They objected to President Joe Biden's 2020 win and are pugnacious culture warriors, driving up oodles of campaign cash for both parties. Still, Democrats' 2024 strategy doesn't rely on unseating them.
, Scott and Hawley, aren’t plotting a path to holding their majority that’s too reliant on beating the trio of party villains. That’s because it might be easier to keep control of the Senate by reelecting Democratic incumbents than charging into red states that have proven unwinnable in the past.
Peters took the most direct path to preserving his majority just last year, successfully reelecting every one of his endangered incumbents. He also managed to pick up an open seat in Pennsylvania, surprising prognosticators across the country. “They will spend $100 million on this race. It will be a massive influx of out-of-state money. Every corporate interest that I have offended, all of the lefty groups who detest my positions, will absolutely spend big in this race. And we think it will be very competitive,” said Hawley, who defeated former Sen. Claire McCaskill in 2018.
Instead Democrats won the majority that cycle on the more fertile, purple-state territory of Georgia, Arizona and Colorado. Still, if Democrats can get the GOP to expend resources and energy in those red states, they might relieve pressure on their vulnerable incumbents while also giving the party a shot at picking up seats. Hence the urgent mission to recruit former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to take on Scott, who has bedeviled Democrats in three straight elections: Two as the Sunshine State’s governor and again in 2018, when he narrowly unseated then-Sen. Bill Nelson .
“It’s the biggest swing state in the country,” Scott said in an interview. “This is the first election where I’ve been on the ticket with a president. It’ll be a different experience.”
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