On Monday, the Libertarian candidate for Senate in Iowa, Doug Butzier, died in a plane crash. Butzier, an emergency room physician, was polling at only two percent. But Republican candidate Joni Ernst leads the Democratic candidate, Bruce Braley, by an even narrower margin. How Butzier’s supporters eventually vote is a question of national significance.
Half a dozen other Senate races are equally likely to come down to the wire. That’s why control of the chamber is still uncertain, even though the election is less than three weeks away. CONT.
Sam Wang, New Republic