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Senators Jim Talent and Kit Bond rallied a roomful of volunteers and supporters at the Drury Inn in St. Louis County this morning, just 24 hours before Tuesday’s election to decide if Bond will be joined in the Senate again by Talent or Democrat Claire McCaskill.

UPDATE: Bond reminded his fellow Republicans of his first Senate win 20 years ago. “That was the election in the 6th year of President Reagan’s term,” similar to this election, he said. “It’s tough on Republicans in the 6th year of a Republican president’s term.”

“That was the year that seven incumbent Republican senators were knocked off,” said Bond. “Right before the election, I was beind in the polls three percent and I had a knot in my stomach the size of a softball.”

He said he won that race “not because I was so good looking or so smart” but because of the GOTV efforts of his party.

Also… Supporters of Senator Talent will be gathering on Election Night at the Frontenac Hilton, 1335 South Lindbergh Blvd.

UPDATE 2: Click here to see video of Claire McCaskill rallying her troops with Congressmen Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan Saturday in north St. Louis. And click here to see video of Sen. Barack Obama stumping for her on Sunday.

And as we reported last week, McCaskill supporters will be gathering on Election Night on the eastern side of the state in downtown St. Louis and on the western side of the state in downtown Kansas City.

In St. Louis, in the Majestic Ballroom of the Renaissance Grand Hotel, 800 Washington Ave. In K.C., in the Count Basie Ballroom of the Downtown Marriott, 200 W. 12th Street.