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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNumber of cycles it will take Democrats to get 60 US Senate seats.
2018-Democrats hold onto
Solid Democratic
VT-(Sanders-I/D)24
NY-(Gillibrand-D)25
HI-(Hirono-D)26
CA-(Feinstein-D)27
RI-(Whitehouse-D)28
WA-(Cantwell-D)29
DE-(Carper-D)30
MD-(Cardin-D)31
MA-(Warren-D)32
CT-(Murphy-D)33
NM-(Heinrich-D)34
Likely/Solid Democratic
MN-(Klobuchar-D)35
NJ-(Menendez-D)36
MI-(Stabenow-D)37
Likely Democratic
ME-(King-I/D)38
VA-(Kaine-D)39
Lean/Likely Democratic
PA-(Casey-D)40
WI-(Baldwin-D)41
MT-(Tester-D)42
Lean Democratic
WV-(Manchin-D)43
FL-(Nelson-D)44
OH-(Brown-D)45
Tossup/Lean Democratic
ND-(Heitkamp-D)46
MO-(McCaskill-D)47
IN-(Donnelly-D)48
Democrats pick up
NV (Heller-R)Titus-D 49
AZ (Flake-R)Sinema-D 50
TX (Cruz-R)O'Rourke-D 51
2020-Democrats hold onto
DE-(Coons-D)41
IL-(Durbin-D)42
MA-(Markey-D)43
MI-(Peters-D)44
MN-(Klobuchar-D)45
NH-(Shaheen-D)46
NJ-(Booker-D)47
NM-(Udall-D)48
OR-(Merkley-D)49
RI-(Reed-D)50
VA-(Warner-D)51
Democrats pick up
CO-(Gardner-R)Polis-D 52
GA-(Perdue-R)Ossoff-D 53
IA-(Ernst-R)Loebsack-D 54
ME-(Collins-R)Pingree-D 55
NC-(Tillis-R)Ross-D 56
TX-(Cornyn-R)Castro-D 57
2022-Democrats hold onto
CA-(Harris-D)46
CO-(Bennet-D)47
CT-(Blumenthal-D)48
HI-(Schatz-D)49
IL-(Duckworth-D)50
MD-(Van Hollen-D)51
NV-(Cortez Masto-D)52
NH-(Hassan-D)53
NY-(Schumer-D)54
OR-(Wyden-D)55
VT-(Leahy-D)56
WA-(Murray-D)57
Democrats pick up
MO-(Blunt-R)Galloway-D 58
NC-(Burr-R)Stein-D 59
PA-(Toomey-R)Shapiro-D 60
ornotna
(10,807 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 17, 2017, 09:30 PM - Edit history (1)
Yeah, good luck with that.
I guess I should have inserted the thingy.
still_one
(92,454 posts)correct. Bernie identifies in Congress as an independent, he describes himself as a "Democratic Socialist", and though he aligns himself with the Democrats in Congress, he makes a point not to be identified as part of the Democratic party
Hekate
(90,865 posts)Aside from the obvious?
At least this time he's not fixated on the 2020 presidential picks, which I appreciate.
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)Sanders lost in the Democratic primary in 1990,1996, 2000, and 2004, but won the general election in a 3 way race as an Independent.
The DSCC endorses Bernie in his 2006,2012,and 2018 us senate races.
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)still_one
(92,454 posts)and Angus King identify as Independents who caucus with the Democrats?
ornotna
(10,807 posts)I would be one of the ones voting for him. Wholeheartedly.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Dems need to gain 3 seats to take control of the Senate with current 52 Republicans and 48 Democrats (including two independents).
http://www.270towin.com/2018-senate-election/
......... To have even a remote chance of winning a Senate majority in 2018, Democrats will need all their incumbents to get re-elected (including five in states that went for Trump by more than 15 points), pick up Nevada and Arizona, and then squeeze one more win out of the group of Mississippi, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming ..........
........ bottom line is this: Democrats have to win some light-red and even solid-red Senate seats if they want to be back in the majority in the Senate by 2020. ..........
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)Democrats will pick up NV and AZ. +2D 50R 50D (48D,2I)
2020-Democrats hold onto NH and VA and pick up CO and NC. +2D 48R 52D (50D,2I)
Democrats could pick up ME in 2020 if Collins becomes Governor and MT in 2020 if Bullock decides to run.
Chipper Chat
(9,696 posts)Indiana is getting redder and redder. I thought Twitler's failure would change a few minds (including my own family).
But so far no. Trump is god here.
Very sad.
Initech
(100,108 posts)Kick the republicans all out. They don't deserve it.