At Republicans headquarters in Washington, top strategists predicted days in advance that the GOP would win the Senate and gain House seats despite polls suggesting many races could go either way.
Iowa’s razor-thin Senate race? Won, Republican National Committee Political Director Chris McNulty forecast, during an interview with the Washington Examiner last Thursday. The Colorado Senate race featuring the state’s first-ever all-mail balloting? In the bank, McNulty asserted. The party’s uphill climb in the North Carolina Senate race? On the cusp of a come-from-behind victory, he said. The Republicans took all three races on their way winning a 52-seat Senate majority that could increase to 54 by the time Alaska is called and a Louisiana runoff is decided in December.
