politics @lemmy.world · 2 days ago

2026 Senate Elections Megathread!

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politics @lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Today is Tuesday, 10/20 and the general US Elections are in TWO WEEKS.

As it stands right now, the current Senate composition is:
47 - Democrats
51 - Republicans
2 - Independents

Looking at the numbers, we COULD see a huge shift in the Senate this year, best case scenario would be:

52 - Democrats
45 - Republicans
3 - Independents

Chart Follows:

State	Current	Occupant	Status	D Cand	R Cand	Polling 10/18	Outcome	Polling Direction
Colorado	Democratic	Hickenlooper	Safe D	John Hickelooper	Mark Baisley	D+6
Delaware	Democratic	Coons	Safe D	Chris Coons	Michael Katz	D+29.7
Georgia	Democratic	Ossoff	Safe D	Jon Ossoff	Mike Collins	D+8
Illnois	Democratic	Durbin	Safe D	Juliana Stratton	Don Tracy	D+20
Massachusetts	Democratic	Markey	Safe D	Ed Markey	John Deaton	D+24
New Hampshire	Democratic	Shaheen	Safe D	Chris Pappas	John E. Sununu	D+7
New Jersey	Democratic	Booker	Safe D	Cory Booker	Justin Murphy	D+22
New Mexico	Democratic	Luja	Safe D	Ben Ray Luján	Larry Marker	D+18
Oregon	Democratic	Merkley	Safe D	Jeff Merkley	David Brock Smith	D+25
Rhode Island	Democratic	Reed	Safe D	Jack Reed	Raymond McKay	D+20
Virginia	Democratic	Warner	Safe D	Mark Warner	Bert Mizusawa	D+20
Minnesota	Democratic	Smith	D	Peggy Flanagan	Michele Tafoya	D+4
North Carolina	Republican	Tillis	D	Roy Cooper	Michael Whatley	D+10	Possible D Flip	D Momentum since 6/1
Alabama	Republican	Tuberville	Safe R	Everett Wess	Barry Moore	R+21
Arkansas	Republican	Cotton	Safe R	Hallie Shoffner	Tom Cotton	R+9
Florida	Republican	Moody	Safe R	Angie Nixon	Ashley Moody	R+5.2
Idaho	Republican	Risch	Safe R	Withdrawn	Jim Risch	R+12.1
Kentucky	Republican	McConnell	Safe R	Charles Booker	Andy Barr	R+9
Louisiana	Republican	Cassidy	Safe R	Jamie Davis	Julia Letlow	R+4
Mississippi	Republican	Hyde-Smith	Safe R	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Scott Colom	R+9
Montana	Republican	Daines	Safe R	Alani Bankhead	Kurt Alme	R+16
Nebraska	Republican	Ricketts	Safe R	Dan Osborn (I)	Pete Ricketts	R+1		R Momentum since 10/1
Oklahoma	Republican	Armstrong	Safe R	N’Kiyla Thomas	Kevin Hern	R+28
South Dakota	Republican	Rounds	Safe R	Brian Bengs	Mike Rounds	R+6
Tennessee	Republican	Hagerty	Safe R	Marquita Bradshaw	Bill Hagerty	R+25
West Virgiia	Republican	Capito	Safe R	Rachel Fetty Anderson	Shelley Moore Capito	R+21
Wyoming	Republican	Lummis	Safe R	James Byrd	Harriet Hageman	R+23
South Carolina	Republican	Graham	R	Annie Andrews	Darline Graham	R+1		R Momentum since 8/29
Alaska	Republican	Sullivan	Tossup	Mary Peltola	Dan Sullivan	D+3	Possible D Flip	D Momentum since 8/4
Iowa	Republican	Ernst	Tossup	Josh Turek	Ashley Hinson	D+1	Possible D Flip	D Momentum since 9/10
Kansas	Republican	Marshall	Tossup	Adam Hamilton	Roger Marshall	D+1	Possible D Flip	D Momentum since 10/1
Maine	Republican	Collins	Tossup	Troy Jackson	Susan Collins	D+2	Possible D Flip	D Momentum since 7/6
Michigan	Democratic	Peters	Tossup	Abdul El-Sayed	Mike Rogers	D+3	Possible R Flip	D Momentum since 8/17
Ohio	Republican	Husted	Tossup	Sherrod Brown	Jon Husted	D+4	Possible D Flip	D Momentum since 6/2
Texas	Republican	Cornyn	Tossup	James Talarico	Ken Paxton	D+4	Possible D Flip	D Momentum since 6/1

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Voted in my tossup race yesterday; in person. This is the easy part; the cleanup we have waiting will take decades.
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  The fumigation alone will take decades. 😉

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