091622 Political Note #504 The US Senate. Where the race stands.
There are enough good candidates here to create a substantial Democratic majority in the Senate. Will they?
There are enough good candidates here to create a substantial Democratic majority in the Senate. Will they?
Mandela Barnes will be open of the the seven Democrats in the closest US Senate races. Win those races for a 53-47 Senate majority
Mike Franken is the right Democratic candidate for Iowa.
Patty Murray, Senior Senator from Washington, has to avoid the danger of a surprise challenger.
Check out the website: https://lenspoliticalnotes.com Look at the recent Political Notes and Len’s Letters on the website Incumbents: Consider Missouri and its neighbors. Missouri is south of Iowa, north of Arkansas, and east of Kansas. It is also west of the southern part of Illinois, but Illinois’s statewide voting is dominated by Chicagoland. Think of Missouri and the three neighbors – Iowa, Kansas, and Arkansas – as a region. Those four states have 8 Senators and 20 Representatives and some competitive contests. All four states are Republican, but Kansas and Iowa are showing hints of purple. Here are competitive races in…
Son of a Holocaust survivor and a kind of American aristocrat, few Senators have as clear an appreciation of what is happening in Ukraine as Michael Bennet.
A Senate victory in North Carolina can expand the Democratic majority so that it does not rely on the agreement of every Democratic Senator.
John Fetterman looks more like a biker than a US Senator. Right now, he looks like a winner.
Ten candidates for the US Senate for whom donations now could make a difference.
Evan McMullin is a conservative running for the US Senate as an independent. He is an independent because of his disdain for the views and behavior of many of the Republican leaders.