Democratic Senate in Danger. With Jessica Taylor of The Cook Political Report.
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🗓️ 24 September 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Today Bill talks with Jessica Taylor, the editor for Senate and Governor Races at the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter. In the podcast she discussed the key Senate races for the 2024 election, including: Montana - Jessica rates this race as lean Republican, with incumbent John Tester (D) being the underdog against Republican challenger Tim Sheehy. Ohio - Jessica rates this race as a toss-up between incumbent Sherrod Brown (D) and Republican challenger Bernie Moreno. Nevada - Jessica rates the race between incumbent Jackie Rosen (D) and Republican challenger Sam Brown as lean Democratic. Arizona - Jessica rates the race between Ruben Gallego (D) and Kari Lake (R) as lean Democratic. Michigan - Jessica rates this open seat race as a toss-up between Democrat Elyssa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers. Wisconsin - Jessica rates the race between incumbent Tammy Baldwin (D) and Republican challenger Eric Hovde as lean Democratic. Pennsylvania - Jessica rates the race between incumbent Bob Casey (D) and Republican challenger David McCormick as lean Democratic. Maryland - Jessica rates the race between incumbent Ben Cardin's (D) successor, Angela Alsobrooks, and Republican challenger, former Governor Larry Hogan as likely Democratic. Overall, Jessica assesses that the Democrats currently have less than a 25% chance of holding onto their Senate majority, given the tough defensive map they face in 2024.
Today Bill strongly encourages listeners to go to ActBlue.com to financially support Democratic Senate candidates that he believes are important, including John Tester, Sherrod Brown, Angela Alsobrooks, Ruben Gallego, Alyssa Slotkin, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, and Colin Allred. He stresses the importance of Democrats holding the Senate in order to support a potential President Kamala Harris. That’s at ActBlue.com
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| 1:04.9 | Hello, friends and neighbors. Good to see you again, and welcome back to the Bill Press pod. Well, you know, while most media attention these days is understandably and correctly focused |
| 1:12.3 | on the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, there's something else equally important |
| 1:18.3 | going on. |
| 1:19.3 | I'm talking about the contest for control of the United States Senate, where Democrats now |
| 1:24.0 | hold a slim 51 to 49 advantage, but where Democrats having to defend so many incumbents |
| 1:31.3 | face an uphill battle just to retain Senate control. And retaining Senate control is so important |
| 1:38.7 | because, hey, were she elected president? And let's hope that happens. Kamala Harris would still have a hard time getting anything done |
| 1:47.0 | without the help of a Democratic Senate. |
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