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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 01:20 AM Mar 2020

How Democrats could end up with 67seats in the US Senate in 2020?

1)35 Democratic held US Senate seats not up for re-election in 2020.
2)Win every Democratic held US Senate seat up for re-election in 2020 including AL(Jones-D)47
Democrats have to win
1)CO(Hickenlooper-D)48
2)AZ special(Kelly-D)49
3)NC(Cunningham-D)50
4)ME(Gideon-D)51
5)MT(Bullock-D)52
6)GA special(Warnock-D)in the January 2021 runnoff. 53
7)IA(Greenfield-D)54
8)GA regular(Ossoff-D)55
9)KS(Bollier-D)56
10)TX(Hegar-D)57
11)KY(McGrath-D)58
12)MS(Espy-D)59
13)SC(Harrison-D)60
14)AK(Gross-D)61
15)TN(Mackler-D)62
16)LA(Mitch Landrieu-D)63
17)SD(Brendan Johnson-D)64
18)WV(Ojeda-D/Swearengin-D)65
19)OK(Henry-D)66
20)WY(Freudenthal-D)67

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How Democrats could end up with 67seats in the US Senate in 2020? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Mar 2020 OP
yummy 🤙 denem Mar 2020 #1
Somewhat unnecessary. TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #2
You still need 67 Rincewind Mar 2020 #4
I hope! dawg day Mar 2020 #3

TexasTowelie

(111,947 posts)
2. Somewhat unnecessary.
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 01:51 AM
Mar 2020

If Democrats get to 67 seats, then it most likely means that Biden will have won the election and there will be no need to impeach a president. However, 60 is a good number to shoot for since it means that we can break any filibusters that the GOP attempts to organize.

Rincewind

(1,201 posts)
4. You still need 67
Sun Mar 29, 2020, 05:53 AM
Mar 2020

votes in the Senate to impeach a Federal judge. Like, you know, any of the 180 some unqualified ones trump has appointed.

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