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NPolitics1979

(613 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:55 PM Mar 2015

Democrats guide to regaining control of the US Senate in 2016

Democrats are going to hold onto
HI(Schatz-D)37
VT(Leahy-D)38
NY(Schumer-D)39
OR(Wyden-D)40
CA(Harris-D)41
CT(Blumenthal-D)42
MD(Van Hollen or Edwards-D)43
WA(Murray-D)44
CO(Bennet-D)45
Democrats have a 50-50 chance of losing NV(assuming Sandoval-R decides to run.
Without NV- Democrats need to win at least 5 of the vulnerable Republican held seats.
Due to Hillary Clinton's coattails. Democrats pick up
WI(Feingold-D)46
IL(Duckworth-D or Bustos-D)47
NH(Hassan-D)48
PA(Sestak-D)49
FL(Murphy-D) or OH(Strickland-D)50
Democrats could also pick up IN(assuming Bayh-D runs).



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Democrats guide to regaining control of the US Senate in 2016 (Original Post) NPolitics1979 Mar 2015 OP
With a lot of hard work, this can happen. bottomofthehill Mar 2015 #1
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