( Scott Sonner, File / AP Photo ) In this March 12, 2019, file photo, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at the Capitol in Washington. Yet the loss of well-known contenders merely compounds Democrats’ chief problem as they begin an uphill fight to capture a Senate majority next year: There are precious few Republican-held Senate seats that Democrats have a clear-cut chance of capturing. Trump carried 20 of the 22 states where GOP seats are at stake next year and narrowly lost the other two. That’s opened the door to potential contenders like MJ Hegar to challenge Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn. Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is running again in Michigan, which Trump narrowly carried.

Source: thestar March 30, 2019 11:59 UTC