Democrats’ hopes of retaining their Senate majority soared recently when Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe announced she would not seek re-election in Maine.

Just a few weeks later, however, Democrats are now far less certain they’ll be able to capture Snowe’s blue-state seat, or hold their four-seat Senate majority, now that a popular independent candidate has jumped into the race.

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