The unprecedented Republican victories in Virginia led the non-partisan election analysts at Sabato’s Crystal Ball to predict “toss up” elections that could result in significant Republican Senate gains in Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada following Tuesday’s devastating losses for the Democrats in Virginia.
Prior to Virginia’s political shakeup that saw Republicans elected to all three statewide offices and assume control of the House of Delegates, the Center for Politics’ Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicted easy Democrat victories in the midterm elections for for Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Cortez Masto (D-NV).
Now, Bennet has been downgraded to a likely Democrat victory and the other races have been downgraded to toss-ups in a development sure to please conservatives and independents opposed to the Democrats’ divisive agenda, stagnant economy, and runaway inflation. Read more…
