Trump, Venezuela and Republicans
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On Tuesday, Feb. 3, voters will meet with their like-minded neighbors at Democratic-Farmer-Laborer and Republican caucuses throughout the state of Minnesota. These meetings will help determine the can
Republicans currently hold 53 Senate seats, while the Democratic caucus has 47 members, including two independents. With Vice President J.D. Vance holding a tie-breaking vote, that means Team Blue
With a series of candidate recruiting successes, Democrats have established a plausible, if still difficult, path to recapturing the Senate this year. But to regain the majority, the party will need to overcome the blue-collar barricade.
Democrats’ shot at the majority almost certainly depends on Sen. Jon Ossoff winning reelection in Georgia, where Trump won in 2024 by 2.2 percentage points, and holding Michigan, where Peters’ retirement creates an open seat in a state Trump carried by 1.4 percentage points.
State Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel and Assistant Senate Minority Leader Joey Garcia know that they are outnumbered by Republicans in the West Virginia Senate, but they believe their legislative agenda could have some bipartisan support.