The current partisan breakdown of the Senate is as follows:

• 10 Democratic seats up for reelection in 2016 and 36 seats not up in 2016 for a total of 46 seats
• 24 Republican seats up for reelection in 2016 and 30 seats not up in 2016 for a total of 54 seats

This simple fact gives the Democrats more targets and some of the targets are Republicans in blue states, such as Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI).

The map above shows only the 10 Democratic and 24 Republican seats up in 2016. In the legend to the right of the map, "Strongly Dem" includes the states where the Democrat won by > 10% in 2010 as well as the 36 Democrats not up in 2016. Similarly, "Strongly GOP" includes the states the Republicans won by > 10% in 2010 as well as the 30 Republicans not up in 2016.

To capture the Senate, the Democrats need to win a net of five Republican seats or four seats and the vice presidency.

The Democratic-held seats are listed first below, in alphabetical order by state, with the Republican ones following.

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