The eyes of voters may be focused on the 2020 presidential election, but a handful of Senate races are likely to be just as competitive, expensive and contentious.
Democrats have made it their mission to become the majority party in the Senate. Party leaders like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have accused the GOP of turning the upper chamber in a legislative"graveyard." An Alabama Daily News poll from mid-February showed a tight race among Republican contenders. But the survey found that all three would defeat Jones in a head-to-head matchup.Republican incumbent Martha McSally is facing a tough re-election effort as Arizona becomes an increasingly purple state. McSally lost her first Senate bid in 2018 to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema but was later appointed to serve in Congress by Governor Doug Ducey to fill the vacant seat of the late Senator John McCain.
Gardner is likely to face Democrat John Hickenlooper in November. Hickenlooper, the former governor of the Centennial State, decided to enter the Senate race after his unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. But Gardner is ahead in fundraising, starting the year with $7.8 million compared with Hickenlooper's $3.2 million.
The Democratic group Senate Majority PAC announced a $13 million buy for the fall to support its candidate, and the Senate Leadership Fund reserved roughly $12 million in advertising airtime to support Ernst.Mitch McConnell, who has been polled as one of the least popular senators in the country, could face his toughest re-election campaign in over a decade.
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