A Guide to Supporting Democratic Senate Candidates, Part Two
With the election five months away, a friend of mine asked me which Democratic Senate candidates he should donate to to flip the Senate blue, and I wanted to share my thoughts on it with all of you.
The way I see it, there are three locks (or near-locks, if you’re superstitious) for the Democrats to beat Republicans, and then second, third, and fourth tier elections, as well as one special case and one incumbent Democrat who needs our help (I think you can guess who it is — the others are all safe.) I would emphasize adopting at least one race in the locks, and devoting more attention to the second and third tiers, as those will be the ones that determine the size of our majority if we take back the Senate.
LOCKS/NEAR-LOCKS (The safest bets)
ARIZONA––Astronaut and Hank-from-Breaking-Bad-lookalike Mark Kelly was one of the first candidates to throw his hat in the ring and is already polling well ahead of Martha McSally. In my opinion, this race will be called as soon as the polls close on November 3rd.
COLORADO — Apart from McSally, Cory Gardner is the most vulnerable Republican this cycle, and he…
