Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Republicans have a 50 percent chance of taking control of the Senate ahead of the November midterm elections.
“Flipping the Senate, what are the chances? It’s a 50–50 proposition. We’ve got a 50–50 Senate right now. We’ve got a 50–50 nation. And I think the outcome is likely to be very, very close either way,” McConnell told the Scott County Chamber of Commerce on Monday, according to the Reuters news agency.
McConnell was referring to the Senate having 50 Republicans and 50 who caucus with Democrats. Vice President Kamala Harris serves as a tie-breaker for Democrats in the Senate, while Democrats have a slim majority in the House….