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The 2020 United States Senate elections, coinciding with the 2020 United States presidential election that is also held on November 3, 2020, are 33 separate elections held in states with Class 2 Senate seats and 2 special elections for Class 3 seats.

Elections

Arizona (special election)

U.S. Air Force veteran Martha McSally

Martha McSally, the current Republican junior senator from Arizona who was gubernatorially appointed, will be running for election to a full term in 2020.^[1] A conservative-turned-establishmentarian moderate^[2]-turned pro-Trump conservative,^[3] McSally is expected to face a close election in normally Republican Arizona that voted for Kyrsten Sinema over her in 2018 by a margin of less than 3%.^[4]

Martha McSally's campaign

Martha McSally, who has shifted towards supporting Donald Trump since after the 2016 presidential election, has been seen by some as becoming more thoroughly conservative, especially after calling a CNN reporter a "liberal hack".^[5] Her first campaign ad was one criticizing her potential left-wing opponent Mark Kelly^[6] for supporting the impeachment coup against Trump.^[7]

Colorado

Cory Gardner, the incumbent conservative Republican senator from liberal Colorado with some RINO leanings, is running for re-election in what is considered by many to be the most random, vulnerable tossup.^[8] Gardner's approval ratings have remained relatively steady, with a poll in January 2020 finding roughly equal approval/disapproval numbers.^[9]

Georgia (special)

Kelly Loeffler, the current junior senator from Georgia appointed by Brian Kemp, is running for election to a full Senate term.

Republican primary

Loeffler, backed by the GOP establishment,^[10] is facing a primary challenged by representative Doug Collins.^[11] According to a poll by the Public Policy Polling in December 2019, the preference for Collins is three times greater than the preference for Loeffler.^[12] In February 2020, Collins has released an ad strongly criticizing Loeffler for being backed by the anti-Trump^[13] Club for Growth^[14] as well as another one criticizing Loeffler for backing RINO Mitt Romney in 2012.^[15] This, in turn, led the GOP establishment and the Club for Growth to further their opposition to Collins.^[16][17]

Kentucky

Mitch McConnell, a lifelong RINO who arguably became more conservative after the 2018 midterm elections and whose approval rating has gone up after defending Donald Trump from the impeachment coup,^[18] is running for re-election in 2020.^[19]

Democrat challenger

Amy McGrath, a far-left^[20] Democrat from Kentucky, is seeking to challenge McConnell for the Senate seat. Liberals in a massive effort to attempt unseating McConnell have donated $10.7 million dollars to McGrath's campaign by October 2019.^[21] McGrath has been criticized for inconsistencies over the Kavanaugh smear and her self-admitted radical agenda.

Maine

Susan Collins, the four-term RINO senior senator from liberal Maine, is running for re-election in 2020.^[22] She has been unpopular in her home state after voting with Republicans to confirm Brett Kavanaugh amidst the smear against him.^[23]

Michigan

Gary Peters, the incumbent Democrat senator from Michigan, is facing re-election in a projected swing state that voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

John E. James

Among the Republicans running to oppose Peters is movement conservative John E. James,^[24] a U.S. combat veteran who ran against Debbie Stabenow in 2018 and lost^[25] due to Stabenow's strong backing by Michigan farmers that generally vote Republican.^[26]

Gary Peters

Peters, a Democrat partisan leftist who voted to remove Trump^[27] and is suspected of supporting Medicare for All,^[28][29] is unknown among 36% of Michiganders, according to a poll in mid-2019.^[30]

North Carolina

Thom Tillis, a Feinstein gun control bill-backing^[31] RINO who opposed Donald Trump's firing of an impeachment "witness" out of fear of "looking bad",^[32] is running for re-election in swing state North Carolina that may be a tossup, both in the Republican primary and, if he wins it, the general election. Tillis' approval rating was reported in July 2019 to be a mere 33% within North Carolina,^[33] and polling in January 2020 found that he was trailing a potential Democrat opponent by 2%.^[34]

Republican primary

Tillis, with his RINO record, was initially facing a primary challenged by conservative, pro-Trump Sandy Smith.^[35] However, Smith later changed course and decided to run for North Carolina's 1st district instead.^[36]

Left-wing smears

See also: Liberal Smear Machine, Moscow Mitch Syndrome

Attacks against Cory Gardner

A far-left site called "F*** Cory Gardner" has been created to smear the senator amidst the upcoming election in Colorado.^[37]

Attacks and smears against Martha McSally

Liberals colluding with the Democrat Party have tried smearing McSally, such as one video by a leftist, anti-Trump website calling itself "The Lincoln Project".^[38] The video, in resemblance of mainstream fake news, claimed that McSally lost in 2018 "badly" (McSally lost by 2.4%) and that John McCain was a "hero" (McCain betrayed fellow POWs^[39]). It is also important to note that the website, despite supposedly and seemingly standing up for justice and integrity, includes the bigoted George T. Conway III among its advisors.^[40]

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