Once optimistic, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate is now hedging his bets as his party hopes to retake control of the upper chamber of Congress.
"It's a 50-50 proposition," Reuters quoted McConnell as telling the Scott County Chamber of Commerce on Monday."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."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to the Senate Republican Luncheon in the U.S. Capitol Building on August 2, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Mitch McConnell is not convinced Republicans will control the Senate after the 2022 midterms.
McConnell's trepidation comes as analysts with groups like the Cook Political Report have begun downgrading Republicans' chances in several hotly contested Senate races nationwide, citing a plague of"weak, divisive candidates in many key races." Though five Democratically controlled Senate seats are potentially up for grabs under Cook's current Senate ratings, five currently Republican seats are also vulnerable.
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