Possible Chance Of The Independent Senators Siding With Democrats

James joyner friday july 24 2020 13 comments.

Possible chance of the independent senators siding with democrats.

David perdue r has a long list of democrats vying to challenge him in his first senate reelection campaign. Democrats need to gain three or four seats to take control in 2020. And they have but their final task to the majority is the hardest. Republicans must defend 22 of 34 seats but the lay of the land seems to favor the gop.

Democrats are largely on offense in senate races in 2020. Democrats tried and failed to recruit abrams to run for senate. Democrats probably want to expand their chances outside these four main senate showdowns in case they don t win them all. All these things taken together mean that the chances of democrats taking back the senate are rising and is now close to 50 50 odds i m a little bit more optimistic than that.

Democrats likely to retake senate a hundred days out a wave election is the best bet. Senators in the 116th united states congress. They need a net gain of four seats to win the majority or three if they win the white house since the vice president would be the tie. Doug jones d ala democrats are on the defensive in deep red alabama roughly three years after jones defeated republican roy moore roy.

Senators up for reelection are siding with trump trump may not be able to resist intervening in senate and house races given his desire for being the center of attention. States with green stripes have a senator from one party and an independent who caucuses with the democrats. The united states senate consists of 100 members two from each of the 50 states.