Podcast: Senate Democrats’ High-Wire Act – Roll Call

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Podcast: Senate Democrats’ High-Wire Act

Political Theater, Episode 3

Claire McCaskill of Missouri is one of the Senate Democrats who faces voters in a Republican friendly state, putting pressure on her in the closely divided chamber. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Bridget Bowman, Jason Dick and Simone Pathé

Posted January 24, 2018 at 2:30pm

Senate Democrats are seeing red. Of the 26 Democrats facing the voters in November, 10 of them are running in states President Donald Trump won in 2016, and five of those are in states the president won handily. Roll Call political reporters Simone Pathé and Bridget Bowman discuss the Democrats’ dynamics in a closely divided Senate, and a midterm election campaign that is revving up.

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Yes I did. And I will try again today. https://t.co/lCTGHbHznD

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 20, 2018

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