The Senate seat held by South Carolina Republicans for decades is vulnerable to flipping to Democrats, analysts said Wednesday.
The political climate dogging Republicans nationwide is acute in South Carolina, where newly sworn-in Sen. Darline Graham (R) is in a sprint to defend the seat held by her late brother, Lindsey Graham.
Sen. Graham remains “the heavy favorite” in the race reclassified by the Cook Political Report on Wednesday from “solid Republican” to “likely Republican,” a shift notable since that seat has been in GOP hands since 1964.
It was one of three Senate races shifted toward Democrats on Wednesday as President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, an anti-incumbent mood and the rising cost of living have been intensifying backlash against the Republicans controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Cook’s forecast now predicts control of the Senate next year is “a true coin flip, with viable paths for both parties to win or keep a majority,” nonpartisan analyst Jessica Taylor wrote in a bulletin reclassifying the Senate races in South Carolina, Kansas and Georgia as more favorable to Democrats.
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