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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

There are 6 days until Election Day.

 

Early voting ends on:

  • Oct. 29 in Maryland and Tennessee.

  • Oct. 30 in Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, Massachusetts and Texas.

  • Oct. 31 in Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

Find your polling place and more here.

 

SPECIAL EDITION: 2026 Elections — Senate Races to Watch

In the 2026 midterm elections, control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs, and Republicans who began the cycle confident in a friendly map now find themselves increasingly on defense.

 

Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, counting two independents who caucus with Democrats. Of the 35 seats on the ballot, Republicans hold 22 and Democrats 13. Because Vice President JD Vance can break a 50-50 tie, Democrats need a net gain of four seats to win control.

 

The national climate has turned against the party in power, as it historically does in midterm elections, and analysts in both parties broadly expect Democrats to win the House. The Senate is far less certain.

 

Democrats’ most direct path requires holding their own battleground seats in Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire, each decided by less than 3 percentage points in 2024, while flipping four Republican seats.

 

Still, the road to a majority runs through Trump country. Every Democratic pickup target except Maine voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

 

Some strategists warn that polls have overstated Democratic strength in recent elections and that voter enthusiasm does not always translate into turnout.

 

Senate control has changed hands in a midterm only three times since 1990, in 1994, 2006 and 2014. Whether this year becomes a fourth will likely be settled in a handful of states Trump has carried three times.

 

What follows is a list of Senate races to watch next Tuesday:

ALASKA

Mary Peltola (D)

Former U.S. Representative

Dan Sullivan (R)

Incumbent U.S. Senator

About this race: Outside groups have poured more than $15.5 million into Alaska’s U.S. Senate race since July, most of it in ads attacking Democrats, according to a report in the Anchorage Daily News.

 

Similarly, groups backing Peltola have been criticizing the record of incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, the newspaper said.

 

Sullivan is seeking a third term. Peltola, a former U.S. House member, is challenging him.

 

Alaska’s top-four primary on Aug. 18 sent four candidates to the Nov. 3 general election, which will be decided by ranked-choice voting. The other two are Dan J. Sullivan and Gerald Heikes, both Republicans.

 

Ten months ago, when Peltola entered the race, the Cook Political Report placed the race in its “Lean Republican” column.

 

Since that time, Peltola finished first in the primary with 49.5%, to Sullivan’s 41.4%.

 

Peltola’s campaign centers on affordability and what she calls a “rigged system” in Washington.

 

The Yup’ik Alaska Native American has said anti-corruption and affordability are complementary issues, and she has revived her “fish, family, freedom” slogan from her earlier House campaigns.

 

In interviews with KYUK and KNOM, she cited fuel prices, rural health care, wages and corporate influence.

 

She has also criticized Sullivan’s support for Trump’s tax and spending package, the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

 

Sullivan’s campaign website emphasizes his role in supporting tax law, energy development, military investment and health care.

 

A candidate statement he filed with the Alaska Division of Elections cites energy projects, a military and Coast Guard buildup and federal health care funding.

 

His campaign spokesperson said Sullivan “delivers for Alaska,” the Alaska Beacon reported.

 

Sullivan has also gone on the offense, calling Peltola ineffective in Congress.

 

Latest poll released: 10/16: (694 LV) Peltola (D) 51, Sullivan (R) 49 | Data for Progress

 

2024 presidential result: Harris (D) 41.4%, Trump (R) 54.5%

IOWA

Josh Turek (D)

State Representative (IA-20)

Ashley Hinson (R)

U.S. Representative (IA-02)

About this race: 

Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson and Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek clashed in their first Senate debate, hosted by Iowa PBS in Johnston, disagreeing over the Iran war, tariffs and their legislative records.

 

The winner of the electoral contest will succeed retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.

 

Hinson is a three-term House member; Turek, a Council Bluffs legislator. Hinson won her primary with about 74% of the vote, and Turek won his with about 63%.

 

Republicans currently hold both Senate seats and all four U.S. House seats from Iowa.

 

The Cook Political Report moved the race from Lean Republican to Toss-Up in late August, after having moved it from Likely to Lean Republican after the primary.

 

Hinson says she would be “President Trump’s strongest ally in the Senate,” according to her campaign website. Her listed priorities include border security, agriculture, veterans and strengthening Medicaid and Social Security.

 

During an appearance at the Iowa State Fair, she cited lowering prescription drug costs, scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers and farm support.

 

Turek’s campaign centers on health care and costs. His platform includes raising the minimum wage, a federal ban on food price gouging and reversing Medicaid and SNAP cuts in the 2025 tax and spending law.

 

On the campaign trail, Turek has accused Hinson of voting for “the largest Medicaid cut ever.”

 

Hinson has campaigned in Iowa’s 99 counties, and Gov. Kim Reynolds endorsed her at a Sioux City event. Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and the National Republican Senatorial Committee also back her, according to Fox News and The Hill.

 

The Iowa Republican Party launched a “Turek’s Too Liberal Tour” across the state.

 

Turek has held a “Team Iowa Tour” and an affordability roundtable in Ankeny. In August he announced a “Republicans for Turek” coalition. His campaign said he voted with Republicans more than 700 times in the Legislature.

 

Latest poll released: 10/22: (1,200 LV) Turek (D) 45, Hinson (R) 47 | InsiderAdvantage

 

2024 presidential result: Harris (D) 42.5%, Trump (R) 55.7%

KANSAS

Adam Hamilton (D)

Pastor

Roger Marshall (R)

Incumbent U.S. Senator

About this race: 

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is seeking a second term. He took office as Kansas’ junior senator in 2021 after two terms representing the state’s 1st Congressional District, and is a former OB-GYN.

 

His Democratic opponent, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, leads the largest United Methodist Church congregation in the country. Hamilton has never held political office, and his campaign calls him an “independent-minded Democrat.”

 

Kansas has a long Republican record in Senate contests. No Democrat has won a Kansas Senate seat since 1932, and Republicans have held both seats continuously since 1939.

 

Trump carried the state by nearly 16 percentage points in the last presidential election, and Marshall won his first Senate race by more than 11 points in 2020.

 

Forecasters have shifted the race several times since the August primary. Sabato’s Crystal Ball and the Cook Political Report both adjusted their ratings after Hamilton won the nomination while still favoring a Republican, moving it from Safe or Solid to Likely Republican. Cook later moved the race from Likely Republican to Lean Republican.

 

Marshall’s campaign website lists agriculture, rural health care and border security as his priorities. KCUR reported that those are the three issues he says he legislated on and plans to focus on if reelected. He has aligned with Trump’s agenda, including tariffs that he argues are bringing back manufacturing jobs, a claim that has been disputed.

 

Hamilton’s website centers on what it calls “Adam’s Affordability Agenda.” He has said that focus grew out of conversations with Kansas farmers and ranchers, and he has backed Democratic efforts to pass a new farm bill. Hamilton told CNN he would not support Chuck Schumer returning as Senate Democratic leader.

 

Each campaign casts the other as out of step with Kansas. At a rally in Olathe, Marshall said Hamilton is “too woke and too weak to stand up to China.” Hamilton has argued that Marshall puts Trump ahead of the state. “His job is to be a champion for the people of Kansas,” Hamilton said in Wichita, adding that Marshall had instead acted as Trump’s spokesperson.

 

At a debate at the Kansas State Fair, Marshall portrayed Hamilton as opposed to agriculture, the cattle industry and oil and gas. Hamilton criticized Marshall’s support for Trump policies, including the war in Iran and tariffs, which he said raised prices.

 

Latest poll released: 10/14: (1,200 LV) Hamilton (D) 47, Marshall (R) 48 | InsiderAdvantage

 

2024 presidential result: Harris (D) 41%, Trump (R) 57.2%

MAINE

Troy Jackson (D)

Former State Senator

Susan Collins (R)

Incumbent U.S. Senator

About this race: Republican Sen. Susan Collins is seeking a sixth term in office. She was first elected to the Senate in 1996. Troy Jackson is a former Maine Senate president who served in that chamber from 2008 to 2014 and from 2016 to 2024, including as Democratic leader and Senate president. He earlier served in the Maine House from 2002 to 2008 and worked as a logger.

 

Jackson is not the candidate Democrats chose in June. Graham Platner won the June 9 primary but withdrew from the race on July 10, after a sexual assault allegation that Platner has denied. Maine Democrats then held a convention in Bangor on July 25, where Jackson beat Saundra Pelletier 566 to 5. Jackson had run for governor this year and finished third in the June 9 Democratic primary.

 

The election will be decided by ranked-choice voting.

 

The stakes are national. Collins holds the only Republican Senate seat up this year in a state that Kamala Harris won in 2024. Democrats have not won a Senate election in Maine since 1988.

 

Forecasters rate the race as highly competitive. 

 

The two candidates share a regional base. Both are from Aroostook County. Cook Political Report analyst Jessica Taylor wrote that Jackson is the first challenger from northern Maine that Collins has faced; all of her previous opponents came from southern Maine.

 

Collins’ central message is her influence over federal spending. Supporters cite her chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee as a main reason to back her.

 

The Maine Morning Star reported she has secured more than $1 billion for Maine since Congress revived earmarks in 2022. Collins also points to moments when she broke with the Trump administration, such as getting all ICE agents in Maine equipped with body cameras.

 

Jackson’s central message is that Collins is too closely aligned with Trump. He has tied her to Trump on tariffs, immigration enforcement, health care and the Iran war, and argued each affects household costs in Maine. He has said he supports abolishing the Senate filibuster and would consider expanding the Supreme Court.

 

The two have some common ground. Newsweek reported that both oppose the Trump administration’s tariffs.

 

Latest poll released: 10/25: (1,449 LV) Jackson (D) 49, Collins (R) 47 | Marist

 

2024 presidential result: Harris (D) 52.4%, Trump (R) 45.5%

IN THE NEWS

MICHIGAN

Abdul El-Sayed (D)

Former Health Officer, Wayne County

Mike Rogers (R)

Former U.S. Representative

 

About this race: The seat is open because Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is retiring. Rogers is a former congressman who represented Michigan’s 8th District from 2001 to 2015 and was the Republican Senate nominee in 2024. He lost that race to Democrat Elissa Slotkin by fewer than 20,000 votes.

 

Michigan is one of only two Democratic-held Senate seats up this year in states Trump won in 2024, making it a key battleground for Senate control. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Michigan since 1994.

 

Forecasters and polls show a close race. The most recent independent polls give El-Sayed a small edge.

 

El-Sayed’s message centers on health care and money in politics. During the primary he boiled his platform down to three slogans: money out of politics, Medicare for all, and money in voters’ pockets.

 

He has pledged not to take PAC donations. He has also tried to pull voters toward cost issues, arguing in a Fox News interview that Michiganders care more about affording gas, seeing doctors and keeping their jobs.

 

Rogers’ message centers on manufacturing and Trump’s agenda. When he launched his campaign, his team said he would work with Trump to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. He has emphasized defense industry jobs.

 

He also released an ad accusing pharmaceutical companies of overcharging families, a populist message Punchbowl News said is partly meant to blunt El-Sayed’s attacks on drug prices.

 

Each campaign casts the other as a poor fit for Michigan. Rogers has called El-Sayed and Stevens “way too extreme for Michigan.” NPR reported that Rogers has made baseless references linking El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood.

 

El-Sayed has called Rogers a “corporate sellout.” Punchbowl reported that El-Sayed earlier made a false claim that Rogers had lobbied for the pharmaceutical industry, then walked it back.

 

Latest poll released: 10/22: (600 LV) El-Sayed (D) 51, Rogers (R) 45 | Detroit News/Glengariff

 

2024 presidential result: Harris (D) 48.3%, Trump (R) 49.7%

NEBRASKA

Dan Osborn (I)

Former Union President

Pete Ricketts (R)

Incumbent U.S. Senator

About this race: Ricketts, a former two-term governor, was appointed to the Senate in 2023 and won a 2024 special election to finish the term. He is now seeking his first full six-year term.

 

Osborn is a former union president who led a strike at Kellogg’s. He is running as an independent, not as a Democrat. He ran as an independent in 2024 against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer and lost by fewer than seven points.

 

The Nebraska Democratic Party endorsed Osborn in July 2025, and its primary winner, Cindy Burbank, withdrew to support him.

 

Osborn has said he will not caucus with either party if elected.

 

Ricketts’ message is that Osborn is a Democrat in practice. At the candidates’ only scheduled debate, Ricketts repeatedly called his opponent “Democrat Dan.” He argued Osborn’s money comes mainly from Democrats. His campaign has said Osborn would side with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer or New York.

 

On trade, Ricketts has defended tariffs as a tool to protect Nebraska agriculture. He has the endorsement of Trump, who has called Osborn a “Radical Left Open Border Extremist.” Ricketts is also backed by the Nebraska Fraternal Order of Police and the Nebraska Farm Bureau.

 

Osborn’s message centers on working-class economics and independence from both parties. He has cast Ricketts as a billionaire and said he would protect workers’ rights and keep jobs in Nebraska. At the debate, he argued that Congress, not the president, should control tariff policy.

 

Latest poll released: 10/26: (800 LV) Osborn (I) 43, Ricketts (R) 46 | National Public Affairs

2024 presidential result: Harris (D) 38.9%, Trump (R) 59.3%

OHIO (SPECIAL)

Sherrod Brown (D)

Former U.S. Senator

Jon Husted (R)

Incumbent U.S. Senator

About this race: Trump rallied in southwestern Ohio for Republican Sen. Jon Husted just as the special election for one of Ohio’s U.S. Senate seats entered its final month.

 

During that appearance, Trump used part of his speech to defend data centers, the issue Democrat Sherrod Brown has made central to his campaign.

 

The visit came as Republicans worry Husted’s campaign has not caught on with voters in a state Republicans have dominated. In fact, the head of the Senate Republican campaign arm said Ohio is among 10 battleground races “within striking distance.”

 

The seat is up because JD Vance resigned to become vice president. Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Husted, then lieutenant governor, to replace him. The winner on Nov. 3 will serve the last two years of Vance’s term, which runs through 2028.

 

Husted is seeking a full election to the seat for the first time. He has previously served as Ohio House speaker, a state senator, secretary of state and lieutenant governor.

 

Brown represented Ohio in the Senate from 2007 to 2025. He lost his 2024 reelection bid to Republican Bernie Moreno by about 3.6 points. If he wins in November, he would have to run again in 2028.

 

Forecasters rate the race as highly competitive.

 

Brown’s message centers on data centers and household costs. He argues Husted’s support for data centers while he was lieutenant governor has raised electricity prices for consumers.

 

Brown has written that Husted gave billions in tax breaks to tech companies to build data centers in Ohio. His campaign has also attacked Husted over donations from retail executive Les Wexner.

 

Husted’s message centers on Brown’s Senate record. Husted has cast the race as a choice between “an Ohio guy” and a Washington figure.

 

The New York Times reported that Husted’s campaign has intentionally portrayed Brown as the incumbent, though Husted holds the seat. An Ohio Republican strategist told the Times the goal was to channel voter frustration with the status quo toward Brown.

 

Husted has also tried to answer the data center criticism in the Senate. He introduced legislation he says would make data centers pay for their own power.

 

Democrats, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have called the bill toothless because it is voluntary. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., blocked an attempt to pass it by unanimous consent.

 

Organized labor is split. Husted has won endorsements from International Union of Operating Engineers Locals 18 and 66 and the Northwest Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, all of which had previously backed Brown.

 

Brown has the support of the Ohio AFL-CIO, the United Auto Workers, the United Steelworkers and the Ohio Conference of Teamsters.

 

Latest poll released: 10/22: (1,200 LV) Brown (D) 47, Husted (R) 44 | InsiderAdvantage

 

2024 presidential result: Harris (D) 43.9%, Trump (R) 55.1%

TEXAS

James Talarico (D)

Incumbent State Representative

Ken Paxton (R)

Incumbent Attorney General

About this race: Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico have never had a formal debate.

 

The debate issue became something of a sticky issue for Paxton as Trump brought up the lack of a face-to-face confrontation both during a campaign stop in Texas and on his Truth Social social media account.

 

In that post, Trump said Talarico “should immediately report to a Debate Stage against Ken Paxton, who is ready, willing, and able.”

 

Talarico was absent from the campaign trail for a little over a week — reportedly due to the flu. In his post, the president questioned Talarico’s absence, saying he is “MISSING IN ACTION!”

 

“No one has seen him for an extended period of time,” Trump said. “Where is he? What is wrong with him? Bad rumors are coming out.”

 

The problem is, Talarico has already accepted four debate invitations — in the Rio Grande Valley, Dallas and Austin — and challenged Paxton to a debate on Fox News. Paxton has not accepted any invitation for an onstage face-off.

 

During his appearance onstage with Trump, Paxton led the crowd in a “Where is James Talarico?” chant.

 

Talarico seized on Trump’s comments, writing in a statement, “I agree. Ball’s in your court, Ken.”

 

Paxton adviser Nick Maddux called proposed moderators for each of the debates Talarico has accepted as “far-left activists.” Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions has said Paxton needs to debate to win.

 

The seat is held by Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who lost the Republican nomination. Paxton, the state’s attorney general, beat Cornyn in a May 26 runoff with 63.8% of the vote, a week after Trump endorsed him.

 

Cornyn became the first sitting Texas senator to lose renomination since 1970. He has said he will vote for Paxton but will not campaign or raise money for him.

 

Talarico, a state representative from the Austin area, won the Democratic nomination outright in March with 52.4% of the vote over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

 

Democrats have not won a Senate election in Texas since 1988, or any statewide race since 1994. Trump carried Texas by nearly 14 points in 2024, and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz won reelection that year by more than 8 points.

 

Forecasters rate the race as competitive and recent polls show a close race.

 

Both candidates say affordability is a central issue. In a Fox News poll, Talarico led by 19 points among voters who called cost of living extremely important to their vote. Paxton led by 20 points among voters focused on immigration.

 

Talarico’s campaign has centered on Paxton’s record. He has highlighted the allegations that led Republicans in the Texas House to impeach Paxton in 2023; the state Senate later acquitted him.

 

Talarico has also criticized how the attorney general’s office handled a child sexual abuse case against former attorney Adam Hoffman.

 

One Talarico ad stakes an ethical angle, showing security footage of Paxton taking a Montblanc pen that someone left in a tray at a metal detector. The pen’s owner declined to press charges and appears in the ad endorsing Talarico.

 

Paxton’s campaign has cast Talarico as too far left for Texas. Paxton has emphasized culture-war issues, criticized Talarico’s statement that “God is non-binary,” and called him a socialist in a Fox News appearance.

 

Latest poll released: 10/21: (1,000 RV) Talarico (D) 50, Paxton (R) 45 | Univision/YouGov

 

2024 presidential result: Harris (D) 42.5%, Trump (R) 56.1%

LATEST POLLS

U.S. Senate Polls released in October 2026

 

ALABAMA

Wess vs. Moore

10/16: (600 LV) Wess (D) 35, Moore (R) 56 | The Alabama Poll

 

ALASKA

Peltola vs. Sullivan

10/16: (694 LV) Peltola (D) 51, Sullivan (R) 49 | Data for Progress

10/10: (1,200 LV) Peltola (D) 50, Sullivan (R) 48 | InsiderAdvantage

10/3: (1,512 LV) Peltola (D) 51, Sullivan (R) 49 | Alaska Survey Research

10/1: (504 LV) Peltola (D) 50, Sullivan (R) 43 | NY Times/Siena

 

Peltola vs. Sullivan vs. Heikes vs. J. Sullivan

10/17: (775 LV) Peltola (D) 44, Sullivan (R) 42, Heikes (R) 4, J. Sullivan (R) 3 | Rasmussen

 

ARKANSAS

Shoffner vs. Cotton vs. Wadlin

10/15: (709 LV) Shoffner (D) 41, Cotton (R) 50, Wadlin (L) 5 | Talk Business/Hendrix College

 

FLORIDA

Nixon vs. Moody

10/20: (1,014 LV) Nixon (D) 40, Moody (R) 48 | co/efficient

10/19: (1,471 LV) Nixon (D) 45, Moody (R) 49 | Univ. of North Florida

10/15: (825 RV) Nixon (D) 42, Moody (R) 51 | Univision/YouGov

10/9: (716 LV) Nixon (D) 41, Moody (R) 52 | Stetson University

10/7: (836 LV) Nixon (D) 45, Moody (R) 47 | St. Pete Polls

10/3: (3,812 LV) Nixon (D) 44, Moody (R) 49 | YouGov

10/1: (625 RV) Nixon (D) 40, Moody (R) 50 | NBC 6/Mason-Dixon

 

GEORGIA

Ossoff vs. Collins

10/17: (755 LV) Ossoff (D) 52, Collins (R) 45 | Quantus Insights

10/15: (1,000 LV) Ossoff (D) 48, Collins (R) 40 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution

10/9: (1,101 LV) Ossoff (D) 51, Collins (R) 43 | Trafalgar Group

 

IOWA

Turek vs. Hinson

10/22: (1,200 LV) Turek (D) 45, Hinson (R) 47 | InsiderAdvantage

10/19: (863 LV) Turek (D) 46, Hinson (R) 49 | co/efficient

10/15: (1,094 LV) Turek (D) 44, Hinson (R) 46 | Trafalgar Group

10/13: (602 LV) Turek (D) 46, Hinson (R) 44 | Cook Political Report

10/12: (2,245 LV) Turek (D) 47, Hinson (R) 46 | YouGov

10/11: (1,100 LV) Turek (D) 48, Hinson (R) 45 | Marist

10/6: (650 LV) Turek (D) 45, Hinson (R) 47 | Emerson

10/5: (801 LV) Turek (D) 43, Hinson (R) 45 | CNN

10/4: (500 LV) Turek (D) 48, Hinson (R) 44 | Suffolk University

10/1: (606 LV) Turek (D) 47, Hinson (R) 48 | NY Times/Siena

 

KANSAS

Hamilton vs. Marshall

10/14: (1,200 LV) Hamilton (D) 47, Marshall (R) 48 | InsiderAdvantage

10/4: (2,252 LV) Hamilton (D) 48, Marshall (R) 45 | YouGov

10/1: (605 LV) Hamilton (D) 46, Marshall (R) 47 | NY Times/Siena

10/1: (1,095 LV) Hamilton (D) 44, Marshall (R) 44 | Trafalgar Group

 

MAINE

Jackson vs. Collins

10/25: (1,449 LV) Jackson (D) 49, Collins (R) 47 | Marist

10/23: (1,077 LV) Jackson (D) 47, Collins (R) 47 | Trafalgar Group

10/20: (1,514 LV) Jackson (D) 49, Collins (R) 49 | FOX News

10/14: (1,200 LV) Jackson (D) 49, Collins (R) 47 | InsiderAdvantage

10/11: (500 LV) Jackson (D) 49, Collins (R) 47 | Suffolk University

10/8: (804 LV) Jackson (D) 49, Collins (R) 47 | Rasmussen

10/5: (800 LV) Jackson (D) 50, Collins (R) 46 | Washington Post

10/4: (1,505 RV) Jackson (D) 51, Collins (R) 47 | Marist

10/1: (1,136 LV) Jackson (D) 50, Collins (R) 50 | CBS News

10/1: (1,091 LV) Jackson (D) 46, Collins (R) 46 | Trafalgar Group

 

MASSACHUSETTS

Markey vs. Deaton

10/18: (500 LV) Markey (D) 60, Deaton (R) 32 | Boston Globe/Suffolk

10/12: (800 RV) Markey (D) 56, Deaton (R) 29 | WCVB-TV/Amherst

 

MICHIGAN

El-Sayed vs. Rogers

10/22: (600 LV) El-Sayed (D) 51, Rogers (R) 45 | Detroit News/Glengariff

10/22: (1,200 LV) El-Sayed (D) 47, Rogers (R) 46 | InsiderAdvantage

10/18: (1,185 LV) El-Sayed (D) 50, Rogers (R) 48 | Marist

10/14: (798 LV) El-Sayed (D) 46, Rogers (R) 44 | Rasmussen

10/10: (1,200 LV) El-Sayed (D) 48, Rogers (R) 46 | InsiderAdvantage

10/6: (762 LV) El-Sayed (D) 48, Rogers (R) 47 | Quantus Insights

10/5: (3,947 LV) El-Sayed (D) 49, Rogers (R) 48 | YouGov

10/1: (680 LV) El-Sayed (D) 46, Rogers (R) 41 | Mitchell Research

 

MINNESOTA

Flanagan vs. Tafoya

10/21: (1,182 LV) Flanagan (D) 48, Tafoya (R) 45 | Rasmussen

10/15: (1,079 LV) Flanagan (D) 48, Tafoya (R) 45 | Trafalgar Group

10/12: (718 LV) Flanagan (D) 45, Tafoya (R) 42 | KSTP/SurveyUSA

10/7: (856 LV) Flanagan (D) 48, Tafoya (R) 45 | Rasmussen

10/7: (1,000 RV) Flanagan (D) 45, Tafoya (R) 41 | Daily Agenda/Morning Consult

10/7: (800 LV) Flanagan (D) 47, Tafoya (R) 43 | Star Tribune/Mason-Dixon

 

MONTANA

Bankhead vs. Alme vs. Bodnar vs. Austin

10/18: (686 LV) Bankhead (D) 21, Alme (R) 44, Bodnar (I) 28, Austin (L) 2 | Quantus Insights

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Pappas vs. Sununu

10/23: (970 LV) Pappas (D) 50, Sununu (R) 44 | Rasmussen

10/20: (1,672 LV) Pappas (D) 50, Sununu (R) 43 | St. Anselm

10/5: (1,520 LV) Pappas (D) 51, Sununu (R) 43 | YouGov

10/4: (979 LV) Pappas (D) 49, Sununu (R) 44 | Rasmussen

 

NEW MEXICO

Lujan vs. Marker

9/30: (567 LV) Lujan (D) 54, Marker (R) 36 | KOB-TV/SurveyUSA

 

NORTH CAROLINA

Cooper vs. Whatley

10/25: (722 LV) Cooper (D) 51, Whatley (R) 43 | Quantus Insights

10/20: (600 LV) Cooper (D) 49, Whatley (R) 39 | Carolina Journal/Harper

10/10: (1,091 LV) Cooper (D) 49, Whatley (R) 41 | Trafalgar Group

10/7: (643 LV) Cooper (D) 54, Whatley (R) 40 | WRAL-TV/SurveyUSA

10/7: (829 LV) Cooper (D) 50, Whatley (R) 40 | Carolina Forward/Change Res.

10/3: (810 LV) Cooper (D) 50, Whatley (R) 43 | East Carolina U.

 

OHIO

Brown vs. Husted

10/22: (1,200 LV) Brown (D) 47, Husted (R) 44 | InsiderAdvantage

10/19: (1,592 LV) Brown (D) 52, Husted (R) 47 | FOX News

10/18: (1,176 LV) Brown (D) 48, Husted (R) 44 | Marist

10/14: (901 LV) Brown (D) 47, Husted (R) 49 | Rasmussen

10/13: (959 LV) Brown (D) 49, Husted (R) 43 | Cook Political Report

10/9: (1,000 LV) Brown (D) 48, Husted (R) 42 | Bowling Green/YouGov

10/6: (925 LV) Brown (D) 45, Husted (R) 46 | co/efficient

10/5: (760 LV) Brown (D) 49, Husted (R) 43 | CNN

10/1: (616 LV) Brown (D) 49, Husted (R) 46 | NY Times/Siena

 

RHODE ISLAND

Reed vs. McKay

10/11: (800 LV) Reed (D) 59, McKay (R) 25 | WPRI/Emerson

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

Andrews vs. Graham Nordone

10/18: (1,095 LV) Andrews (D) 46, Graham Nordone (R) 49 | Trafalgar Group

10/8: (837 LV) Andrews (D) 45, Graham Nordone (R) 49 | Rasmussen

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

Bengs vs. Rounds

10/20: (803 LV) Bengs (D) 42, Rounds (R) 50 | Emerson

10/19: (657 LV) Bengs (D) 37, Rounds (R) 57 | Quantus Insights

 

TEXAS

Talarico vs. Paxton

10/21: (1,000 RV) Talarico (D) 50, Paxton (R) 45 | Univision/YouGov

10/21: (965 LV) Talarico (D) 45, Paxton (R) 45 | Rasmussen

10/19: (1,398 LV) Talarico (D) 49, Paxton (R) 49 | FOX News

10/19: (1,000 LV) Talarico (D) 49, Paxton (R) 48 | Emerson

10/18: (969 LV) Talarico (D) 51, Paxton (R) 47 | Texas Public Opinion Research

10/16: (1,458 LV) Talarico (D) 51, Paxton (R) 49 | CBS

10/14: (1,200 LV) Talarico (D) 48, Paxton (R) 49 | InsiderAdvantage

10/14: (2,000 LV) Talarico (D) 48, Paxton (R) 46 | University of Houston

10/13: (934 LV) Talarico (D) 49, Paxton (R) 44 | Cook Political Report

10/11: (1,196 RV) Talarico (D) 47, Paxton (R) 45 | Marist

10/11: (839 LV) Talarico (D) 47, Paxton (R) 47 | Quantus Insights

10/8: (617 LV) Talarico (D) 48, Paxton (R) 44 | ReconMR/Siena

10/8: (1,086 LV) Talarico (D) 47, Paxton (R) 44 | Trafalgar Group

10/5: (3,625 LV) Talarico (D) 50, Paxton (R) 44 | YouGov

10/5: (861 LV) Talarico (D) 50, Paxton (R) 47 | University of Texas

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