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Welcome back to a numbers game podcast of Ryan Gurdeski. I'm your host. Happy Monday. I hope you all had a

wonderful weekend. Right now in Washington, D.C., Republicans and Democrats are very busy, actively

recruiting candidates for the 26th U.S. Senate election. Democrats have to defend two Senate seats in states that Trump won,

Georgia and Michigan, as well as a handful of states that were closer than expected in places

like New Hampshire, Minnesota, New Mexico, Virginia, and New Jersey. Republicans, on the other hand,

have to only defend one incumbent in a blue state. That's Susan Collins and Maine.

The only other Republican even running in a swing state is Tom Tillis, North Carolina. And remember, that's a state that Trump won three times.

Every other state where Democrats have to try to compete in is basically a long shot, Iowa, Florida, and Texas. Democrats have a very

slim road to the majority in the Senate, and it's not just this year. See, and I want to go back

in history for a second. I want to show you how difficult it is for Democrats to win majorities

and large majorities. In 2022, Republicans really screwed up, and they fell a little

short in 2024. They nominated bad candidates. They were caught flat foot on abortion. They

were outspent and outgunned. And voters in Arizona fell in love with the crazy con artist

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