Page 32 - Senator Elect News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Done. that's what i hope to do in washington. you know, that's the work that i've done as an attorney here, as an advocate and community activist. i think if you've ever raised teenagers or toddlers, you know how to find common ground. the voters sense that. they know that we need common sense solutions in congress and people ha can set aside their differences and come together to solve our challenges. >> you know, it's interesting that you say that. another woman that many of us have been watching, of course, is tammy baldwin, the senator-elect out of wisconsin. there was an interesting momen...

And today, two more races have been called for democrats. nbc news can project that incumbent senator jon tester of montana has won re-election. and in north dakota, heidi heightkamp is the apparent winner in her race against rick berg. and that brings the democrats' edge to 53 seats to the republican's 45. but there are really two other incumbents who will be, in effect, democrats in the next united states senate, giving them a 55-45 edge. u.s. congressman, now senator-elect, joe donnelly, won richard lugar's seat in indiana last night, defeating state treasurer, richard mourdock. he joins me...

Area. >> you know, it sounds -- that's the reason why ted kennedy got elected all those years in massachusetts, which is not as liberal a state as everybody says it is. home state, delivering for the home state, focusing on the state, and what it needs. we'll be right back with more from senator-elect, joe donnelly. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global e...

The appeal that so many in indiana have for the republican party. and a big portion of the republican party has moved away from that. and here in indiana, you know, as a democrat, we've tried to fill that void. and what we've tried to say is, look, we want to focus on common sense, on getting things done, and focus like a laser on jobs. i was one of the folks who led on the auto fight, along with sherrod brown and so many others and obviously president obama. and that made a big difference in this race too, chris, is across that whole middle section of our state, where we have a lot of auto pl...

But there are really two other incumbents who will be, in effect, democrats in the next united states senate, giving them a 55-45 edge. u.s. congressman, now senator-elect, joe donnelly, won richard lugar's seat in indiana last night, defeating state treasurer, richard mourdock. he joins me now. well, mr. donnelly, congressman, i am so impressed, you gave up a safe seat in the house, you risked it all, you put it all on -- i guess you put it on blue, the democratic ticket. and you bet -- were you better off running against mourdock, who ended up being a bit loosy goosy, or better off going aga...