“The prognosis was brutal nearly two years ago when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand told colleagues and staff that she wanted to run the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm. Reeling from losing their majority in their colossal 2024 losses, even the most optimistic Democrat couldn’t articulate a path back to power in just one cycle,” the Washington Sun reports.“Now, the junior New York senator and party leaders who have been castigated by their own base for the past two years are unexpectedly tasting the prospect of victory next week.”“If Gillibrand and the much-criticized party establishment win a majority in the U.S. Senate that few thought possible so soon, it would leave her and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a politically formidable position.”