Panicked Republicans scrambled Monday to preserve their majorities in Congress as they assessed the fallout from Donald Trump’s faltering presidential campaign.

The GOP nominee delivered a solid performance in Sunday evening’s second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton that could salve some of the bleeding and assuage concerned Republicans.

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