So it looks like a 53-47 Senate.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

We lost PA, OH, WV, and MT. Only PA was a swing state.

[WarGamer]

1. Yes, looks like Rosen will survive, barely.

Could have been worse... Baldwin, Slotkin and Rosen were all down election night

[totodeinhere]

16. I hope so.

but there are still outstanding votes from some Northern counties.

[Freddie]

2. Hard to believe Casey lost to a carpetbagger from Connecticut

But then again, this is Pennsyltucky.

[bdamomma]

5. Too bad

Senator Casey enjoy your best life.

[Freddie]

8. Hopefully he'll come back someday

Run for Governor when Shapiro is term-limited.

[Deminpenn]

11. Sen Casey will be Gov Casey

when Shapiro's 2nd term ends. I think this is the job Casey has always wanted.

[pdxflyboy]

3. And.....

On January 21st, the Senate will shit-can the filibuster.

[CincyDem]

7. Say it ain't so. I'm sure they'll consider it but...

…they’ll realize the Schumer didn’t shitcan it and they’ll say “ok…let’s be fair”.

[jimfields33]

14. And add 4 Supreme Court judges

[WarGamer]

24. Won't happen...

except on Judges as it's been used in recent years.

[bearsfootball516]

4. Sucks that we won't have a shot to get that PA seat back until 2030.

And the 2026 midterm senate map is poor in terms of pickups. The only one we'll have a real shot at is NC. Roy Cooper has already said he'll be running, and he's popular there.

[dsp3000]

6. and we have a chance of losing georgia if it swings hard right

[bearsfootball516]

9. Yeah, that one will be tough.

Ossoff is well liked, but Brian Kemp may run and he's really popular.

Having Trump as the incumbent may actually save Ossoff in this one.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

20. Michigan too

Peters is up in 2026. Slotkin barely won now. Peters won in 2020 only by a little over 1.5pts. In 2014 it was 13pts. We'll have the wind at our backs due to the midterms usually going against whichever party holds the White House at least.

[mvd]

10. PA still needs to finish counting

But if he loses that result hurts me even more. I live in PA.

[spooky3]

12. Yes, AP has not called the race as of 3:41 pm today.

Looks like a gap of around 30k votes.

[Justice4U2]

19. We should

be able to come up with that many votes.

[spooky3]

32. Welcome to DU! nt

[Deminpenn]

13. Now that Vance is VP elect,

he'll have resign his seat. Might Sherrod Brown run for that seat?

[Freethinker65]

15. Will be an appointment from Republican Governor until an election I assume?

Last edited Thu Nov 7, 2024, 06:50 PM - Edit history (1)

Interesting thought though. If Republicans piss too many off, Romney, Mirkowski, Collins (I think they all have at least 2 years left) could use another vote to keep thing a bit less horrendous and Vance from being tie breaking vote.

****thanks to all for pointing out Romney's out as of 2025. I knew he was not running again. Didn't check to see when his term ended.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

17. If i remember right, Gov appoints the replacement

And they have a special election at the next Federal election to serve out the remainder of the term. So Brown could run again for the seat in 2026.

[Ontheboundry]

21. Vance was elected in 2022

Won't the next election happen in 28? I thought it was always there fulfill the term but I could be wrong

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

22. Yea, Vance's seat is up in 2028

The Governor appoints a replacement until the next election, which is 2026. The winner of that election then serves out the remainder of the term. Then, if they want, they can run for the next full 6 year term.

[Ontheboundry]

23. Ah ok

Was unsure how that worked

[Jersey Devil]

25. Romney is done this term

His Rep successor was elected this year

[Freethinker65]

30. Thanks. I knew he wasn't running again.

[Polybius]

26. Romney is out in January

The other two have a while.

[Freethinker65]

31. Thanks. I have added that. Ugh.

[Polybius]

27. Ohio has become hopeless

If he can't beat Moreno, he'll easily lose to whoever the Governor picks. He's not MAGA, so expect a similar pick.

[Rebl2]

18. 🤬

[Shrek]

28. Has Arizona been called yet?

Last I saw, 30% of the vote was yet to be counted, a lot of it apparently from heavily red areas.

Lake supporters were clinging to hope that she could pull it out.

[elleng]

29. ;-(

at LEAST we got DE and MD, 2 African American WOMEN!!!