As Democrats celebrate their better-than-expected midterm performance in the Senate, the party must now look ahead to 2024 as its members face an uphill battle to maintain control of the upper chamber.
The 2024 cycle could prove to be more challenging for the Democrats as they will have to defend twice as many Senate seats as Republicans.The 2024 election will have 34 Senate seats up for grabs, including 22 that are now held by the Democrats, 11 that belong to the Republicans, and the Arizona seat held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who announced on Friday that she will now be an independent.
Among those who must defend their blue seats in Republican-leaning states is Sen. Joe Manchin , who is considered to be one of the most vulnerable Democrats heading into the 2024 cycle and one of the Republicans’ top targets. Manchin is running for reelection in a state that former President Donald Trump won by 38.9 percentage points in 2020.
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