Three potentially strong candidates said no this week to challenging GOP incumbents in some of the few races where Democrats might have a hope of making gains. With the 2020 campaign already under way, the clock is running to line up Democrats who can raise the money needed for a Senate bid. Schumer
1 / 2 -- Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s attempt to wrest the chamber from Republicans in 2020 is growing harder as he and the party confront a shortfall of candidates and an electoral map with few easy seats to flip.
Also this week, Democratic Representative Cindy Axne of Iowa decided to run for re-election for her seat and won’t launch a bid against GOP Senator Joni Ernst. And Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro of Texas said he’ll stay in the House instead of taking on Republican Senator John Cornyn, one of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s closest confidantes. Some other potential Senate candidates have opted to seek the Democratic presidential nomination instead.
"We have great candidates that are running, qualified to do a great job, particularly with M.J. Hegar in the race,” Cortez Masto of Nevada said in an interview. “She’s well-qualified, knows the issues that are important for Texas. She’s going to be a formidable candidate. And we’re in states right now where the incumbents don’t have favorable numbers.”
Despite the early challenges, Democrats are positioned better for 2020 than they were in last year’s midterm Senate elections, when the party lost two seats even as they swept to power in the House with a net gain of 40 seats. Republicans will be defending 22 seats to Democrats’ 12, with only Jones seen as at risk on their side.
“For many of them, they’re in the majority for the first time and they don’t want to give that up,” she said.
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