Why 🦄 UsSenateElections picked: President Trump’s 3,400-mile trip to a ruby-red pocket of Alaska — Wasilla, the home of former governor and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin — shows how urgently his party needs to mobilize its base to keep control of the Senate.

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  This article discusses efforts to mobilize the base in a key state to influence the battle for control of the US Senate.

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