The maximum number of US Senate seats that the Democrats could end up with after 2022 is 56.

[nkpolitics1212]

37)HI(Schatz-D)
38)NY(Schumer-D)
39)VT(Leahy-D)
40)CA(Padilla-D)
41)MD(Van Hollen-D)
42)WA(Murray-D)
43)CT(Blumenthal-D)
44)IL(Duckworth-D)
45)OR(Wyden-D)
46)CO(Bennet-D)
47)AZ(Kelly-D)
48)PA(Fetterman-D)
49)NV(Cortez Masto-D)
50)NH(Hassan-D)
51)GA(Warnock-D)
52)WI(Godlewski-D)
53)NC(Beasley-D)- if Erica Smith won the Democratic nomination in 2020, would she have defeated Tillis-R.
54)OH(Ryan-D)
55)FL(Demings-D)
56)IA(Axne-D)

[Harker]

1. Not counting D.C. or Puerto Rico.

I'm optimistic some days.

[nkpolitics1212]

2. If DC officially becomes a state and PR officially becomes a state, Democrats will get 60 seats

[rsdsharp]

3. No they won't. Cindy Axne isn't going to run for Senate in Iowa,

and if she does, Grassley will win in a walk. I have no idea why, but Chuck Grassley could beat Jesus himself in this state.

[Harker]

4. I like that number! n/t