John Karl warns of ‘really tough night’ for Senate Democrats: ‘In real trouble’

ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Carl Senate Democrats had a “really tough night” on Tuesday, warning that the party’s prospects were not good and that one veteran senator had “real problems.”

“It’s going to be a really tough night for Senate Democrats,” Karl noted on ABC News Tuesday night. “I mean, the Democrats were talking about two seats that they thought they actually had a chance of, you know, a chance of getting. Florida, Texas, none of them look good.”

He continued: “Sherrod Brownthey thought they would stay. Looks like he’s in real trouble. Tough for Senate Democrats.”

With 85% of the votes counted, he declared himself the Republican nominee, Fox News reported. Bernie Moreno winner race against Brown, who has served in the Senate since 2007, received nearly 5%, or about 245,962 votes.

In Florida, Senator. Rick Scott (R-FL) retained his seat by defeating a Democratic challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by nearly 1.5 million votes, and in Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-FL) beat Democratic challenger Colin Allredwith a margin of almost 10% projected.

Reacting to Tuesday night’s national results, New York Times chief analyst and sociologist Nate Cohn said it was a “tall task” for the vice president Kamala Harris win the states needed to defeat the former president Donald Trumpincluding Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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