Senate Republicans still savoring their newfound majority will have to soon pivot to the challenge of keeping that control in two years when they face a more competitive map.
Republicans will be defending nearly two-thirds of the Senate seats on the ballot in 2026. At the same time, GOP gains last week coupled with a battleground map more evenly divided gives Republicans hope they can limit the kind of defeats that historically occur in midterm elections when the president is of the same party.
With the House also narrowly divided, the loss of GOP control on Capitol Hill would likely ...