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NPolitics1979

(613 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 07:10 PM Apr 2015

2016 US Senate Election Tossup Races.

CO(Bennet-D vs Coffman-R) Tossup D
CO(Bennet-D vs Generic R) Lean D 45
FL(Murphy-D vs Generic R) Tossup D 46
FL(Grayson-D vs Generic R) Tossup R 50
IL(Duckworth-D vs Kirk-R) Tossup D 46/47
NV(Cortez Masto-D vs Sandoval-R) Lean R 50/51
NV(Cortez Masto-D vs Generic R) Lean D 47/48
NH(Ayotte-R vs Generic D) Lean R 51/52
NH(Ayotte-R vs Hassan-D) Tossup D 48/49
OH(Strickland-D vs Portman-R) Tossup
WI(Johnson-R vs Generic-D) Tossup D
WI(Johnson-R vs Feingold-D) Lean D 49/50
Democrats guide to a US Senate majority is winning
CO(Bennet-D) 45
FL(Murphy-D) 46
IL(Duckworth-D 47
NV(Cortez Masto-D) 48 (Sandoval -R does not run)
NH(Hassan-D) 49
OH(Strickland-D) 50
WI(Feingold-D) 51
Republicans are going to win
NH(Ayotte-R)50 (Hassan-D does not run)
OH(Portman-R)51

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2016 US Senate Election Tossup Races. (Original Post) NPolitics1979 Apr 2015 OP
Is Kamala Harris considered a fairly safe bet? TDale313 Apr 2015 #1
The Answer is Yes. NPolitics1979 Apr 2015 #2
Great. Thought she was in pretty good shape. TDale313 Apr 2015 #3
What do you base this analysis on? BlueStater Apr 2015 #4
Ohio is a swing state, Portman has a huge campaign war chest and Strickland's age makes Ohio NPolitics1979 Apr 2015 #5
Anything on Pennsylvania? femmocrat Apr 2015 #6
Looking at the blue state Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2016 NPolitics1979 Apr 2015 #7

NPolitics1979

(613 posts)
2. The Answer is Yes.
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 07:25 PM
Apr 2015

Harris-D is going to finish in 1st or 2nd place in the Jungle Primary. In the November General Election, Harris-D will defeat the Republican nominee if it makes it out the June Primary.

NPolitics1979

(613 posts)
5. Ohio is a swing state, Portman has a huge campaign war chest and Strickland's age makes Ohio
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 07:57 PM
Apr 2015

A Tossup

NPolitics1979

(613 posts)
7. Looking at the blue state Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2016
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 10:57 PM
Apr 2015

Kirk(R-IL) narrowly loses due to Hillary Clinton's coattails.
Grassley(R-IA) wins re-election by a landslide margin.
Ayotte(R-NH) narrowly wins or loses against Hassan-D but wins by a high single digit margin against Kuster-D
Toomey(R-PA) will defeat Sestak-D by a narrow margin.
Johnson(R-WI) loses to Feingold-D by a high single digit margin, but will narrowly lose to Kind-D

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