“Entering the 2026 cycle with 47 Senate seats and an unfavorable map, few thought Democrats had any shot of flipping control of the chamber,” Punchbowl News reports.
“But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has notched the final pieces of a complex recruitment plan, successfully persuading top-tier candidates to run for GOP-held seats in Alaska, Maine, Ohio and North Carolina.”
Axios: Inside Schumer’s plot to retake the Senate.
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