Senators Rick Scott of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas are both running for re-election. Both narrowly won in 2018. Democrats feel there is an opportunity to flip those races — despite the fact Florida has not voted for a Democratic senator since 2012 and Texas has not sent a Democrat to Washington since 1988.

Gary Peters (D-MI), who runs the Democratic Senate Committee Campaign, compared its last-minute decision to invest in Florida and Texas to Vice President Kamala Harris ’s late entry into the presidential race,