Early returns are not looking promising for Democrats in state Senate contests.
As of this writing, all the party’s challengers were behind in all of their races, although no Democratic incumbent is losing. So, at minimum, Senate Democrats will end up with a twenty-three member caucus.
The closest race, as expected, is between Matt Isenhower and Andy Hill. Hill has 52% of the vote, while Isenhower has 47%. Given the large number of ballots outstanding, this is hardly an insurmountable lead.
The other challengers (Tami Green, Rich Cowan, Irene Bowling) are much further behind their Republican opponents.
In the 30th District, Democrat-turned-Republican Mark Miloscia had a solid lead over Shari Song. The 30th is an open seat, vacated by retiring Senator Tracey Eide.