Senate races in Montana, Nevada, and Ohio are a toss-up and will be ones to watch in November.
Recent polling shows Democrats’ chances of beating Republicans in the three closest Senate races.
While all eyes are on the likely rematch between former President Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and President Joe Biden, the Democratic incumbent, down ballot races can have a big impact on our political system.
Democrats currently have a slim majority in the Senate with 49 Republicans, 47 Democrats, and 4 Independents who caucus with the Democrats. Meanwhile, the Republicans have control of the House of Representatives with 218 seats opposed to the Democrats’ 213 seats.
According to the Cook Political Report, an independent political newsletter, the Senate races in Montana, Nevada and Ohio are a toss-up, making them sure to be ones to watch.Montana Senate Race
Incumbent Senator Jon Tester is a Democrat in the red state of Montana. He assumed office in 2007. Tester won his most recent reelection against Republican state auditor Matt Rosendale in 2018 by nearly 18,000 votes (50.3 to 46.8 percent). In November, Tester will go up against former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy, a Republican.
In a Montana State News Bureau/J.L. Partners poll conducted from March 26 to 29, Sheehy was leading Tester by 3 points (48 to 45 percent). The poll surveyed 503 likely voters in Montana with a margin of error of 4.3 percent.
Meanwhile, an Emerson College Polling/The Hill poll conducted between February 26 and March 2 found that Tester was ahead of Sheehy by 2 points (44 to 42 percent). The poll surveyed 1,00 registered voters in Montana and had a credibility interval, which is similar to a margin of error, of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
