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Heading into Election Day, a handful of races across the Mountain West are attracting national attention – especially Nevada's Senate race.

Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter on Monday announced he won't seek reelection in a competitive district in Denver's western suburbs, making him the 26th Democrat to retire from the House before an election cycle that's expected to be difficult for their party.

Democrats once again lost ground in much of the rural West. That includes Montana, where Republicans swept the election for the first time in at least two decades. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., will soon be the lone progressive holding federal office in the state. He spoke about lessons learned from November's election with reporter Nate Hegyi of the Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau.

The pressure was on for the Democratic candidates. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar stood out, but is it too little too late? Others tried to draw clear distinctions.

Seven candidates are meeting onstage in New Hampshire for the first Democratic presidential primary debate of February. The night follows a major issue with the results of the first contest of 2020.

Six candidates are onstage beginning at 9 p.m. ET as the field shrinks and the standards rise. The debate is taking place in Iowa, less than three weeks from the caucuses. Follow live coverage.

Six Democratic presidential candidates are debating in Iowa on Tuesday, less than three weeks from the caucuses there. NPR reporters are providing…

Just six of the remaining 12 Democratic candidates qualified for Tuesday night's debate, making it the smallest debate stage yet.

Instead of running away from the issue of guns, as the Democratic Party has for years, many of the candidates have recently tried to one up each other on their gun control cred.

Elizabeth Warren faced new scrutiny, Pete Buttigieg controlled multiple exchanges, and the potential conflicts of interest of Joe Biden's son got relatively little focus.