- ABC News
- November 6, 2019
Sen. Brown: Suburban voters key for 2020 election
In the aftermath of two contentious state elections, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown joined "Powerhouse Politics" on Wednesday, sharing his beliefs that suburban voters and local elections will be the key for Democratic candidates in gaining support in the 2020 presidential election. "Suburban Cincinnati, Louisville and Lexington ... these are the places that have the power to beat President Donald Trump in 2020," Brown told ABC News Political Director MaryAlice Parks and Multi-platform Correspondent Serena Marshall. "And maybe even the ticket to beat [Sen. Mitch] McConnell in Kentucky." Last night’s elections in Virginia and Kentucky may offer support for Brown’s theory. For the first time in two decades, Democrats in Virginia reclaimed the majority in both the House and the Senate after flipping seats in traditionally Republican suburbs of Washington, D.C. and in near the state capital. In 2017, Democrats in Virginia forecasted a major backlash against Trump that materialized in the...