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35 Democratic held US Senate seats are not up for re-election in 2020,
30 Republican held US Senate seats are not up for re-election in 2020,
Safe Democratic
36)RI(Reed-D)
37)DE(Coons-D)
38)MA(Markey-D)Kennedy-D
39)NJ(Booker-D)
40)OR(Merkley-D)
41)IL(Durbin-D)
42)VA(Warner-D)
Safe Republican
31)WY(OPEN Enzi-R)Lummis-R
32)OK(Inhofe-R)Pruitt-R
33)ID(Risch-R)
34)WV(Capito-R)
35)AR(Cotton-R)
36)SD(Rounds-R)
37)TN(OPEN Alexander-R)Hagerty-R
38)NE(Sasse-R)
39)LA(Cassidy-R)
40)AK(Sullivan-R)
41)SC(Graham-R)
Likely Democratic
43)NM(OPEN Udall-D)Lujan-D
44)MN(Smith-D)
45)NH(Shaheen-D)
Likely Republican
42)MT(Daines-R)
43)MS(Hyde Smith-R)
44)KY(McConnell-R)
45)KS(OPEN Roberts-R)Marshall-R
46)TX(Cornyn-R)
Lean Democratic
46)MI(Peters-D)
47)CO(Gardner-R)Hickenlooper-D
Lean Republican
47)GA regular(Perdue-R)
48)GA special(Whoever Gov Kemp-R appoints)
49)IA(Ernst-R)
Tilt Democratic
48)AZ special(McSally-R)Kelly-D
Tilt Republican
50)AL(Jones-D)Sessions-R
51)ME(Collins-R)
52)NC(Tillis-R)
Tipping point seats are NC(Tillis-R vs Cunningham-D), ME(Collins-R vs Gideon-D) and the 2020 US Presidential Election. Democratic US Senators from States that currently have a Republican Governor cannot be on the 2020 Democratic Presidential /Vice Presidential Ticket.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)after all, if all democrats and independents are motivated enough to get out and vote, the wave would be huge and 2018 results would pale in compare.
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)AK(Begich-D),AR(Pryor-D),CO(Udall-D),IA(Harkin-D),LA(Landrieu-D),MT(Baucus/Walsh-D),NC(Hagan-D),SD(Johnson-D), and WV(Rockefeller-D).
AK,AR,LA,MT,SD,and WV are solid Republican seats, Democrats are unlikely to win back those seats.
The battleground US Senate seats in 2020 are
AL(Jones-D) best case scenario for Jones-D is Moore running as a third party candidate and Sessions as the Republican nominee struggling to get Trump's support.
AZ special(McSally-R will perform worse against Kelly-D in 2020 as she did against Sinema-D in 2018).
CO(Gardner-R is toast against Hickenlooper-D)
GA regular and special(Perdue-R and whoever Kemp-R appoints to replace Isakson-R)
IA(Ernst-R)
KS(If Kobach-R is the Republican nominee)
KY(McConnell-R)
ME(Collins-R)
MI(Peters-D performs better in 2020 than Stabenow-D performed in 2018.
NC(Tillis-R)