Republicans need a gain of six seats in the mid-term elections to take control of the Senate. Rothenberg says substantial gains seem certain for Republicans but a majority is “not yet in the bag.”
Political analyst Stuart Rothenberg says in a Roll Call blog the Senate race in Arkansas involving the chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee for agriculture, Democrat Mark Pryor, is a “dead heat, though with (Republican Tom) Cotton holding a small advantage.” And he says, “In something of a surprise, the sixth best Republican opportunity is now Iowa,” where Democrat Tom Harkin, an Agriculture Committee member, is retiring. The race “now looks like a toss-up,” he says, due to a strong GOP nominee.
Republicans need a gain of six seats in the mid-term elections to take control of the Senate. Rothenberg says substantial gains seem certain for Republicans but a majority is “not yet in the bag.”