Forecast: Dancing elephants
The 10 closest races in Republican-leaning 2014 midterms
Most of the folks who track the polls and crunch the numbers agree that control of the U.S. Senate is going to shift from the Democrats to the Republicans during the upcoming 2014 midterm elections. Stat guru Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight site projects Republicans controlling 52 of the 100 seats after the dust settles. Here’s what the 10 closest races look like:
State / Projected winning party / Projected win %
Kansas Independent 56
Iowa Republican 64
Colorado Republican 64
Georgia Republican 72
Kentucky Republican 74
Arkansas Republican 74
Louisiana Republican 78
North Carolina Democrat 78
Alaska Republican 79
New Hampshire Democrat 81
Source: www.fivethirtyeight.com
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