This year's election year battle for control of the U.S. Senate is intensifying, as Republicans prepare to push through President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee in the closing weeks of a campaign dominated by the coronavirus pandemic.
- This year’s election year battle for control of the U.S. Senate is intensifying, as Republicans prepare to push through President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee in the closing weeks of a campaign dominated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Democrats would need to net at least three Republican-held seats for a majority, if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House, giving his running mate Kamala Harris a tie-breaking Senate vote, or four seats if Biden loses. Democrat John Hickenlooper, a former two-term governor and 2020 presidential hopeful, is leading Gardner in opinion polls. But Gardner holds a sizeable cash advantage and the Democrat’s polling lead has largely kept below the double-digit advantage he held in July, according to FiveThirtyEight.com.First-term Republican Senator David Perdue, a wealthy businessman who promotes himself as a Trump ally, holds only a slight lead over Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff, according to RealClearPolitics.
Bullock was a late entry, jumping into the race in March. But he managed to raise funds quickly. The Democrat led Daines in opinion polls into the summer. But the Republican currently leads Bullock by an average of less than 2 percentage points, according to RealClearPolitics.com.Republican Senator Thom Tillis trails his Democratic challenger, former state Senator Cal Cunningham, who has also steadily outraised him in campaign donations.
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