Democrats Suddenly Have a Real Shot at Flipping the Senate
Mihaela Păun
Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola of Alaska Photo: Becky Bohrer/AP Photo At the beginning of the 2026 election cycle, control of the U.S. Senate looked pretty secure for Republicans . They held 53 seats, plus the tiebreaking vote of Vice-President J.D. Vance . Of the 35 GOP-held seats up for grabs in 2026, 33 were in states Donald Trump had carried by at least 11 percent. One of the other two was held by two-term Republican senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a state that Trump had
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