Posted on 02/14/2025 11:28:38 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested Friday that open Senate seats in Michigan and Minnesota could serve as potential pickup opportunities for Republicans in 2026.
“I think they are,” Thune said during an interview on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom,” when asked if both states served as possible pickups for the GOP.
“I mean, those are open seats. Minnesota is arguably slightly harder than Michigan,” he continued. “Both are our states that we haven’t elected a Republican senator to from — in a long time. But I think that these are different times and people are looking for change in this country. And I think even states that have traditionally been blue states present opportunities for us.”
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) became the second Senate Democrat to announce she wouldn’t seek reelection next year, several weeks after Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said he wouldn’t seek reelection in Michigan.
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Isn’t Kentucky a pickup opportunity for MAGA in 2026?
The pubs need to switch focus onto the next elections. Often the incumbent party loses seats in the off election - we can’t afford that, we need pickups.
We need a few more seats in the House in 2026.
No way will Minnesotastan elect a Republican senator.
We need a few more seats in the House in 2026.“
Well the rats stole 15-20 last November so if they can prevent that we are golden..if.
If they run a candidate that has some testicles they can win. I haven’t seen a strong Republican for any office here in years. The whole country got to see what a waste of skin Walz is. This is the time to put up a good fight.
I liked him when he was young. Not so much now. Maybe he can retire MAGA and w/ some dignity. I doubt it though.
I know that Scott Presler already is hard on the 2026 elections, and hope that other groups like Turning Point, are as active as they were in 2024.
We can’t afford to lose anything. If we could gain 5 - 10 seats that would be Heaven. Trump could have an effective four full years.
For the first time in decades the majority of Americans feel we’re ‘on the right track’...
It’s a good Trump sign.
AND most Americans don’t approve of putting Tampax dispensers in boy’s bathrooms - - unlike Minnesota’s former democrat Governor.
We can take these seats.
We need a full court press effort to make upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court seat Republican or they will gerrymandering two US House seats away to Dems in 2026.
Not a false alarm. It’s a 5 alarm fire level alert.
I hope I’m wrong. One way to win would be to take measures to ensure secure, valid elections. Doing that, we’d be more than halfway there.
Not until you fix the cheating.
If Trump and DOGE complete the job of dismantling Fed.gov’s corrupt NGO funding networks, via USAID, Dept. of Education, etc... - then Democrats will lose a key cog in their election buying and manipulation machinery.
If Trump can further expose and eliminate corruption, particularly on voter rolls and mail-in ballots, then the Democrats will absolutely get destroyed in 2026.
Ho after Mark Warner in VA. He’s a moron.
NH too. Shaheen is not running.
Have any on the ground suggestions?
I remember wasting my time in MN based on the grifters’ fraudulent “ORCA” system which was supposed to make the difference in Romney vs. 0moeba, before Romney took a dive in the 2nd debate.
I don’t want to be played for a sucker into losing my time in a futile-effort-by-design again.
And Georgia...
We’re working on trying to get Michele Tafoya (Sunday Night Football), and Liz Collin (Alpha News) to make a run at it.
Either one would be a stellar candidate, with plenty of local name recognition, and both very talented.
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