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Midterms

'THE ENERGY IS ON OUR SIDE': Rick Scott Talks GOP Momentum, Predicts as Many as 55 Senate Seats

posted by Hannity Staff - 10.21.22

Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee chairman Rick Scott (R-FL) feels the momentum gathering behind the GOP and predicts as many as 55 Senate seats for the elephants after midterms; “the energy is on our side,” Scott says.

Scott made the bold prediction at a Get-Out-The-Vote rally in North Carolina while supporting Ted Budd.

“It starts right here, we’re going to get 52 Republican senators, we have to win here,” Scott said about Budd’s race, via The Hill. “I think we can get 53, 54, 55.”

“The energy is on our side,” he added. “People are fed up with the Biden agenda.”

Scott spoke with The Hill shortly after the event.

“If you look at the weekly polls and do we lot of polls, every week is getting better,” he said.

“Then you look at here, Ted’s been consistently up,” Scott said of Budd, who has also led against former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley since the race began, according to RealClearPolitics. “That keeps us at 50-50.”

“Then you look at Herschel Walker, you look at all the polls, Herschel’s up three,” he said, though he did not specify which poll showed that result. “Georgia, we’ll pick that one up.”

From The Daily Wire:

In Arizona, Scott said the GOP has “defined” incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly, and Republican “Blake [Masters] is barely behind.” An exclusive poll conducted by The Daily Wire and The Trafalgar Group showed Masters trailing Kelly by just one point.

In New Hampshire, Scott said “there’s a poll out showing [GOP challenger Don] Bolduc down two,” though once again, he did not name a specific poll. A poll from the end of September, conducted by Trafalgar, showed Bolduc trailing incumbent Democrat Maggie Hassan by just three points. “Hassan’s numbers have been horrible as far as her approval,” Scott said, indicating that Bolduc may be able to pull off an upset.

Scott also pointed to Colorado and Washington as states where Republicans could pull off a surprising upset. “Joe O’Dea’s barely behind, Tiffany Smiley is down two,” he said. Colorado GOP candidate Joe O’Dea is struggling against incumbent Michael Bennet; the closest poll shows Bennet with a five-point lead. Washington Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley, however, is in much better shape — a Trafalgar poll from September showed incumbent Patty Murray leading Smiley by just two points.

“I’m optimistic it’s going to be a good night and we have good candidates, they’re running good races. There’s a lot of energy,” he said.

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