Leading political handicapper shifts three key Senate 2022 races toward GOP
Fox News
A top nonpartisan political handicapper moved three key Senate races in the 2022 midterm elections towards Republicans, due to a difficult political environment for Democrats
The Senate is currently split 50/50 among the two major parties, but the Democrats control the chamber thanks to the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris through her constitutional role as president of the Senate. While the GOP is defending 20 of the 34 seats up for grabs – including five open seats – it needs a net gain of just one seat to regain the majority it lost when Republicans were swept in January’s twin Senate runoff elections.
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