12 races scramble Senate battlefield as Democrats eye comeback

With the clock quickly ticking toward Election Day 2026, Democrats are increasingly optimistic about recapturing the Senate majority in this year’s midterms. "We are going to take back the Senate. Republicans thought they had the Senate locked down, but now Democrats, we are on the path to victory. We've blown the map wide open," longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York touted last week. Schumer made his prediction to reporters after The Cook Political Report, a leading n