Cook Shifts 3 Senate Races Toward Democrats as Possible Pickups Rise to 6
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 6
Cook Shifts 3 Senate Races Toward Democrats as Possible Pickups Rise to 6
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 6
Summary
Kansas, New Hampshire and North Carolina all moved toward Democrats in Cook Political Report ratings on Tuesday, improving the party’s path to flipping the Republican-held Senate.
The changes shifted Kansas to Toss Up, New Hampshire to Lean Democrat and North Carolina to Likely Democrat, lifting Cook’s estimate of possible Democratic pickups from two seats to six.
Democrats need a net gain of four seats for a majority, and Cook said voter frustration over high prices and an ongoing war is increasingly hurting President Donald Trump’s party.
North Carolina has become the clearest opening: Roy Cooper has led Republican Michael Whatley in polls, and Republicans have already pulled spending from the open-seat race.