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Super Tuesday Battles Included Key Senate Contests

Katherine Gypson

   CAPITOL HILL - Super Tuesday primaries in 14 states across the country
   shifted momentum in the presidential race from progressive Senator
   Bernie Sanders to former Vice President Joe Biden. But the race to see
   which Democrat will challenge President Donald Trump in the November
   general election was far from the only contest with far-reaching
   political consequences.

   Primary voting in a handful of key states also revealed more about
   Republicans' battle to maintain control of the U.S. Senate. Democrats
   have held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives for the
   last two years and hope to wrest away control of the Senate. Democratic
   control of both chambers would have a major impact on the next
   president's term in office, regardless of party.

   If he's reelected, Trump would have a hard time passing any major
   legislation through a Democratic-controlled Congress. And a President
   Biden or Sanders would be unable to get their ambitious agendas off the
   ground if the Republican majority in the Senate holds. Currently,
   Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the chamber.

   Analysts say Biden's success Tuesday points to a way forward for
   Democrats to take control of the U.S. Senate.

   "There is a desire to continue to kind of go forward with what was the
   2018 strategy for Democrats that was very successful for them," said
   Dr. Lara Brown, director of the Graduate School of political management
   at George Washington University. "That strategy is really about finding
   candidates who fit their constituency, mostly those candidates in large
   statewide races that are going to be more moderate rather than
   progressive."

   Alabama

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