Reeling Democrats confront brutal 2018 Senate map
A filibuster-proof majority isn't out of the question if things break right for the GOP.
By Burgess Everett
11/17/16 05:08 AM EST
The sprawling, 10-person Democratic leadership team that Chuck Schumer assembled on Wednesday will allow him to hear from everyone from Bernie Sanders to Joe Manchin.
And Democrats are going to need all the wisdom they can summon — from all quarters of the party — to survive what’s coming at them in 2018.
Still nursing their wounds after last week’s thrashing, Democrats already are grappling with how to defend 10 senators up for reelection in 2018 in states that Donald Trump carried, some resoundingly. Republicans are targeting a quintet of senators from conservative states where Trump walloped Hillary Clinton: Montana, Missouri, Indiana, North Dakota and West Virginia. The GOP could amass a filibuster-proof majority by running the table in those states and other battlegrounds.
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