‘It could be quite a brutal evening’: GOP braces for some once-unthinkable losses

Republicans are bracing for a brutal election night, convinced they’re set to face some previously unthinkable losses in deep-red Trump territory as key battleground races hang on a knife’s edge.House Republicans are privately discussing not just if they’ll lose their majority, but by how many seats.

Imperiled GOP incumbents in once safe districts have been begging party leaders for more money in the final few days to stem the bleeding, according to six people involved in internal conversations, granted anonymity to discuss them.

Senate Republicans have found new cause to worry about contests in Ohio, Kansas and other red states.“It could be quite a brutal evening,” said one senior Republican involved in the private conversations, who like others in this article was granted anonymity to speak candidly.

“Once the dominoes start falling it becomes hard to stop them.”Some Republican incumbents made an eyebrow-raising emergency decision.

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