The midterm elections are top of mind for Senate Republicans waiting on Justice Samuel Alito to decide whether he will step down from the Supreme Court in the coming weeks.

Alito, one of the six justices who make up the high court’s conservative majority, prefers that a GOP president appoint his successor after 20 years serving on the bench, and Republicans are gently noting that he could retire later this year with little risk to his legacy.

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