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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 06:53 PM Feb 2020

Which political party has a better US Senate recruit for 2020?

Republican US Senate recruit for 2020-
AL(Jones-D)Sessions-R
MI(Peters-D)James-R can make the race against Peters-D competitive but will still lose.
The rest of the Democratic held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 will remain in the Democratic column.
Democratic US Senate recruit for 2020-
AZ special(McSally-R)Kelly-D
CO(Gardner-R)Hickenlooper-D
GA regular(Perdue-R)Tomlinson-D
GA special(Loeffler-R)Warnock-D
IA(Ernst-R)Greenfield-D
KS(OPEN Roberts-R)Bollier-D
ME(Collins-R)Gideon-D
MS(Hyde Smith-R)Espy-D
MT(Daines-R)Collins-D
NC(Tillis-R)Cunningham-D
SC(Graham-R)Harrison-D
TX(Cornyn-R)Hegar-D
WV(Moore Capito-R) Ojeda-D

Democrats will lose AL but pick up AZ special, CO, ME, and NC.

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Which political party has a better US Senate recruit for 2020? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Feb 2020 OP
So that means Utility Muffin Feb 2020 #1
Winning both of the GA US Senate Elections is key to Democrats regaining control of the US Senate. nkpolitics1212 Feb 2020 #2

Utility Muffin

(3 posts)
1. So that means
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 07:12 PM
Feb 2020

a net gain of 3, meaning a 50-50 tie if your projections are correct. Meaning a Republican Senate until January 20th (with Pence) and up in the air depending upon who wins the White House.

If Sanders or Warren (or both, one as VP) win then their seats get filled by Republicans, returning the majority to Republicans. Temporarily, I hope, in the case of Massachusetts as the Kerry Law would require a quick special election.

Klobuchar winning would mean a Democrat filling the seat, and passing control to the Democrats.

Is it feasible for us to flip any of the others? I don't like the idea of a Republican governor stealing control back from us.

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
2. Winning both of the GA US Senate Elections is key to Democrats regaining control of the US Senate.
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 07:51 PM
Feb 2020

Democrats will win all of the Democratic held US Senate up for re-election in 2020 except AL(Jones-D loses to the likely Republican Nominee.) If Sander(VT) and/or Warren(MA) get the job at 1600 PA avenue, Democrats will start with 44 US Senate seats.
Democrats will need to win 7 Vulnerable Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020.
1)CO(Hickenlooper-D)45
2)AZ special(Kelly-D)46
3)NC(Cunningham-D)47
4)ME(Gideon-D)48
5)GA regular(Tomlinson-D)49
6)GA special(Warnock-D)50
7)IA(Greenfield-D)51


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