The Senate map has long favored Republicans — and one week out from Election Day, that hasn’t changed.
With the GOP almost certain to win West Virginia after the retirement of Sen. Joe Manchin III, Republicans need to flip just one more of the seven competitive seats held by a Democrat or an independent to gain a majority in the chamber.
The top Democratic targets remain Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Both are three-term incumbents whose states have grown more Republican since 2016. And with former President Donald Trump, who won both their states twice, on the ballot, their odds of winning grew significantly longer.
