{"id":2255699,"date":"2024-05-30T11:29:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-identifies-his-biggest-concern-for-republicans-winning-back-the-senate\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T11:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T15:31:01","slug":"mcconnell-identifies-his-biggest-concern-for-republicans-winning-back-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-identifies-his-biggest-concern-for-republicans-winning-back-the-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell&#8217;s Primary Concern for GOP Senate Victory"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fmcconnell-identifies-his-biggest-concern-for-republicans-winning-back-the-senate%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=2255699&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>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u200c believes incumbency gives an edge to Senate Democrats in the 2024 election. \u2064Critical swing states are\u200d key for\u200b Joe \u200bBiden or Donald Trump to win. Incumbents\u200b held \u2062strong \u200bin 2022, with \u2063Democrats gaining in Arizona and Pennsylvania. McConnell stresses the challenges ahead, especially facing\u200b strong Democratic incumbents in Nevada, Pennsylvania, and \u200bWisconsin. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sees the advantage of incumbency for\u200c Senate Democrats in the 2024 election. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-judge-orders-dem-sec-of-state-to-release-all-communications-with-dominion-facebook-apple-amazon-and-google\/\" title=\"MI Judge Orders Dem Sec of State To Release All Communications With Dominion, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google\">critical swing states<\/a> are pivotal for Joe\u2062 Biden or Donald Trump&#8217;s victory. In 2022, Democratic incumbents prevailed, with wins in Arizona and Pennsylvania. McConnell emphasizes facing tough challenges ahead, particularly against formidable Democratic incumbents in Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.  <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) believes incumbency can be an advantage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate Democrats<\/a> looking to keep their seats over Republican hopefuls.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 general election, there are seven critical swing states that either former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> or former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> must win to secure the presidency. Five of those, save for Georgia and North Carolina, feature Senate races with Democrats trying to hang on to their seat and overall majority in the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think incumbency, as we learned in \u201922, is an advantage,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4692695-mcconnell-fears-incumbency-will-insulate-senate-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Hill<\/em>. \u201cNot a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-reveals-which-states-he-wants-republicans-to-focus-on-winning-in-2024\/\" title=\"McConnell discloses key states for GOP focus in 2024\">single incumbent lost<\/a> in \u201922. Sen. Daines and I have never said we thought this was going to be easy,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, every incumbent kept their seat, and Democrats picked up victories in Arizona and Pennsylvania, with Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and John Fetterman (D-PA) flipping the seats en route to winning a true majority in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to beat an incumbent in Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and anywhere else we can, but we never said it was going to be a piece of cake,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<p>In Nevada and Pennsylvania, Trump was leading the polls and tied with Biden in Wisconsin, but their Senate races tell a much different story.\u00a0In Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, incumbent Democratic senators are polling far ahead of their Republican challengers, according to a <em>New York Times<\/em>\/Siena poll. <\/p>\n<p>Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) are polling far ahead of their Republican challengers in the same poll that puts Trump ahead of Biden. In Wisconsin, Baldwin is leading Republican candidate Eric Hovde, 49% to 41%. Rosen is leading Republican challenger Sam Brown 40% to 38%, and Casey is leading Republican David McCormick 46% to 41%.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/05\/13\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-arizona-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a>, Trump had a 42% to 33% advantage over Biden in the poll, but Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who is giving up his seat in the House to run for Senate against former TV anchor Kari Lake, is leading Lake 45% to 41%. While Gallego is not the incumbent, he has strong name recognition as a sitting member of the House.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee communications director David Bergstein believes the well-known element of Senate Democrats will allow them to keep control of the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate Republicans once again have a \u2018candidate quality\u2019 problem with their recruits,\u201d Bergstein <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dscc.org\/news\/memo-senate-republican-recruits-have-a-candidate-quality-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a recent memo. \u201cNow the damaging revelations emerging about the GOP\u2019s Senate recruits have grown to include their lies about their biographies on the campaign trail, scandals stemming from their finances and a lifetime of unvetted statements and policy positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bergstein\u2019s statement about \u201ccandidate quality\u201d mimics remarks made by McConnell last year before the 2022 midterm elections. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different \u2014 they\u2019re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,\u201d McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/mcconnell-says-republicans-may-not-win-senate-control-citing-candidate-rcna43777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sees the advantage of incumbency favoring Senate Democrats in retaining seats over Republicans. In the upcoming 2024 election, there are seven crucial swing states pivotal for either ex-President Joe Biden or ex-President Donald Trump to secure the presidency. Five of these states, except<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2255700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mitch-mcconnell.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mitch-mcconnell.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255699","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}