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Key GOP senator privately says party is in "fight for our lives" in midterms, but sees path to holding onto Senate

With just under six weeks until the midterms, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina laid out the NRSC's strategy to try to hold onto the Senate amid a tough political environment.

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