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Dems turning more GOP Senate strongholds into midterm battlegrounds
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Ten weeks from Election Day, the Senate battlefield is sprawling, scattered, and stretching deep into Trump country.
Key facts
- Iowa: A Democrat hasn't won an Iowa presidential or Senate race since then-President Obama in 2012
- As of Thursday afternoon, the Texas and Iowa Senate races are rated as "toss-ups" by Cook Political Report
- Alaska: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) worked hard to recruit former Democratic Rep
- Ten weeks from Election Day, the Senate battlefield is sprawling, scattered, and stretching deep into Trump country
Summary
In a normal year, Republicans wouldn't think twice about Alaska, Kansas, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska or Texas. Republicans expect all six states to revert to their MAGA mean. The fact that they're still in play has turned the midterms into a game of chess, giving Democrats more openings to attack, and leaving Republicans with more pieces to defend. What they're hearing: While you've been at the beach, they've been at the bar talking to operatives in both parties.