Van Hollen Sees Even GOP-Held Seats ‘In Play’

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the chairman of the DSCC, “has downplayed the party’s chances of picking up GOP-held seats in the 2018 elections outside of Nevada and Arizona — until now,” Politico reports.

“He previously always emphasized that the party’s priority was protecting its incumbents, 10 of whom are running for reelection in states President Trump won. But in an interview Thursday… Van Hollen sounded more optimistic about encroaching on GOP territory.”

Van Hollen said all eight GOP-held seats “will be in play. We have candidates in every one of those eight states, with the exception of Mississippi, where we are talking to some very strong candidates.”