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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2020 US Senate Election-If Doug Jones-AL gets elected to the US Senate on December 12, 2017,
He will be the most and only vulnerable Democratic incumbent US Senator up for re-election in 2020.
Jones-AL will be the only red state Democratic US Senator up for re-election in 2020.
Red State Democratic US Senators up for re-election in 2018 are
1)Donnelly-IN
2)McCaskill-MO
3)Tester-MT
4)Heitkamp-ND
5)Brown-OH
6)Manchin-WV
Donnelly-IN and McCaskill-MO are the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent US Senators up for re-election in 2018.
2020 will be the year Democrats regain control of the US Senate.
Democrats win AL in December 12, 2017- 49D 51R
In 2018-Democrats pick up AZ-Sinema and NV-Rosen but lose IN and/or MO. 49D 51R
In 2020-Democrats pick up AZ-Stanton, CO-Perlmutter, and NC-Stein but lose AL 51D 49R
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)I remember years ago when Democratic Senator Richard Shelby switched parties after a Republican-wave election during early Clinton years (opposition party waves are very consistent after a presidential election).
Now, there's a wild-card or two -- or more?
How long are Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins going to stay with a Republican Party that doesn't share their values and is headed up by a racist, misogynistic, self-serving pig?
A couple party-switchers -- and it's a whole new ballgame!
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)the Democratic Party. Unlike Shelby who is conservative Republican, Murkowski and Collins will be more conservative than Manchin,
Bradshaw3
(7,510 posts)Collins seems like she might. I wonder what any Maine DUers think of that possibility?