Republicans are looking to retake the Senate in November, with Democrats holding a 49-51 majority after less-than-ideal results in the 2022 midterm elections.
But Rep. Jim Banks (R-Indiana), who is running for the Senate to replace retiring Sen. Mike Braun (R-Indiana), said in an interview with Breitbart News at the Republican National Convention that not only would the Republicans tie the Democrats or even edge out the Democrats by one or two senators, but that the GOP had strong enough candidates to potentially create “the strongest Republican majority of my lifetime.”
During an interview Tuesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Breitbart Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle He predicted that for Republicans to retake the Senate majority, they would need to win West Virginia, hold on to Indiana, Florida and Texas, and secure Ohio and Montana, and asked Banks to explain his thoughts on the Republican Party’s future path.
“Please note that the election of J.D. Vance in Ohio is a huge boost for Bernie Moreno in the Ohio Senate race,” Banks began, naming Sen. Vance (R-Ohio) as former President Donald Trump’s running mate and calling Moreno “a strong candidate who will appeal to working-class voters next door in Indiana.”
“So, Bernie Moreno [would need to] Ohio State Winner: Tim Sheehy [would need to win] “In Montana, Montana and Ohio are very similar. They’re both pro-Trump red states, and the senators are Democrats. So there are 52 Republican senators,” he said.
Banks went on to note that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday could galvanize support for Republican candidates in states such as Michigan.
“But I think what happened on Saturday, the momentum of Donald Trump and how strong and historic a candidate he is, is going to help us win Michigan with Mike Rogers.” “This is another working-class, blue-collar state where voters have turned their back on the Democrats,” he said.
“Sam Brown is a great candidate in Nevada with a strong record as a wounded veteran of wars overseas. We have Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania, Eric Hovde in Wisconsin. We have Kali Lake in Arizona,” he continued. “Every state has a great candidate.”
“So what we have here is a map that could get us to 55, 56, even 57 Republicans in the Senate. Not just a Republican majority, but the strongest Republican majority in my lifetime,” he said.
Banks also noted that Republicans are likely to do well in the House elections because Donald Trump will be “on the ballot in November.”
“Thanks to Donald Trump, I expect we will gain more than 10 seats in the House of Representatives and finish this election cycle with a majority in the United States Senate,” he predicted.
