They’s probably hold their majority in the Senate…..
But could they hold the line in more House, State and Local contests ?
Republicans are defending 21 Senate seats while Democrats are seeking to retain 14 spots in the upper chamber. For the GOP to win control of the Senate, they are likely going to have to hold Pennsylvania while winning at least one seat in Georgia, Nevada or New Hampshire. While there are other ways Republicans can win control, one thing is clear: They need to win most of the battleground states.
The landscape in the Senate is much different — and much better for Democrats — than in the House, where virtually everyone in Washington expects Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to lose the gavel after November.
As of Monday, data and polling site FiveThirtyEight assessed each party’s chances of controlling the Senate after November as exactly 50-50. By contrast, the site gave Republicans an 85 percent chance of taking control of the House.
But it isn’t only in the Senate where Democrats see encouraging signs….