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RandySF

(81,341 posts) Wed Jan 14, 2026, 06:30 AM Wednesday

Schumer Gets His Candidates [View all]

“Entering the 2026 cycle with 47 Senate seats and an unfavorable map, few thought Democrats had any shot of flipping control of the chamber,” Punchbowl News reports.

“But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has notched the final pieces of a complex recruitment plan, successfully persuading top-tier candidates to run for GOP-held seats in Alaska, Maine, Ohio and North Carolina.”

https://politicalwire.com/2026/01/14/schumer-gets-his-candidates/

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Schumer Gets His Candidates [View all] RandySF Wednesday OP

Janet Mills is hardly a top tier candidate Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #1

"GOP-held seats". At least some haven't lost the plot. Purity Nixie Wednesday #2

The voting and political behavior of the likes of Sinema AllyCat Wednesday #4

That's not even the point. Fetterman was promoted by Nixie Wednesday #5

Time to end the old guard Clouds Passing Wednesday #3

So are these the candidates that pass Schumer's Emile Wednesday #6

I suspect his test is perceived odds of winning EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #10

I hear Dem-bashing being hastily cobbled together. betsuni Wednesday #7

Yes. To some, every candidate must be a pure as the driven snow "progressive" mcar Wednesday #9

This is really good news! mcar Wednesday #8