On its face, 2018 should be a banner year for Senate Republicans, with just nine seats to defend and 25 Democratic seats (not counting the now-open Minnesota seat) to target. In Montana and North Dakota, two strongly Republican states represented by Democrats, Republicans have yet to land an "A"-type candidate. "We'll see what happens in 2018," Scott said. Now, the Senate majority looks in play -- even if Republicans still retain an edge due to the sheer number of Democratic seats in play and where those seats are. But Democrats surely never expected to be even sniffing at talk of regaining the Senate majority come 2019.

Source: CNN December 07, 2017 17:00 UTC