Republicans Will Secure at Least 52 Senate Seats: Sen. Rick Scott

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, said on Oct. 2 that the Republican Party will take back the Senate in November.

“My effort right now is on the hurricane relief for this hurricane, but absolutely I think we’re at 52 seats-plus,” Scott told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “If you look at Biden’s numbers, they’re really bad. People have rejected the Biden agenda. We have great candidates. The Democrats have to defend what Biden has done.”

Scott added, “I think it will be a good November for Republicans, but we have to keep working hard every day.”

With the midterm elections about a month away, the balance of the Senate could come down to a few states. In Wisconsin, incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has taken the lead over Democrat Senate candidate and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, according to the latest polls.

In Pennsylvania’s Senate race, GOP nominee Mehmet Oz has pulled into a statistical tie with Democrat nominee and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, according to the latest poll from the Emerson College/The Hill survey. The two are contending for the seat vacated by retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.).

GOP senate candidates in Arizona and New Hampshire are trailing their Democrat opponents. According to a recent Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll (pdf), incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) held an 8.4 percentage-points lead over GOP candidate Don Bolduc in the Granite State. Meanwhile, incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) was backed by 49 percent of likely voters, leading GOP candidate Blake Masters by 6.8 percentage points in Arizona’s Senate race, according to a recent Suffolk University/Arizona Republic poll (pdf).

Scott and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, recently told Politico that Nevada and Georgia are the key battlegrounds for the Senate majority.

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