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    Impeachment prospect worries Senate Republicans from swing states, and could endanger GOP majority

    by Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Oct 04, 2019 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - With an impeachment storm gathering, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is standing firmly by President Donald Trump. Sen. Susan Collins is keeping a studied silence. Sens. Martha McSally of Arizona and Cory Gardner of Colorado have mostly laid low while nurturing fundraising ties with the White House.

    The House impeachment inquiry has dropped a huge boulder in the middle of the 2020 political landscape, sending Republicans up for election in swing states scrambling to find a safe distance.

    The calculation is especially tricky for Tillis, Collins, McSally and Gardner, who face tough 2020 reelection fights in competitive states. To hold their seats, they must please two very different constituencies - Trump loyalists and swing voters. Impeachment may greatly complicate that mission.

    Some Democrats have worried that a political backlash to the impeachment drive could cost them control of the

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