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RandySF

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Mon Apr 20, 2020, 06:33 PM Apr 2020

GOP Should Be Nervous About the Senate

ANALYSIS | Last September, I wrote in this space that small developments had given Democrats “some reason for optimism about next year’s fight for the Senate.” But I also noted the party would “need an upset or two to win control of the chamber next November.” More than seven months later, circumstances have changed.

Democrats no longer need an “upset or two” to win control of the Senate later this year. In fact, while the fight for Senate control in November is a toss-up, I’d probably put a pinkie on the scale for Democrats right now.

It’s not really that Democrats have widened the playing field, though they have. Those “extra” races on the board for Democrats, in places like Montana and Georgia, aren’t the greatest of opportunities.

It’s simply that the Democrats’ initial top prospects have succeeded in proving their fundraising mettle and have taken advantage of Donald Trump’s GOP.




https://www.rollcall.com/2020/04/20/the-fight-for-the-senate-a-pinkie-on-the-scale-for-democrats/

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GOP Should Be Nervous About the Senate (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2020 OP
LOVE it! liberalla Apr 2020 #1
If only the election could be today. jimfields33 Apr 2020 #2
Kansas wasn't mentioned, but I'm bullish. idziak4ever1234 Apr 2020 #3
Only if the Republicans nominate Kobach. RandySF Apr 2020 #4
Yup. That is what I meant. I should have said that. idziak4ever1234 Apr 2020 #5
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