Senate race rankings: Map expands into Indiana and North Carolina
By Kevin Robillard
09/04/16 07:22 AM EDT
Senate Democrats feel that they have two main allies right now in their quest for a majority: Hillary Clinton, whose ground game and advertising is aligning with most of the key Senate swing states, and Donald Trump, whose awful August also brought some Senate Republicans’ poll numbers crashing down.
Democrats need to capture five seats to retake the Senate majority outright, though four would do it if they get a tiebreaking Democratic vice president. And while Republicans have made significant progress in Florida and Ohio, which both fell in our rankings, the Senate story of the summer is a shifting and expanding map that looks better than ever for Democrats.
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