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U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2020
Last updated: October 4, 2020
Elections for 35 U.S. Senate seats will take place in 2020.[1] Ballotpedia has identified 16 races as general election battlegrounds.
Of the 16 seats, four have Democratic incumbents and 12 have Republican incumbents heading into the election.
These battleground seats were selected by examining the results of the 2016 presidential election in the state, whether the incumbent was seeking re-election, and whether the incumbent was serving his or her first term in the Senate. Race ratings from the Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales were also considered. For more information on our methodology, click here.
As of October 2020, the Republican Party has a 53-seat Senate majority, while Democrats have 45 seats. There are also two independents who caucus with the Democratic Party. The following are some factors that could influence the outcome of the 2020 Senate elections:
Republicans are defending 23 seats while Democrats are defending 12. The greater number of Republican seats up for election makes the GOP more vulnerable to losing seats than Democrats.
Both parties are defending two states each where the opposite party's presidential candidate won in 2016.
Republicans are defending seven seats in states with Democratic governors, while Democrats are defending three seats in states with Republican governors.
In 2018, Ballotpedia identified 16 U.S. Senate battleground races: 11 Democratic seats and five Republican seats. Democrats won two of the Republican-held seats, and Republicans won four of the Democratic-held seats. To read more about the 2018 battleground races, click here.
>https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._Senate_battlegrounds,_2020
2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics
Last updated: 10/28/2020 03:49 PM Eastern Time
Total Early Votes: 75,009,142 • In-Person Votes: 25,565,668 • Mail Ballots Returned: 49,443,474 • Mail Ballots Outstanding: 42,408,000
Note: Some states do not differentiate between mail ballots and in-person votes.
>https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html
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