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General Category => Elections 2020 => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 26, 2020, 06:33:09 pm
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GOP campaign director: 'There's no doubt that Republicans will control the Senate'
By Tal Axelrod - 08/26/20 02:07 PM EDT
The chairman of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm expressed confidence Wednesday that the party will retain control of the upper chamber after this fall’s elections, during which it must defend several seats in competitive races.
“There’s no doubt that Republicans will control the Senate,†National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Executive Director Kevin McLaughlin said in a livestreamed interview with Politico.
McLaughlin’s confidence comes as polling shows Republican incumbents trailing their Democratic challengers in a slate of key races, including in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and North Carolina. Handicappers have either said that control of the Senate is a toss-up or leans Democratic.
The GOP currently holds a 53-47 majority in the Senate, meaning Democrats must pick up a net of three seats to flip the chamber if they also win the White House, or four seats if President Trump is reelected.
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