Democrats Look To Increase Their Majority in the U.S. Senate
Mississippi and other former strongholds may turn to Democrats this fall. Pundits now think five to seven Republican seats are endangered. Only one Democratic seat (Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu) is considered “close.” Obama’s campaign strategy to put resources into all 50 seats is changing the Senatorial map.
Los Angeles Times, July 6th, 2008
WASHINGTON — Mississippi, one of the nation’s most conservative states, has not elected a Democratic senator in a quarter-century. It has voted for Republican presidential candidates in the last seven elections.
But this year, there is a real chance that the state will send a Democrat to the Senate.
That prospect is a window onto a remarkable political trend that has been eclipsed by the fireworks surrounding the 2008 presidential contest: Democrats are running strong Senate campaigns in states such as Mississippi, Alaska and North Carolina that Republicans have long taken for granted.
The outlook for the GOP is so grim that party leaders have readily conceded there is no chance they can regain control of the Senate in 2008, even though Democrats’ current majority is slim, 51-49. Click here to read more at the Los Angeles Times.