- “It’s tight,” Schumer told the AP. “I believe Democrats will hold the Senate and maybe even pick up seats.”
- Schumer was cautious about races in several battleground states, but said that Democrats were within striking distance of Republicans.
- “I don’t want to give the illusion that these are all slam dunks,” Schumer said, but “[t]he fact that we’re in the ballpark and our Democratic candidates are defying the political environment is a testament to a few things,” he said.