POLITICO’s top 10 Senate races
Eight of the 10 races most likely to change parties are still GOP pickup opportunities.
By KEVIN ROBILLARD
03/28/2018 05:02 AM EDT
In a dismal year for Republicans on the ballot, a few bright spots have lifted GOP spirits of late in the battle for Senate control.
In North Dakota, a sought-after GOP recruit, Rep. Kevin Cramer, changed his mind and jumped into the race against Democratic incumbent Heidi Heitkamp. And perhaps more significant, Florida Gov. Rick Scott inched closer this week to bringing his statewide name ID and boatloads of money to the race against vulnerable Sen. Bill Nelson.
But lest the GOP get its hopes up, there have been warning signs to counter the encouraging news. The issue on which Republicans were planning to stake their fortunes in the midterms — their massive tax cut bill — hasn’t been a game changer. And now some in the party are resting their hopes on the idea that President Donald Trump, whose national approval ratings are in the tank, can somehow rescue them in conservative-leaning states that he carried in 2016.
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