While the battle for the House majority looks to be moving Democrats' way, the fight for the Senate remains less predictable -- largely due to the clash between a national political environment that favors Democrats and a national map that is clearly tilted toward Republicans. But 10 Democratic senators are up in states that Trump carried in 2016 -- including five in which he won by double digits. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explained the stakes for his party clearly on Tuesday: "On the Senate side, I'll just list you a bunch of races that are just dead even: Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee, Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, West Virginia, Florida. All of them too close to call and every one of them like a knife fight in an alley. I hope when the smoke clears, we'll still have a majority in the Senate."

Source: CNN September 12, 2018 05:02 UTC