According to me. And, I quickly add, that this is NOT a formal analysis. This is just my gut feeling combined with looking at the polls and stuff. Bottom line: Missouri and Nevada are the key states to watch.<\/p>\n
Montana<\/strong> is considered a toss-up state, but I do not regard it as one. Tester is well established and has been ahead in polls, including good polls. Democratic incumbent senator John Tester<\/strong> will pass the ultimate test and put his challenger on the mat.<\/p>\n Nevada<\/strong> is a tossup<\/strong>. Democratic challenger Jacky Rosen has had a strong showing in several polls, and was gaining on incumbent Dean Heller. It is possible that there is a Kavanaugh effect. In my first iteration of an an analysis across the Senate, I’d put Nevada in Heller’s pocket. But there if urban labor can get organized, and if the Kavanaugh effect blunts over time, I can see Rosen clear to a victory. So, I’ll put Democrat Jacky Rosen in the win column in my Plan B analysis.<\/p>\n Arizona<\/strong> is going to be interesting. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema was strong through the summer, but McSally’s campaign sallied forth and caught up in September. One could see the last month in Nevada as a volatile horse race. What looks like a last minute Kavanaugh backlash may wear off. I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that Sinema<\/strong> will win in Arizona.<\/p>\n I hate to say it, but Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp, in North Dakota<\/strong>, is going to lose, and the Republican Kramer<\/strong> is going to win. This race is considered by many as a tossup, but it is more of a toss-out.<\/p>\n If Beto O’Rourke wins in Texas<\/strong>, I’ll eat my cowboy hat. He never really had a chance of beating Cruz. Texas is an asshole state, and everything is Texas is extra big,and Cruz<\/strong> is a the biggest asshole of them all. Too bad.<\/p>\n Some analyses put Senator Tina Smith in an uncertain column for her return to represent Minnesota<\/strong>. I would have done so a couple of weeks ago as well, but the North Star state is coming together. Probably a Kavanaugh effect in favor of the DFL. Smith<\/strong> will win in Minnesota.<\/p>\n In Missouri<\/strong>, incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill seems to be losing. But if there is a race the Democrats can pull out of the ditch by doing things like sending lots of money, allowing Mich McConnell to ram through 16 right wing judges so the Dems could go home and campaign, and that sort of stuff, it is this race. I will not underestimate McCaskill<\/strong>. She’ll be returned. And, no, there was no Kavanaugh effect there.<\/p>\n Democrat Donnelly<\/strong> is solid in Indiana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Democrat Nelson<\/strong> is taking off in Florida<\/strong> and will win there.<\/p>\n All of the other races are going as they are going. There will be Democrats in Wisconisn, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Republicans in Mississippi, Tennessee, and the other usually Republican states.<\/p>\n The only uncertainty is Nevada. Leaving Nevada out of the count, there will be 49 Democrats and 50 Republicans. If Nevada actually goes, as currently seems likely, to the GOP, the Party of Hate will have two more Senators than the Democratic Party. But, it is distinctly possible that Nevada will send a Democrat to the Senate instead, which will cause the Senate to break 50.<\/p>\n Of those I’ve assigned, obviously, Missouri is the most uncertain. Everything seems to depend on Missouri and Nevada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to me. And, I quickly add, that this is NOT a formal analysis. This is just my gut feeling combined with looking at the polls and stuff. Bottom line: Missouri and Nevada are the key states to watch. Montana is considered a toss-up state, but I do not regard it as one. Tester is … Continue reading US Senate Will Be Republican Controlled or 50-50<\/span>