Four weeks to go: Lindsey Graham joins 10 most vulnerable senators list – By Bridget Bowman, Kate Ackley, and Stephanie Akin (Roll Call) / Oct 6 2020
Democrat Gary Peters also returns to otherwise stable list
In an otherwise unpredictable year, the list of most vulnerable senators running for reelection has stayed largely stable.
Alabama’s Doug Jones continues to top the list, and the most competitive contests remain in Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina and Maine. Democratic prospects have improved as their challengers raised record amounts of campaign cash and President Donald Trump’s standing has dropped amid the coronavirus pandemic and an economic downturn. Republicans, though, believe a partisan battle over the Supreme Court following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death could consolidate GOP voters around their vulnerable incumbents.
The South Carolina Republican at the center of that fight, Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, joins the list of vulnerable senators as outside groups have started to spend in the Palmetto State. Michigan Democrat Gary Peters is also back on the list as his race against GOP challenger John James has tightened.
Massachusetts Democrat Edward J. Markey falls off the list after winning his competitive primary last month, as does Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to the Senate and is still expected to face a competitive special election. But Republicans increasingly expect her to be one of the two candidates to advance to a Jan. 5 runoff.
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