Republican Senate Majority In “Free Fall” For Remainder Of 2026!

Ronald 68 Comments

The Republican Party in the US Senate, under Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, is facing a “free fall” for the remainder of 2026, through the contentious Midterm Elections this coming November.

While there are 53 Republican US Senators, with the recent defeat of Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas;

and the coming retirement of Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina;

and the continuing reputation for “independence” of Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska;

along with the usual difficult balancing act of Susan Collins of Maine, who faces a very difficult reelection campaigan against Graham Platner;

the potential for the loss of support for Donald Trump for the remainder of this year is likely.

Additionally, Utah Senator John Curtis is an independent minded member, and cannot be counted upon to be in loyal support of Trump on a constant basis, and is not up for reelection until 2030. As the successor to Mitt Romney, he is from the same tradition, as the former Senator and 2012 Presidential nominee, one of total independence.

68 comments on “Republican Senate Majority In “Free Fall” For Remainder Of 2026!”

  2. Rustbelt Democrat May 28, 2026 10:08 am

    Calling it a “redistricting war” is classic “both sidesism,” false equivalence, HIGHLY misleading – terrible framing by CNN!

  7. Rustbelt Democrat May 30, 2026 3:10 pm

    It’s crazy, it really is…

  8. Pragmatic Progressive May 30, 2026 3:11 pm

    I’ve decided I’m not going to donate to him.

  9. Ronald May 30, 2026 7:58 pm

    Princess Leia, Rustbelt Democrat, and Pragmatic Progressive:

    I am really tormented myself about Graham Platner, but sadly, his winning Maine COULD decide Democratic control of the Senate in the 120th Congress, so a very difficult situation, as not wanting Susan Collins to be able to keep the Senate Republican majority for the remainder of the Trump Administration! 🙁

  10. Rustbelt Democrat June 2, 2026 9:30 am

    That Platner guy is f’ed up in soooo many ways, it’s really hard to keep track. The fact that any Democrats support him is truly distressing. Also, if he’s the nominee, Dems could blow a VERY winnable race in Maine against Susan Collins, and also blow the chance to take back the US Senate. That would be a DISASTER. Bottom line: all we needed in Maine was to nominate a normal, sane Democrat, and we’d almost certainly win in November. But noooo…

  12. Rustbelt Democrat June 4, 2026 9:07 am

    This Court is a f’ing joke. A really bad joke, that is.

  17. Rustbelt Democrat June 4, 2026 9:23 am

    This guy is a hot f’ing mess in just about every way.

  22. Rustbelt Democrat June 4, 2026 9:29 am

    This guy is a completely unhinged bigot.

  26. Princess Leia June 4, 2026 5:12 pm

    Primaries leave muddled picture of Dems’ way ahead

    “Moderate and establishment-oriented Democrats have a slight edge as vote-counting in Tuesday’s primary contests continues, but progressives have clinched some wins — leaving a muddled picture of what party’s voters want heading into the 2026 midterms.”

    https://www.axios.com/2026/06/03/democrats-primaries-progressives-moderates

  28. Rustbelt Democrat June 4, 2026 5:14 pm

    It’s laughable for election results to take WEEKS; c’mon California, you have GOT TO do better than this!

  30. Rustbelt Democrat June 4, 2026 5:18 pm

    This guy is a DISASTER. Also, WTF is the deal with people actually pushing for this guy???

  33. Rustbelt Democrat June 6, 2026 2:51 pm

    Definitely can’t believe a word this guy says.

  36. Rustbelt Democrat June 6, 2026 2:53 pm

    This isn’t nefarious, of course, but it IS utterly ridiculous!

  41. Rustbelt Democrat June 6, 2026 3:20 pm

    These people are f’ing crazy.

  43. Rustbelt Democrat June 8, 2026 9:14 am

    Depends how one defines “dirtbag” – the definition includes “disreputable, mean, sleazy, or generally behaves badly,” and all of those certainly apply to Platner…also “vulgarity, irreverence, and aggressive populism.” Plus, he fantasizes about raping and murdering people, had a Nazi tattoo for years, twisted at least one girlfriend’s arm behind her back, etc, etc. But other than that, great guy! LOL

  45. Former Republican June 8, 2026 9:16 am

    The problem is, Democrats almost certainly need the US Senate seat from Maine if they want to take back the US Senate majority, which…yep, they badly do

  47. Rustbelt Democrat June 8, 2026 9:32 am

    I 100% get the desire to defeat Susan Collins, but I completely do NOT get the desire to defend Platner, per se.

  49. Rustbelt Democrat June 8, 2026 9:34 am

    That’s really, really embarrassing and pathetic by NBC News – the results have been clear for days now…Nithya Raman will easily advance to the general election, along with Karen Bass.

  51. Rustbelt Democrat June 8, 2026 9:36 am

    Utterly absurd; one foreign policy issue is bigger than the economy, democracy, the environment, healthcare, civil liberties, immigration/ICE, corruption, etc, etc?

  55. Rustbelt Democrat June 10, 2026 9:11 am

    Apparently, the “mainstream” media is not allowed to use words like “false” or “lies” when it comes to Trump’s wild lies; instead, they go with “unsubstantiated,” “baseless,” blah blah blah. Such a bad joke.

  64. Rustbelt Democrat June 11, 2026 9:27 am

    That’s complete crap, illegal and unconstitutional for sure.

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