Democrats brace for reverberations of Clinton email scandal in tight Senate races

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The FBI's discovery of emails pertaining to the Hillary Clinton private email server investigation has apparently shaken up the presidential race, but Democrats are now bracing for a major tremors in down-ballot Senate races, too.

"It's certainly not helpful," Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Roy Temple told NBC News. "It kind of pollutes the Democratic brand in a way that's unnecessary, simply because it doesn't actually involve any new information, which is why the frustration at [FBI Director James] Comey is so high right now."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.