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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned Democrats on Saturday that they couldn't afford a loss in Iowa's "critical" U.S. Senate race, because it would hand Republicans control of the chamber.

Senator Reid

Speaking of Republican candidate state Sen. Joni Ernst on a conference call hosted by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Reid said, "She's so far to the right that maybe even a part of the right wouldn't like what she's talking about."

Reid urged progressive activists to make phone calls to Iowa voters on behalf of Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), whom he described as "a fine man" with "a good record of public service." more