Senate Republicans are in their best position in months to net the one seat they need to flip control of the chamber next year
— on the eve of the midterms, no less.
Even getting Senate control doesn’t mean a major sweep, of course, and Republicans are declining to predict one with good reason. Democrats’ prospects are getting buffeted by economic and political headwinds, but they’re still benefiting from underfunded and second-tier GOP candidates as well as whopping fundraising numbers from their nominees.
“All of our races are in battleground states and by definition a battleground state is a very close election that comes down to the wire,” the Michigander said. “I feel very good about where we are. We have a very clear contrast in every single one of these races between our Democratic incumbents and the Republicans they are running against.”of Arizona andof New Hampshire have seen their leads shrink as Election Day approaches.
“I do think Blake’s gonna pull it off. And I do think Bolduc’s really darn close,” said Jessica Anderson, who leads the conservative Sentinel Action Fund, which has spent late in both races.
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