Districts without elections: 16 divided R-8 D-8
Districts with elections: 19 current makeup R-7 D-12
Projected make up: R-16 D-19
District Breakdown:
Republican Held:
SD-4: Safe Republican District. Mark Sheffel (R) is our projected winner.
SD-8: Competitive District. Al White (R) vs. Ken Brenner (D). White had 10K on hand from the last report. Brenner had 12K cash on hand. White out spent and out raised Brenner so we are leaning towards White. Republican Hold.
SD-10: Safe Republican District. Bill Cadman (R) is our projected winner.
SD-12: Safe Republican District. Keith King (R) is our projected winner.
SD-23: Competitive District. Shawn Mitchell (R) vs. Joe Whitcomb (D). Mitchell had 49K cash on hand from the last report. Whitcomb had 4K cash on hand. Mitchell outspent Whitcomb so we are leaning towards Mitchell. Republican hold.
SD-26: Competitive District. Lauri Clapp (R) vs. Linda Newell (D). Clapp had 25K cash on hand. Newell looks to have been outspent. Republican hold.
SD-27: Safe Republican. Nancy Spence (R) is our projected winner.
We project that the Republican's will lose 0 state senate seats. Any surprise will have to occur in either district 8, 23 or 26. It is a big if however, no State Senate candidate has won without outspending their competitor in competitive districts. In non-competitive districts no amount of spending can overcome the statistical power of partisan make up.
Democrat Held Districts:
SD-14: Competitive District. We project Bob Bacon (D) will easily hold his seat.
SD-16: Highly Competitive District. Dan Gibbs (D) vs. Don Ytterburg (R). Gibbs had 10K cash on hand from the last report. Ytterberg had about 10K on hand also. However, it looks like he was simply outspent. Look for this district to remain in Democratic hands.
SD-17: Safe Democrat. We project Shaffer will easily hold his seat.
SD-18: Safe Democrat. We project Rollie Heath will win. Unopposed.
SD-19: Highly Competitive District. Open Seat. Evie Hadak (D) vs. Libby Szabo (R). Cash on hand: Hadak 20K Szabo 35K cash on hand. Szabo appears to have outspent Hadak, which will earn her this seat. Republican pickup.
SD-21: Safe Democrat. We project Betty Boyd (D) will win re-election.
SD-25: Safe Democrat. Mary Hodge (D), easy win.
SD-28, 29, 31, 33 and 35, all safe Democratic seats.
Overall we see the Democrats defending 11 of their 12 seats, losing only SD-19. It will take some major coat-tails for our prediction to be off.
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