TRANSGENDERISM ISSUES--SENATE DEMS FEEL CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED BY GOP ANTI-TRANS ATTACKS

Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer heard a consistent, urgent alarm this week from Democrats who felt ambushed by GOP attacks on transgender people participating in women's sports, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The losses of Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) leave Democrats without a single member representing a truly red state.  MORE AT Scoop: Senate Democrats feel caught flat-footed by GOP anti-trans attacks