012 election says the GOP has a 60 percent shot of reclaiming the Senate in the 2014 election.

Silver went on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” Sunday morning and said his best prediction has the GOP taking six seats, which would tive them a one-vote majority.

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