Cook and other analysts predict Republicans will hold their majority in the House of Representatives and may even pick up a few seats in November.

　　Most of the attention will focus on the 36 Senate races where Republicans are favored to pick up seats currently held by Democrats.

　　The problem for Democrats is that several of the key Senate races are taking place in states where Republican Mitt Romney rolled up big victory margins in the 2012 presidential race, like Alaska, Arkansas and Louisiana.

　　Democrats have very few opportunities to win Republican seats.

　　Their best chance may come in Kentucky where veteran Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate leader, faces a strong Democratic challenge from Stephanie Lundergan Grimes. And that is assuming McConnell beats back a primary challenge from Tea Party favorite Matt Bevin, who trails by a wide margin in recent polls.

　　Public opinion analyst Karlyn Bowman of the American Enterprise Institute says Republicans sense they have their best chance in years to win back control of the Senate.

　　These Senate contests are such high stakes contests, Bowman said. The Republicans would desperately like to win control of the Senate and actually have a decent margin in the Senate in order to try to move some of their own issues along.

　　All 435 House seats and 36 of the 100 Senate seats are at stake in November along with 36 state governorships.

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