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nkpolitics1212

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Fri Oct 18, 2019, 07:20 PM Oct 2019

2020 US Senate Election- How many Republican US Sen. seats Democrats need to win to regain control?

Democratic held US Senate seats up in 2020 likely to go Republican.
1)AL(Jones-D)46D
2)If Elizabeth Warren(MA) or Bernie Sanders(VT) become POTUS, The current Republican Governors- of MA(Baker-R) and/or VT(Scott-R) will be appointing an interim US Senator until the winner of the Special Election is decided. The worst case scenario is a Scott Brown type Republican in MA/VT and a Martha Coakley type Democrat in MA/VT. 45D
Democrats need to win 5 Republican US Senate seats to regain control.
1)CO(Gardner-R)Hickenlooper-D 46/47
2)AZ special(McSally-R)Kelly-D 47/48
3)NC(Tillis-R)Cunningham-D 48/49
4)ME(Collins-R)Gideon-D 49/50
5)either one of the GA seats, IA(Ernst-R), KS(OPEN Roberts-R) if Koback-R is the GOP nominee, or KY(McConnell-R). 50/51

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