“HONORABLE MENTION: Two more Democrats, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, are among the safest swing-state incumbents.”
President Donald Trump is an influential figure all over the 2018 Senate map. The problem for Republicans: He doesn’t seem interested in using his power for the party’s good.
From labeling a top Democratic target a “good woman” to tacitly approving of his former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s aggressive courtship of Republicans to run in the primary against sitting senators, the Trump factor is proving problematic as midterm election season heats up.
Here’s a look, more than a year out, at the 10 Senate seats most likely to switch parties in the November 2018 midterms:
Click to continue reading. By Eric Bradner, CNN, Oct 17, 2017.