Dems sound alarm on Senate majority
Source: The Hill
By Alexander Bolton - 09/07/16 08:27 PM EDT
The campaign chairman for Senate Democrats on Wednesday warned his colleagues that if the elections were held today, the party would gain only three Senate seats, according to lawmakers who were in the room. That outcome would leave Democrats one seat short of the majority, should the party’s presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, win the White House.
One lawmaker stressed that Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) made the statement to motivate his colleagues to work harder to raise money and mobilize voters, adding that he said winning back the Senate is still possible. Yet the remark from the leader of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), made during the caucus’s weekly lunch, reflects real fears among Senate Democrats that they could fall short in November.
While Senate Democrats have a favorable electoral map, they say a deluge of spending from outside groups has buoyed vulnerable Republican incumbents such as Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio), who had been a top target.
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