Democrats are facing an uphill battle to keep control of the Senate in November, and the fight took center stage at their convention Thursday night — without any of the candidates having to say it out loud.
Candidates from four of the seven tightest races spoke on the main stage in Chicago: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona. Texas candidate Colin Allred also had time at the mic. He’s running for one of the just two Republican-held Senate seats Democrats have a chance of flipping in November.
The battleground Democrats who got prime-time speaking slots at the convention Thursday focused on their own personal stories, not the collective goal of keeping the Senate in Democratic hands.