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Looking at the longshot 2018 US Senate Races- Which Democratic nominee has a chance of winning? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Sep 2017 OP
I hate to mention it GaryCnf Sep 2017 #1
McCaskill-MO and Heitkamp-ND are in Tossup races. nkpolitics1212 Sep 2017 #2
All of them have a shot. But I think Jones is 2017 not 2018. His term would go till 2020 Tiggeroshii Sep 2017 #3
 

GaryCnf

(1,399 posts)
1. I hate to mention it
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 10:05 AM
Sep 2017

and I know you are talking about flips

but if we are talking about longshots, we need to add McCaskill (barring her heartfelt apology to black voters) and Heitkamp (barring overwhelming rage over being lied to by Trump from the (former) oilfield workers in the Bakken who are living on public assistance).

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
2. McCaskill-MO and Heitkamp-ND are in Tossup races.
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 11:45 PM
Sep 2017

Looking at AL-2017 (Jones-D),TN-2018 (Mackler-D/Berke-D),TX-2018 (O'Rourke-D),and UT-2018 (Wilson-D/Matheson-D/McAdams-D).
TN-2018(Mackler-D/Berke-D) is winnable for Democrats. The last time a Democrat won a TN US Senate Race was in 1990 (Gore-D was re-elected to a 2nd term.) The last time a Democrat came close to winning a TN US Senate Race was in 2006 (Ford-D narrowly lost to Corker-R). Mackler-D and/or Berke-D have more crossover appeal than Ford-D. The likely 2018 Republican nominee will be more extreme and controversial than Corker-R.

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