Democrats now have a real chance at winning the Senate in 2020 - CNNPolitics - 0 views
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The political world's focus on the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump by the House has obscured a critical shift in the battle for control of the Senate: Democrats now have a genuine chance at retaking the majority come November 2020.
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The 2020 map was always a bit of a challenge for Republicans. The party has to defend 23 seats next November as compared to just 12 for Democrats, the result of a 2014 election that delivered GOP wins across the Senate map. It's never an easy road when you are defending almost twice as many seats as your opponents.
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Those raw numbers, however, looked to be a bit deceiving. After all, there are only two states -- Maine and Colorado -- among those 23 that a) Hillary Clinton won in 2016 and b) Republican incumbents are running for reelection. And, while Democrats have relatively little to worry about among their 12 seats, they do have to try to reelect Sen. Doug Jones (D) in Alabama -- a near-impossible task in a presidential election year.
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