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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:58 PM Sep 2019

Democrats need to win at least 5 Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020,

In order to regain control of the US Senate in 2020.
Democrats are going to win every Democratic held US Senate seat up for re-election in 2020 except AL.
35 Democratic held US Senate seats are not up for re-election in 2020.
Democratic held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 that Democrats are favored to win are in DE,IL,MA,MI,MN,NH,NJ,NM,OR,RI,and VA. 46D.
The 2020 US Presidential Race is a Tossup. If Trump wins, Democrats need 51 seats. If Warren or Sanders win, Warren-MA US Senate seat will briefly go Republican.
The 5 Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 that Democrats have a decent chance of winning are:
1)CO(Gardner-R vs Hickenlooper-D)
2)AZ special(McSally-R vs Kelly-D)
3)NC(Tillis-R vs Cunningham-D)
4)ME(Collins-R vs Gideon-D)/GA(Perdue-R vs Ossoff-D)
5)GA special/TX(Cornyn-R vs Hegar-D).

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Democrats need to win at least 5 Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020, (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Sep 2019 OP
5 looks really hard TheFarseer Sep 2019 #1
Jones(D-AL) won the 2017 special election against Moore-R by 50-48. nkpolitics1212 Sep 2019 #2

TheFarseer

(9,317 posts)
1. 5 looks really hard
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 07:44 PM
Sep 2019

The rest look doable. Are we sure Jones has no chance in AL? Are people unhappy with him?

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
2. Jones(D-AL) won the 2017 special election against Moore-R by 50-48.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 08:34 PM
Sep 2019

Moore-R is/was a controversial candidate. If Moore-R gets the Republican nomination again in 2020, Jones-D wins re-election.

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