The Democrats' already sunny prospects have brightened still further with a trio of retirements: Virginia's John Warner, Colorado's Wayne Allard and Nebraska's Chuck Hagel are all standing down.

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Wayne Allard on Tuesday defeated Democrat Tom Strickland, CNN projects.

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Ken Salazar and Wayne Allard, all of whom visited.

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Led by Wayne Allard (R-CO), John Cornyn (R-TX), James Inhofe (R-OK), and Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who all scored a 100 percent, the Senate had 15 members who scored an 85 percent or better.

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