Senate
Warnock Secures Reelection In Second Straight Runoff Win
In more than just a moral victory, Warnock’s win will give a much-needed buffer to Democrats’ Senate operations.
Where Things Stand: McConnell Admits Dems May Hold Senate Because He’s Bad At His Job
This is your TPM evening briefing.
It’s political canon that the president’s party does poorly in the Midterms — especially if it’s said president’s first term. But the Senate minority leader is tossing bits of that conventional wisdom out the window as we get closer to the general election. And it’s not even the first time Mitch McConnell has preemptively winked in the direction of things not going super well for Republicans this fall — at least when it comes to control of the Senate.
During an event in Kentucky on Thursday McConnell suggested that it was far more likely that Republicans are able to flip the House than take back the Senate. That’s because the Senate is “different.”
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