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Hardening partisan map steepens Democrats' climb in Senate

by Alan Fram
| November 16, 2020 10:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pinned six years in the minority, Democrats have an uphill but real shot at wresting Senate control in January, with more opportunities in 2022. Yet as states increasingly sort themselves along hardening partisan lines, it's complicating Democrats' drive to win the majority and keep it.

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