| Description: | Straightening Out the Field
Welcome to the spring doldrums. The Senate primary fields are largely set, most of the top races have clear frontrunners in both parties, and everyone's focusing on raising money and winning the base. But we're still learning a lot about a landscape that looks promisingbut toughfor both sides.
Republicans must net at least five seats to win the majority outright, assuming former Maine Gov. Angus King caucuses with Democrats. They have lots of targets, putting Democrats on defense in both red states and blue states, but winning the majority will mean almost running the table.
In this, the sixth installment of Hotline's monthly Senate rankings, we examine the seats most likely to change partisan control in this year's elections. That is, we see Sen. Ben Nelson's seat in Nebraska as more likely to wind up in Republican hands than Sen.
From those five factors, we answer a fundamental question: Which candidate would we rather be? In North Dakota, we' |