Thoughts? I'm not seeing the Dems take the Senate until 2022. Yes, the Republicans will have to defend 22 seats vs. the Democrats 12, but they're mainly in safe R states a la NE, WY, AR, etc. And Doug Jones is almost sure to lose his seat so long as Alabama doesn't nominate a pedophile again.
Colorado seems like the obvious pickup. Maine...maybe. North Carolina and Iowa are possible. Georgia and Arizona would be long shots. |
Only with suppression. AZ is about to elect a democrat and GA is purple without suppression and there will be huge voter registration efforts over the next two years. |
Colorado - Dems should win
Maine - Collins is toast Iowa - trump won by only 5 last time, and now he is 15 underwater NC - same as Iowa, worse even for Rs Arizona - how’s that working for Rs this year? Georgia - this election is shaky even with Kemp’s thumb on the scale Texas - return of Beto? Louisiana - Mitch Landrieu is a force Montana - didn’t Tester just win there? Kentucky - Dems will throw $100 million into defeating McConnell Kansas - didn’t Kobach just lose there? Seems like a pretty solid map to me. Can’t imagine republicans feel safe in any of those states. |
Who could take on Mitch McConnell? Would love to see the end of him. |
Already done:
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Maine could be a pickup. It’s trending blue quickly and people are getting tired of Collins. |
Here’s another one:
GOP Targets - Jones (Alabama) GOP Hopefuls - Peters (Michigan), Smith (Minnesota) Dem Targets - OPEN Arizona, Gardner (Colorado), Collins (Maine) Dem Hopefuls - Iowa (Ernst), Georgia (Perdue), North Carolina (Tillis) |
You should take a political science class. |
Here’s who’s up for grabs:
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Whoops this one is much better - the first list doesn’t have New Hampshire for some reason.
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Snarky no-substance comments come cheap. Put your money where your mouth is. |
The Dems were able to pick up seats in deep red states like Kansas and Oklahoma. It’s all about picking the right candidate. Hopefully there are people vetting candidates now. |
Congressional districts only represent a portion of a state, whereas Senators are statewide races so just because a congressional district may have elected a Dem does not really mean a whole lot for the state as a whole. Kind of like how California has red representatives, but it’s not like they’re going to elect a Republican senator. And an open seat to replace a deeply unpopular Governor is a VERYdifferent situation than trying to knock off a 24 year incumbent with a (mostly) good reputation. |
From Harry Reid’s former CoS: “The 2020 Senate map for Dems is light years better than 2018 (hard to draw worse) but it's no cakewalk: CO, AZ, IA, NC, ME, KY, GA... pickup opportunities exist but are not exactly abundant. And we defend AL.” |
A bunch of red Governors lost. Last time I checked, those were statewide seats. |