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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 03:43 PM Apr 2020

The 2020 US Senate Election in KS should be a must win for Democrats.

Democrats have not won a US Senate Election in Kansas since 1932.
Looking at the other red states that Democrats have won a US Senate race in-
AL- before Jones-D 2017 victory- 1992(Shelby-D before the 1994 party switch)-1990(Heflin-D)
AK-2008(Begich-D)
AZ-2018(Sinema-D)
AR-2008(M.Pryor-D)
FL-2012(Nelson-D)
GA-2000(Miller-D),1996(Cleland-D)
ID- 1974(Church-D)
IN-2012(Donnelly-D)
IA- 2008(Harkin-D)
KY- 1992(Ford-D)
LA- 2008(Landrieu-D)
MS- 1982(Stennis-D)
MO- 2012(McCaskill-D)
MT- 2018(Tester-D)
NE-2006(Nelson-D)
NC- 2008(Hagan-D)
ND- 2012(Heitkamp-D)
OH-2018(Brown-D)
OK-1990(Boren-D)
SC-1998(Hollings-D)
SD-2008(Johnson-D)
TN-1990(Gore-D)
TX- 1988(Bentsen-D)
UT- 1970(Moss-D)
WV- 2018(Manchin-D)
WY- 1970(McGee-D)

Last time Republicans won a US Senate Race in blue states.
CA- 1988(Wilson-R)
CO- 2014(Gardner-R)
CT- 1988(Weicker-R)
DE- 1994(Roth-R)
HI- 1970(Fong-R)
IL- 2010(Kirk-R)
ME- 2014(Collins-R)
MD- 1980(Mathais-R)
MA- 2010(Brown-R)
MI- 1994(Abraham-R)
MN- 2002(Coleman-R)
NV- 2012(Heller-R)
NH-2010(Ayotte-R)
NJ- 1972(Case-R)
NM- 2002(Domenici-R)
NY- 1992(D'Amato-R)
OR- 2002(Smith-R)
PA- 2016(Toomey-R)
RI- 2000(L.Chaffee-R)
VT-2000(Jeffords-R)
VA-2002(J.Warner-R)
WA-1994(Gorton-R)
WI-2016(Johnson-R)


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The 2020 US Senate Election in KS should be a must win for Democrats. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Apr 2020 OP
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beachbumbob

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1. If Kobach is the Gop candidate, he is hated by all but the
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 03:59 PM
Apr 2020

Conservatives. Moderate republicans in Kansas will vote for whoever the democratic candidate is.

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