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Another Look at the Senate - Part One

9/12/2016

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​Almost all of the attention is focused on the presidential race but control of the Senate is also up for grabs. Ten Democratic and twenty-four Republican seats are being contested. The GOP currently has fifty-four seats.

After closely examining each race, I’m ready to project the winner. Eight Democrats and twelve Republicans should cruise to an easy victory. Another Democratic and a pair of Republican seats are pretty safe. That leaves a single Democratic and ten Republican seats that are in play. Below is the first part of my state by state analysis.

Arizona – John McCain survived a primary challenge and will face Ann Kirkpatrick. She has represented a congressional district that serves much of Arizona outside of Phoenix and Tucson. Not serving in the urban part of the state might be a problem. Some may object to McCain’s age (he just turned eighty) but he should win a sixth term.

Florida – Democrats thought they could pick this seat up since Marco Rubio wasn’t running. Now he is back in the race and just had an overwhelming primary win. The polls are close and some experts consider it a tossup. However, I believe Rubio will win.
Illinois – Mark Kirk is considered to be the most vulnerable Republican. He is running against Rep. Tammy Duckworth. She is a strong candidate who should send Kirk packing.
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Indiana – Incumbent Dan Coats announced his retirement for the second time. After the primary Rep. Todd Young was set to run against Baron Hill, the man he beat to obtain his seat. Then Hill bowed out in favor of former Senator Evan Bayh. Bayh and his father Birch have been winning races in Indiana for dec
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    Hi! My name is Dave. I'm in my 60s and live in Indiana. I'll write about whatever is on my mind but most posts will be political. I'm a centrist who thinks both sides are on the wrong path.

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At long last this idiotic shutdown is over. Hopefully cooler heads prevail and it doesn’t start up again.

The real story is that 800,000 government workers are back on the job and many millions of people are no longer inconvenienced.

Unfortunately, that is not the story we are hearing in the media. Their story is about how Speaker Pelosi beat President Trump. He got himself into this mess. She decided that all that mattered was winning. The harm done to the people involved was of no concern whatsoever. A good leader puts the good of the people over political gamesmanship,

it would be nice to think that both people have learned their lesson and will try to do what is best for the
country. I sure wouldn’t bet on it.
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