Numerous senior Democratic officials told the Washington Examiner that, in addition to the Pennsylvania and Ohio races, they are optimistic about Florida, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. However, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has yet to offer any endorsements.
Currently, the Senate is split 50-50, with Democrats controlling the chamber due to Vice President Kamala Harris’s tiebreaking vote. Biden’s agenda has frequently stalled in the Senate, with the least liberal members of the caucus able to thwart any bill that lacks bipartisan support.
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The Committee’s primary goal heading into the midterm elections is “working to defend our battleground incumbents” in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and New Hampshire. Still, beyond that, the DSCC will take “advantage of every opportunity” Republicans give it, a spokesperson for the DSCC told the Washington Examiner.
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“The wave of Republican retirements has created some opportunities in that space, as well as [Wisconsin Republican Sen.] Ron Johnson’s poor approval rating,” that person went on. Johnson is the only Wisconsin Republican to win a Senate race in four decades, and Democratic operatives have positioned a target on the seat after he announced his reelection campaign in January. Meanwhile, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio faces a challenge from sitting Democratic Rep. Val Demings, the first black woman to serve as Orlando’s chief of police, and the bid to replace retiring Republican Sen. Richard Burr in North Carolina remains wide open ahead of the primaries.
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Mehmet Oz and J.D. Vance have dropped in Republican primary polls in Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. Former President Donald Trump’s endorsement could push them through to the general. Still, the DSCC expects the tone of the primaries, with Trump’s expected close involvement, to turn off centrist Republican voters.
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“We’ve seen across the battleground states this year, really, Trump creating more chaos in these GOP primaries that have already been, really, kind of nasty, expensive, and chaotic,” a DSCC official commented on the situation. “When Trump kind of interferes, they get even nastier, even more expensive, and even more chaotic, and so we’re really feeling like these GOP primaries are messy and lead to a liability for the general election electorate.” DSCC Chairman Gary Peters previously expressed he was “confident” Democrats will unseat Johnson and, like Biden, has predicted walking away from the midterm elections with two more seats in hand.
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