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Swamp Notes: Will Republicans take back the Senate?

Both chambers of the US Congress are like the country they represent: narrowly divided. But while Democrats currently hold a one-seat Senate majority, Republicans are increasingly confident that they’ll take back control of the chamber after the election next month. The FT’s Washington bureau chief, James Politi, and the Cook Political Report’s Senate and Governors editor, Jessica Taylor, join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain why this year’s Congressional map looks so good for Republicans.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a cursorshover="true" href="https://on.ft.com/4864pJh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Manchin will not seek US Senate re-election in blow to Democrats</a><a cursorshover="true" href="https://on.ft.com/3NlmQQD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump-backed US Senate candidate clinches Republican nomination in Ohio</a><a cursorshover="true" href="https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/56a64b704f693a0300dfab7e/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here</a> Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/32f09d8d-6920-471f-8273-beead9689f70" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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