I am fired up and ready to go!
In the last two weeks, I posted all the House seats we need to flip from red to blue.
Now I have the list of the Senate seats we need to flip from red to blue.
Let’s Go!
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Here is the link to the Senate:
en.wikipedia.org/…
For the House, all the seats are up for grabs every two years.
For the Senate, that is not the case.
They have the Senate seats grouped into Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3.
In each even numbered year, about one third of the Senate seats are up for grabs.
For the upcoming elections in 2026, it is Class 2 up for grabs.
So, I listed all the red seats in Class 2.
And here we go!
(Those numbers I posted after each name are not those class numbers; they are just there to make it easy to count how many red seats we can flip in 2026.)
And here we go!
Alabama
Tommy Tuberville 1
Alaska
Dan Sullivan 2
Arkansas
Tom Cotton 3
Florida
Ashley Moody 4
Idaho
Jim Risch 5
Iowa
Joni Ernst 6
Kansas
Roger Marshall 7
Kentucky
Mitch McConnell 8
Louisiana
Bill Cassidy 9
Maine
Susan Collins 10
Mississippi
Cindy Hyde-Smith 11
Montana
Steve Daines 12
Nebraska
Pete Ricketts 13
North Carolina
Thom Tillis 14
Ohio
Jon Husted 15
Oklahoma
Markwayne Mullin 16
South Carolina
Lindsey Graham 17
South Dakota
Mike Rounds 18
Tennessee
Bill Hagerty 19
Texas
John Cornyn 20
West Virginia
Shelley Moore Capito 21
Wyoming
Cynthia Lummis 22
I put the numbers after the names to make it easy to count how many red Senate seats we can flip blue.
22
Our team currently holds 47 seats in the Senate.
(45 Democrats plus 2 Independents that caucus with Democrats.)
So, we could end up with 69 blue seats in the senate.
Ha!
I know that Mitch McConnell announced he is not running for re-election.
I typed his name to list his seat, that we need to flip.
Whoever the Republicans nominate to run for his seat will not be as well-known or well liked as McConnell.
So, our Democratic nominee might truly stand a chance to flip that seat.
Ha!
This image has been the most colorful news image lately:
I always like the fighting attitude of this lady:
James Carville has a bold prediction:
So, we Democrats include angry voters at town hall meetings, and classy folks like Jasmine Crockett, and the rest of us can just play possum, according to James Carville.
Well, take care of yourselves and those you are closely involved with.
And play possum in your spare time.
Hugs!
