Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 39 Democratic 34 midterm election 33 midterm elections 32 GOP 32 battleground 30 vanguard 29 electoral votes 29 Democratic challenger 27 waging 27 defining moment 27 election 27 braces 26 Election Day 26 bellwether 26 gubernatorial 25 waged 25 campaigning 25 Hillary Clinton 24 faring 24 battleground states 24 primaries 24 roiled 24 hotly contested 24 birthplace 24 closely watched 23 bloodiest 23 pivotal 23 intensifying 23 looming 23 ushering 23 winnable 23 strategists 23 swing 23 Barack Obama 23 Howard Dean 23 teetering 23 epicenter 23 McCain 23 presidential 22 divisive 22 debating 22 stronghold 22 strongholds 22 war 22 bracing 21 gearing 21 uphill battle 21 facing 21 presidential nominee 21 assailed 21 southern 21 standard bearer 21 shaping 21 reshape 21 cusp 21 midst 21 Illinois senator 21 reshaping 20 forestall 20 gaining momentum 20 emboldened 20 bucking 20 Gephardt 20 clobbered 20 ally 20 crossroads 20 most populous 20 presidential hopefuls 20 ratchet 20 mobilizing 20 allied 20 ratcheted 20 weathered 19 deepening 19 fiercest 19 warfare 19 heartland 19 nearing 19 readies 19 entrenched 19 bruising 19 northern 19 avert 19 averting 19 battlefields 18 signaled 18 hurting 18 poised 18 cautiously optimistic 18 steeped 18 presidential nomination 18 sharpening 18 grappling 18 readying 18 mired 18 intensified 18 attuned 18 bastion 18 ready 18 stave off 18 intensify