Congress

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:12 PM Jan 2020

Democrats need to win 5 Republican US Senate seats in 2020 to regain control of the US Senate.

Democrats will hold onto every Democratic US Senate seat up for re-election in 2020 except AL(Jones-D).46D
Republican US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 that Democrats will win.
1)CO(Gardner-R)Hickenlooper-D
2)AZ special(McSally-R)Kelly-D
3)NC(Tillis-R)Cunningham-D
4)ME(Collins-R)Gideon-D
5)GA special(Loeffler-R)Tarver-D

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Democrats need to win 5 Republican US Senate seats in 2020 to regain control of the US Senate. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Jan 2020 OP

Collins is Wabbajack_ Jan 2020 #1

McSally(R-AZ) was appointed to the seat after she lost for the other AZ US Senate seat. nkpolitics1212 Jan 2020 #3

And both states are more Republican than Maine, trump may carry them Wabbajack_ Jan 2020 #6

Kansas is a good chance SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #2

Unless we can beat Trump texasfiddler Jan 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author texasfiddler Jan 2020 #5

Wabbajack_

(1,300 posts)

1. Collins is

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:45 PM

Jan 2020

more likely to fall, in my opinion than McSally or certainly Tillis.

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)

3. McSally(R-AZ) was appointed to the seat after she lost for the other AZ US Senate seat.

Reply to Wabbajack_ (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:03 PM

Jan 2020

Tillis(R-NC) was elected in 2014 by a margin slightly narrower than Gardner(R-CO)

Wabbajack_

(1,300 posts)

6. And both states are more Republican than Maine, trump may carry them

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:59 AM

Jan 2020

Collins killed her crossover appeal when she voted for Kavanaugh, if she survives it will be narrowly.

SCantiGOP

(14,760 posts)

2. Kansas is a good chance

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:53 PM

Jan 2020

If Kobach wins the GOP spot.

texasfiddler

(2,199 posts)

4. Unless we can beat Trump

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:13 PM

Jan 2020

Then we need to win 4. Wouldn’t the VP be the deciding vote?

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