<<<< There are two Senate seats per state. Here is a map showing (purple) states with two Democrat Senators, states (in red) with two Republican Senators, states (in purple) with one from each party, and (stripes), the two states with an Independent Senator.
The Senate's current configuration includes 54 GOP Senators, 44 Democrats and 2 Independents. A full 24 GOP Senate seats will be contested this coming November, with 10 of those seats in districts that were won by Barack Obama in the last election. If five of these Senators lose their elections, the Senate flips to the Left and control of the Supreme Court is in jeopardy, with or without a Democrat President.
The Republican Senate majority is at highest since the 1929-31 Congress. They won control of the Senate in 2014 and, since that time, have not distinguished themselves as a body politic, or, rewritten any of the critical rules. "Playing fair" is something the Democrat Party simply no longer practices. As a result, the spineless Republican leadership is afraid of its own shadow. All of this playing by the established rules may very well cost the leadership, control of the Senate, proving, of course, that they should have taken the chance to make a difference. Understand that the Senate, under Harry Reid, was the poorest preforming Senate in the history of the nation. They changed critical rules to pass ObamaCare and confirm justices . . . . . . and may come back into power with the same mindset. Pathetic.
There are 435 congressional (House) districts in the country. The GOP owns 247 of these seats, with 217 being the winning number in any floor fight in the House. Despite the hyperbole, the House is not in play during this election cycle, in terms of a possible flip.
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