Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R., Ky., is warning Republicans that their majority in the upper chamber is at risk

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R., Ky., is warning Republicans that their majority in the upper chamber is at risk with eight weeks to go before the election. Speaking to reporters this week, McConnell called the electoral landscape as “very challenging” and warned of the “storm” Republicans face in the first midterm election since President Trump took office. He said nine Senate races are up for grabs. The 2018 midterms are setting up to be like a “knife fight in an alley,” McConnell said. He noted a list of 2018 Senate races he considers “dead even” include Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee, Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, West Virginia and Florida. "All of them too close to call and every one of them like a knife fight in an alley, I mean just a brawl in every one of those places,” McConnell said. “I hope when the smoke clears, that we will still have a majority in the Senate.” McConnell was asked about the prospects for Sen. Ted Cruz, R., Texas, to win re-election. “I think Ted’s got a competitive race by all indications. We certainly expect to win in Texas, but I think he does have a competitive race,” he said.