U.S. Midterms: Key Senate battlegrounds

Republicans need to pick up only one seat to win control of the Senate in the U.S. midterm elections, which would allow them to block much of President Joe Biden’s agenda


Democrats	2022 SENATE RACE RATINGS	Republicans
Safe	Likely 	Leaning	Toss-up		Leaning	Likely	Safe

WA 
OR
NV 
CA
ID
UT
AZ
CO
ND 
SD
KS
OK*
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
IN
OH
KY
AL
VT 
NY
PA
NC
SC
GA
FL
NH 
CT
MD
AK
HI

35 
Total seats up for re-election – 14 Democrat, 21 Republican

*Two seats

Data as of Oct 11, 2022
                                            
 
ARIZONA: Democratic Senator Mark Kelly leading Republican challenger Blake Masters by average of four points
 
GEORGIA: Incumbent Raphael Warnock in possible tight race with former NFL star turned Republican candidate, Herschel Walker
 
NEVADA: First Latina in U.S. Senate, Catherine Cortez Masto, trailing GOP nominee and former state attorney general Adam Laxalt
       
OHIO: Democrat Tim Ryan maintaining close race against J.D. Vance for open seat held by retiring Republican
 
PENNSYLVANIA: State lieutenant governor John Fetterman polling ahead of Republican Mehmet Oz in contest for open seat
 
WISCONSIN: State lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes looking to unseat Republican incumbent Ron Johnson
 

Sources: RealClearPolitics, Reuters 
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