{"id":2234056,"date":"2024-04-30T19:21:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T23:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-trailing-in-key-senate-races-even-as-trump-holds-leads\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T19:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T23:22:05","slug":"republicans-trailing-in-key-senate-races-even-as-trump-holds-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-trailing-in-key-senate-races-even-as-trump-holds-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans are behind in crucial Senate races despite Trump&#8217;s lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-trailing-in-key-senate-races-even-as-trump-holds-leads%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in polls\u2063 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">swing states<\/a><\/a>. However, GOP candidates are trailing in pivotal Senate races in those\u200d states. An Emerson College-the Hill \u2063poll indicates Trump leading Biden in seven\u200c swing states. Yet, in five of these states, Republican Senate candidates are \u200cbehind their Democratic opponents. Former President Donald Trump is ahead of President Joe Biden in polls conducted in crucial swing states. Despite Trump&#8217;s lead, Republican candidates are falling behind in significant Senate \u2062races within those states. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-says-trumps-first-year-as-next-president-will-be-astonishing\/\" title=\"Gingrich: Trump's first year as president will be 'amazing'\">recent\u200c poll<\/a> by Emerson College-the Hill reveals Trump leading Biden in seven swing states. \u2063However, in five of these states, Republican \u2062Senate contenders are trailing behind their Democratic \u2063counterparts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is leading President Joe Biden in most polls in key swing states, but in many of those states\u2019 pivotal Senate races, GOP candidates are lagging behind.<\/p>\n<p>An Emerson College-the<em> Hill<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/trump-holds-edge-over-biden-in-seven-key-swing-state-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"poll\">poll<\/a> released on Tuesday shows Trump leading Biden in seven swing states, while in five of those states\u2019 Senate races, the leading Republican candidate is behind the Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>In Pennsylvania, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-poll-trump-would-beat-biden-if-election-held-today\/\" title=\"Harvard Poll: Trump Would Beat Biden if Election Held Today\">president holds<\/a> a 47%-45% lead over Biden, but Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) holds a 46%-42% lead over GOP challenger David McCormick. The Senate race has narrowed in the Keystone State in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">recent months<\/a>, according to the pollster, with a February survey showing Casey holding a 10% lead.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Victor J. Blue\/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Wisconsin and Nevada, both incumbent Democratic senators who are attempting to fend off Republican challengers are leading, while Trump maintains a lead over Biden. In the Badger State, Trump leads Biden 47%-45%, while Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) leads Republican Eric Hovde 46%-43%. In the Silver State, Trump has a 45%-44% lead over Biden, while Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) has a 45%-37% lead over Republican Sam Brown.<\/p>\n<p>In open seats currently held by senators who caucus with Democrats, Republicans are also trailing the Democratic candidates, according to the survey.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Arizona, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) leads Republican Kari Lake 45%-43% in the Senate race, while in the presidential race, Trump leads Biden 48%-44%. In Michigan, Trump leads Biden in the presidential race 45%-44%, while in the Senate race Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) leads former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers 42%-40%.<\/p>\n<p>In the five of the states where Trump is leading, he lost to Biden in 2020, and in all those states, except <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1399849\/midterm-results-ron-johnson-defeats-mandela-barnes-in-wisconsin-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a>, Republicans have lost the most recent Senate races in either 2020 or 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump is ahead of President Joe Biden in polls in key swing states. However, GOP candidates are falling behind in Senate races in many of these crucial states. An Emerson College-the Hill poll revealed Trump leading Biden in seven swing states, yet in five of them, GOP Senate candidates are trailing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2234057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24121512163280-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24121512163280-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}