Mike Pompeo wants to be secretary of state. But the deck is stacked against him.

One by one, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced their opposition to his nomination the week of April 16. That included the two who voted to confirm him as CIA director, Virginia senator Tim Kaine and New Hampshire senator Jeanne Shaheen. By midweek, all eyes were on the remaining 13 Democratic senators who helped confirm Pompeo in January 2017.