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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 06:12 PM Apr 2020

Will the 2020 US Senate Election outcome be similar to the 2008 US Senate Election outcome?

2008- Democrats had a net gain of 8 US Senate seats.
VA(J.Warner-R/M.Warner-D)Open
NM(Domenici-R/Udall-D)Open
CO(Allard-R/Udall-D)Open
NH(Sununu-R/Shaheen-D)
NC(Dole-R/Hagan-D)
OR(Smith-R/Merkley-D)
AK(Stevens-R/Begich-D)
MN(Coleman-R/Franken-D)
2020- If Democrats are to have a net gain of 8 US Senate seats, they(Democrats) are likely to win 9 Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 assuming they(Democrats) lose AL(Jones-D).
Democrats will hold onto:
Safe D
36)RI(Reed-D)
37)MA(Markey-D)
38)NJ(Booker-D)
39)IL(Durbin-D)
40)DE(Coons-D)
41)OR(Merkley-D)
42)VA(Warner-D)
Likely D
43)NM(Lujan-D)
44)NH(Shaheen-D)
45)MN(Smith-D)
Lean D
46)MI(Peters-D)
Democrats will pick up
1/47)CO(Gardner-R/Hickenlooper-D)
2/48)AZ special(McSally-R/Kelly-D)
3/49)ME(Collins-R/Gideon-D)
4/50)NC(Tillis-R/Cunningham-D)
5/51)MT(Daines-R/Bullock-D)
6/52)IA(Ernst-R/Greenfield or Franken-D)
7/53)KS(OPEN Roberts-R/Bollier-D)
8/54)TX(Cornyn-R/Hegar or West-D)
9/55)KY(McConnell-R/McGrath-D)

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