In 2014, there will not be very many opportunities for Democrats to pick up seats in the Senate. For example, the Republicans will be defending seats in Alabama, Mississippi, Idaho, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Those don’t seem too promising, do they? Yet, if the Tea Party has their way, they will launch strong primary challenges against Lamar Alexander in Tennessee, Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, and Saxby Chambliss in Georgia. The Democrats need to be prepared with solid candidates to take advantage of Republican infighting in these red states. Control of the Senate may depend on it.
The only other obvious opportunities to gain seats are in Kentucky and Maine, but Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins are certainly not going to be easy to beat.
