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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 08:17 PM Feb 2020

Democrats guide to regaining control of the US Senate in 2020 with a Sanders/Warren-D ticket.

Democrats are going to lose VT and MA due to Republican Governor filling the vacancy in both of those seats. A special election for the VT and MA US Senate seat will take place in 2021. Democrats start out with 33 seats.
Democrats are going to win all of the Democratic held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 except AL(Jones-D).
1)RI(Reed-D)34
2)MA(Markey-D or Kennedy-D)35
3)DE(Coons-D)36
4)NJ(Booker-D)37
5)IL(Durbin-D)38
6)OR(Merkley-D)39
7)VA(Warner-D)40
8)NM(Lujan-D)41
9)MN(Smith-D)42
10)NH(Shaheen-D)43
11)MI(Peters-D)44
Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 that Democrats will win and need to win.
1)CO(Hickenlooper-D)45
2)AZ special(Kelly-D)46
3)NC(Cunningham-D)47
4)ME(Gideon-D)48
5)IA(Greenfield-D)49
6)GA regular(Tomlinson-D)50
7)GA special(Warnock-D)51

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Democrats guide to regaining control of the US Senate in 2020 with a Sanders/Warren-D ticket. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Feb 2020 OP
I think it's highly unlikely that Warren would end up on the ticket. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #1
From an electoral standpoint MissMillie Feb 2020 #2
Agreed. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #3
Sanders at top, kiss NC goodbye unc70 Feb 2020 #4
What if Sanders pick NC Governor Roy Cooper as his VP runningmate? nkpolitics1212 Feb 2020 #5
See post #6 unc70 Feb 2020 #7
Would not help anyone unc70 Feb 2020 #6

TwilightZone

(25,467 posts)
1. I think it's highly unlikely that Warren would end up on the ticket.
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 08:24 PM
Feb 2020

I don't think she would agree to it, and she could probably be more influential in the Senate (especially if we regain it, though that's an uphill battle) than as Sanders' VP.

MissMillie

(38,553 posts)
2. From an electoral standpoint
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 08:50 PM
Feb 2020

it wouldn't make sense for Sanders to pick Warren as a running mate.

It wouldn't make sense for Warren to pick Sanders as a running mate.

unc70

(6,110 posts)
6. Would not help anyone
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 09:53 PM
Feb 2020

NC is balanced on the knife edge. Cooper is ok on his own, but not great coattails. Sanders has a strong, but relatively small following -- maybe 30% of Dems and Dem leaning independents. Even closer to 50% of D/I voters is still not enough.

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