Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

A Democratic Senate Is Looking More Likely

With the president polling badly and the map tilted in their favor, Democrats could make serious gains in November.

The clock is ticking.

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The chances for Democrats to have unified party government with a real working majority in the Senate seem to be getting better by the day. As Jessica Taylor writes, in the five races that the Cook Political Report rates as toss-ups — Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Montana and North Carolina — Democrats out-raised Republicans by more than $18 million last quarter.