The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to disinter suspected serial killer Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

But in some of the nation’s biggest Senate races, Democrats are relying on an old strategy of recruiting—and then clearing the field for—long-serving party leaders with whom voters are already familiar.

A second special session that has made approving the map a priority started Friday, shortly after the first one ended.

Iowa Senate candidate Josh Turek will be in Council Bluffs on Monday night. Turek has several competitors in the primary already, including Jackie Norris, Nathan Sage, and fellow state legislators J.D. Scholten and Zach Wahls.

Democrat Sherrod Brown, the gravelly-voiced Democrat known for his rumpled suits and working-class values, is seeking a return to the Senate after losing his reelection bid last year.

While Republicans praised President Donald Trump's diplomatic efforts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Senate Democrats largely panned the confab, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle signaled a desire to impose stiff sanctions against Moscow if peace talks faltered.