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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 08:56 PM Sep 2018

2018,2020,and 2022 US Senate Elections will be similar to 1982,1984,and 1986 US Senate Elections.

1982- Reagan's first midterm
Democrats picked up NJ(OPEN Brady-R)/Lautenberg-D and NM(Schmitt-R)/Bingamin-D but lost NV(Cannon-D)/Hecht-R and VA(OPEN Byrd-I/D)/Trible-R.
1984- Reagan re-election.
Democrats picked up IL(Percy-R)/Simon-D, IA(Jepsen-R)/Harkin-D and TN(OPEN Baker-R)/Gore-D but lost KY(Huddleston-D)McConnell-R.
1986- Reagan's second midterm
Democrats picked up AL(Denton-R)/Shelby-R,FL(Hawkins-R)/Graham-D,GA(Mattingly-R)/Fowler-D,MD(OPEN Mathais-R)/Mikulski-D, NV(OPEN Laxalt-R)/Reid-D,NC(Broyhill-R)/Sanford-D, ND(Andrews-R)/Conrad-D,SD(Abdnor-R)/Daschle-D and WA(Gorton-R)/Adams-D but lost MO(OPEN Eagleton-D)/Bond-R.
2018- Trump's first midterm
Democrats will pick up AZ(OPEN- Flake-R)/Sinema-D and NV(Heller-R)/Rosen-D but could lose ND(Heitkamp-D)/Cramer-R. +1D
2020- Trump's re-election
Democrats will pick up AZ special(OPEN Kyl-R)/Stanton-D, CO(Gardner-R)/Neguse-D,ME(Collins-R)/Golden-D and NC(Tillis-R)/McCready-D but could lose AL(Jones-D)/Roby-R. +3D.
2022- Trump's second midterm
Democrats will pick up +7D seats.
1)FL(Rubio-R)/Murphy-D
2)GA(OPEN-Isakson-R)/Bourdeaux-D
3)IA(OPEN Grassley-R)/Finkenauer-D
4)NC(OPEN Burr-R)/Manning-D
5)OH(Portman-R)/O'Connor-D
6)PA(Toomey-R)/Lamb-D
7)WI(OPEN Johnson-R)/Pocan-D

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2018,2020,and 2022 US Senate Elections will be similar to 1982,1984,and 1986 US Senate Elections. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Sep 2018 OP
I'm hoping we have more of a blow out than that! dhol82 Sep 2018 #1
After the 2018,2020,and 2022 US Senate Election cycle- Democrats could end up with over 60 seats. nkpolitics1212 Sep 2018 #3
Trump's reelection? docgee Sep 2018 #2
LMAO!!! nt Progressive Jones Sep 2018 #4

dhol82

(9,658 posts)
1. I'm hoping we have more of a blow out than that!
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 08:58 PM
Sep 2018

Reagan was a wuss compared to Humpty Dumpty.

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
3. After the 2018,2020,and 2022 US Senate Election cycle- Democrats could end up with over 60 seats.
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 09:58 PM
Sep 2018

2018
Democrats hold onto every Democratic held seat up in 2018 and pick up AZ- Sinema-D, NV- Rosen-D, TN- Bredesen-D, and TX-O'Rourke-D. If Democrats are highly energized and motivated couple of months after Election day in MS. MS- Espy-D. +4/+5D
53D/54D
2020
Democrats hold onto every Democratic held seat up in 2020 including AL- Jones-D and pick up
AZ special- Gallego-D or Stanton-D
CO- Crow-D or Neguse-D
GA- Boudreaux-D or McBath-D
IA- Axne-D or Finkenauer-D
ME- Golden-D
NC- Manning-D or McCready-D
TX- Joaquin Castro-D or Gonzalez-D
+7D
60D/61D
2022- If Democrat occupies the White House
Democrats hold onto every Democratic held seat up in 2022 and pick up
FL- Murphy-D or Soto-D
PA- Cartwright-D,Dean-D,or Lamb-D
WI- Pocan- D
If Trump occupies the White House in 2022.
GA- Boudreaux-D or McBath-D
IA- Axne-D or Finkenauer-D
NC- Manning-D or McCready-D
OH- O'Connor-D
+7D
67D/68D
If Trump steals another Election- He will definitely be impeached and removed from office.

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