Senate majority within sight for Democrats
by Naomi Lim, Political Reporter |
| July 08, 2020 03:28 PM
Democrats have their eyes set on the Senate, knowing that if they want to erase traces of the Trump era, they need to clinch both the White House and Congress in November.
Republicans start at a disadvantage as they try to protect their 53-47 Senate majority. The chamber's 2020 elections map has the GOP defending 23 seats to Democrats' 12.
The most obvious Democratic targets are Sens. Martha McSally of Arizona, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Susan Collins of Maine, Steve Daines of Montana, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Their contests are all listed as toss-ups by the Cook Political Report, with McSally and Gardner the most vulnerable.
McSally trails retired astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords and the apparent nominee, by an average of 6.7 percentage points, according to RealClearPolitics. The outlet has Democratic Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, the primary favorite, 2.4 points ahead of Collins and ex-North Carolina state Sen. Cal Cunningham in front of Tillis by 3 points, too.
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