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Related: About this forumDemocrats guide to regaining control of the US Senate in 2020 with a Sanders/Warren-D ticket.
Democrats are going to lose VT and MA due to Republican Governor filling the vacancy in both of those seats. A special election for the VT and MA US Senate seat will take place in 2021. Democrats start out with 33 seats.
Democrats are going to win all of the Democratic held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 except AL(Jones-D).
1)RI(Reed-D)34
2)MA(Markey-D or Kennedy-D)35
3)DE(Coons-D)36
4)NJ(Booker-D)37
5)IL(Durbin-D)38
6)OR(Merkley-D)39
7)VA(Warner-D)40
8)NM(Lujan-D)41
9)MN(Smith-D)42
10)NH(Shaheen-D)43
11)MI(Peters-D)44
Republican held US Senate seats up for re-election in 2020 that Democrats will win and need to win.
1)CO(Hickenlooper-D)45
2)AZ special(Kelly-D)46
3)NC(Cunningham-D)47
4)ME(Gideon-D)48
5)IA(Greenfield-D)49
6)GA regular(Tomlinson-D)50
7)GA special(Warnock-D)51
TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)I don't think she would agree to it, and she could probably be more influential in the Senate (especially if we regain it, though that's an uphill battle) than as Sanders' VP.
MissMillie
(39,700 posts)it wouldn't make sense for Sanders to pick Warren as a running mate.
It wouldn't make sense for Warren to pick Sanders as a running mate.
TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)unc70
(6,514 posts)About the only way Tillis can survive.
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)unc70
(6,514 posts)unc70
(6,514 posts)NC is balanced on the knife edge. Cooper is ok on his own, but not great coattails. Sanders has a strong, but relatively small following -- maybe 30% of Dems and Dem leaning independents. Even closer to 50% of D/I voters is still not enough.
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