HUGH HEWITT: The hidden advantage that could turn Senate toss-ups into GOP wins

The article argues that Senate candidates’ seniority, committee roles and ability to work with the party likely to hold the majority could sway close races. It presents these advantages as reasons voters might favour Republican incumbents or challengers in several battleground states.

It points to Susan Collins’s Appropriations Committee chairmanship in Maine, Jon Husted’s incumbency in Ohio and Dan Sullivan’s experience in Alaska, while predicting wins for Republicans in those states and South Carolina. In Michigan, it contrasts Mike Rogers’s House experience with Abdul El-Sayed’s politics; it also notes Alaska’s ranked-choice ballot and a second candidate named Dan Sullivan. These are the author’s arguments and forecasts, not confirmed results.