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To: bagster; LS
Slow night so far, so I'll throw out my "optimistic" Senate projections, updated with some new stuff from LS.

BTW, it's hard for me to figure the House. I think we would end up with a gain in seats except for the risk of losing seats in high-tax states where the Tax Bill hurt lots of higher earners. We might lose seats in NJ, PA, IL for example which would otherwise have won.

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FReeQ Cheat Sheet to 60-40 Senate		
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HOLD all incumbent seats, including contested ones like Heller & Cruz. (Should be no problem.)		
		
HOLD Flake and Corker seats:		
state	REPUBLICAN	DEFEATS
AZ	McSalley	Kyrsten Sinema
TN	Blackburn	Phil Bredeson
		
Then the PROBABLE PICK-UPS:		
state	REPUBLICAN	DEFEATS
IN	Mike Braun	Joe Donnelly
MO	Josh Hawley	Claire McCaskill
OH	Jim Renacci	Sherrod Brown
MT	Matt Rosendale	Jon Tester
ND	Kevin Cramer	Heidi Heitkamp
		
Then the TOSSUPS (but "Smart money" says R.)		
state	REPUBLICAN	DEFEATS
FL	Rick Scott	Bill Nelson II
WV	Pat Morrisey	Joe Manchin III 
MI	John James	Debbie Stabenow
MN	Karin Housley	Tina Smith
		
Finally, we need to WIN at least 1 out of 2 LONGSHOTS:		
state	REPUBLICAN	DEFEATS
NJ	Bob Hugin	Robert Menendez
MN	Jim Newberger	Amy Klobuchar
		
Net Pickup: 10 seats. 60-40!		
		
Removed from previous: LS says lost cause:	
WI	Leah Vukmir	Tammy Baldwin
Pinging LS just to say thanks for his great work, which is mostly what's in my list, but he is NOT going quite so optimistic (at least officially).
749 posted on 10/27/2018 6:10:55 PM PDT by Disestablishmentarian (2018: Freedom vs. Socialism)
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To: Disestablishmentarian

Heller a hold, not on your list.


770 posted on 10/27/2018 7:05:23 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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