2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumToday's Senate #'s from Shareblue Benchmark
http://shareblue.com/democrats-on-track-to-win-control-of-senate/ILLINOIS: Probability of Democratic win: 90% U.S. Representative Tammy Duckworth (D), an Iraq war veteran, is leading against incumbent U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R), a former congressman, lawyer, and a retired member of the U.S. Naval Reserve.
WISCONSIN: Probability of Democratic win: 87% Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D), a lawyer and advocate for campaign finance reform, is leading against incumbent U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R), a former manufacturing executive.
INDIANA: Probability of Democratic win: 71% Former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh (D), a lawyer who also previously served as Indiana governor, is leading U.S. Representative Todd Young (R), a former U.S. Marine Corps Captain.
NEVADA: Probability of Democratic win: 59% Catherine Cortez Masto (D), a lawyer and a former Nevada attorney general, is leading against U.S. Representative Joe Heck (R), a physician and U.S. Army Brigadier General.
PENNSYLVANIA: Probability of Democratic win: 54% In a closely-watched swing state race, Katie McGinty (D), a former state and federal environmental advisor, is edging out incumbent U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R), a former Wall Street banker.
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Probability of Democratic win: 53% Governor Maggie Hassan (D), a lawyer and former Vice Chair of the Democratic Governors Association, is ahead of incumbent U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R), a lawyer and former attorney general of New Hampshire.
NORTH CAROLINA: Probability of Republican win: 53% Incumbent U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R), a former sales manager, is locked in a tight race with challenger Deborah K. Ross (D), a lawyer and longtime North Carolina legislator.
MISSOURI: Probability of Republican win: 55% Incumbent U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R), a former House Majority Whip, is virtually tied with challenger Jason Kander (D), a military veteran, lawyer, and politician.
FLORIDA: Probability of Republican win: 69% U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy (D), a Certified Public Account and former construction business executive, faces off against incumbent U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R), a lawyer and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
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NC, MO & FL..UGH!
Of the 3, Burr, Blunt & Rubio, we MUST upset at least one of these. My money would be on Rubio as a righteous surprise.
Dem heavy hitters are working Florida hard these last few weeks to make it happen. please please!
However Blunt & Burr are closer in #'s.
All 3 deserve to be removed from the Senate.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)MBS
(9,688 posts)That shamelessly self-interested, nakedly ambitious, lazy, irresponsible empty-suit does not deserve to hold any kind of office, much less reelection to a senate position that he has openly scorned and clearly is still uninterested in the office other than as a stepping stone for his presidential ambitions.
He really is contemptible. One of the more recent polls found that Rubio and Murphy are only 2% apart. If enough Floridians heed the (scatting) anti-Rubio editorials in the major Florida newspapers, maybe that gap can be closed.It would be so sweet to bid him goodbye.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 22, 2016, 09:37 AM - Edit history (1)
Pres Obama's FL rally yesterday helped & the Miami news un-endorsement drew that line loud & clear between worthy & worthless.
C'mon Florida
MBS
(9,688 posts)Keeping my fingers crossed that Florida voters send Rubio back home.