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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 12:51 PM Nov 2017

2018/2020 US Senate Election-Democrats guide to a regaining control of the US Senate.

2018
Democrats will pick up
AZ Regular (Sinema-D)49
AZ Special (Kelly-D)50
NV (Rosen-D)51
However Democrats could lose couple of Trump State Democratic incumbents up for re-election.
IN (Donnelly-D)50
MO (McCaskill-D)49
2020
Democrats will hold onto every Democratic held seat in 2020 including Peters-MI,Franken-MN,Shaheen-NH,and Warner-VA due to the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee's coattails. 49D
Democrats will pick up
CO (Perlmutter-D)50
NC (Ross-D)51
2022
Democrats will hold onto every Democratic held seat in 2022 including Kelly-AZ,Bennet-CO,Cortez Masto-NV,and Hassan-NH due to an increase Hispanic VAP in AZ,CO, and NV. I expect Hassan-NH to win re-election in 2022. 51
Democrats could pick up Open Republican held seats in
NC (OPEN-Burr-R) Martin-D 52
WI (OPEN-Johnson-R) Kind-D 53
Other seats Democrats need to target in 2020 and 2022
2020
GA (Perdue-R)Evans-D
ME if Collins-R retires or faces a primary challenge from LePage-R or Poliquin-R- Pingree-D
MT (Daines-R)Bullock-D
TX (Cornyn-R)either of the Castro twins-D
2022
FL (Rubio-R)Castor-D
GA if Isakson-R retires or faces a primary challenge.-Ossoff-D
PA (Toomey-R)Cartwright- D

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