The latest on the midterm elections.
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Schumer Comfortable at Home, Imperiled in Washington
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer faces a gentle path to reelection in New York, where his opponent Tuesday is a former host on the conservative TV channel Newsmax.
The bigger Election Day question for the Democrat is whether he’ll be able to keep his title as Senate majority leader.
The 71-year-old Brooklyn native is seeking a fifth term in his race against Republican Joe Pinion, who faces long odds in a state where he isn’t well known and where Democrats greatly outnumber Republicans.
Pinion, 39, has served as a spokesperson for a conservative organization that backs “free market” solutions to climate change, and as a political commentator—most recently as the host of “Saturday Agenda” on Newsmax….