Senate Control Will Likely Come Down to Just Two States: The Kiplinger Letter
Montana and Ohio may hold the key to control in the Senate as the Democrats angle for control.
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Control of the Senate will likely come down to just two states next year: Montana and Ohio, where Senators Jon Tester and Sherrod Brown, respectively, are both angling for fourth terms as Democrats in their increasingly red states.
Donald Trump won both states twice during his presidential campaigns. Republicans will further benefit from Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) retirement, which will almost automatically net them a seat in the deep-red Mountain State, as well as free up more resources to campaign against Tester and Brown.
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The GOP will need to win only one additional seat to gain control of the chamber if a Republican also wins the presidency. In that scenario, the vice president Kamala Harris would serve as the tiebreaking vote in the Senate.
Democrats, on the other hand, boast battle-tested incumbents. Tester and Brown have both won reelection in tough political environments before and may do so again, but never have the circumstances been so unfavorable.
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