Joe Biden’s remarkable change of fortune in the presidential race is coinciding with Senate Democrats’ growing optimism that they can win control of the upper chamber in this year’s elections. Those hopes had dimmed when Bernie Sanders emerged as a leading contender to become the party’s presidential nominee. With the current likelihood of a mainstream candidate leading the ticket, however, Democrats are growing bullish on their chances to win races in GOP-leaning states like Arizona and North Carolina. …
President Trump is looking like more of a liability for swing-state Republican senators than Biden is for Democratic challengers. In the three most critical Senate battlegrounds—Arizona, Maine, and North Carolina—Trump trails Biden, according to new public polling. Those same public surveys show Democratic Senate challengers leading the Republican incumbents. CONT.
Josh Kraushaar, National Journal