Kirsten Gillibrand is dreaming of a Democratic supermajority

Democrats have improbably won at least 55 Senate seats in the upcoming Congress. Kirsten Gillibrand is already looking for a path to a filibuster-proof 60.

The Senate Democratic campaign chair, in an interview with POLITICO after last week's sweeping wins, laid out the possibility of flipping seven more seats in 2028, when the party faces a more favorable map but could also face a referendum on their own leadership in Congress after two years in power.

Such a feat would give Democrats a Senate supermajority capable of defeating GOP attempts to block major bills. Coupled with a presidential win and a House majority, it would give them a level of unilateral power in Washington unseen since 2010, when President Barack Obama signed major health care and financial regulation overhauls.

Gillibrand pointed to several states President Donald Trump won three times that Democrats plan to heavily target, including Iowa, South Carolina and Kansas. Democrats flipped seats in those three states last week, and she also named Alaska — where they are optimistic they will unseat GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan once all the votes are counted.

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