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TUESDAY, JULY 14   TO FLIP: SENATE +4, HOUSE +3   112 DAYS OUT

1 NEWSLetter

Three Safe Republican Seats Just Moved Toward Democrats

Plus: new stories on James Talarico in Texas, Paul LePage in Maine, and an ad from Mary Peltola.

Elias Isquith
By Elias Isquith
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Jake Rakov
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The Old New Frontier Is New Again

Sixty-six years after his speech, we may finally be ready to walk into JFK's New Frontier

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On the Hill

You Had One Job

Congress skipped class all semester. Now it wants a passing grade, and Democrats might be the ones stuck grading the curve.

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Gov. Shapiro’s Campaign is About More Than His Re-Election

What if the next Democratic coalition isn't assembled entirely by winning back the people who left the old one?

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Ranking the 8 GOP-Held Senate Seats Democrats Are Most Likely to Flip: Week 4

Ranking the 8 GOP-Held Senate Seats Democrats Are Most Likely to Flip: Week 4

Kansas moves up, and Republicans pull $18 million out of North Carolina to pay for it

Oct 6, 2026

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5 senate RATINGS: Top 5 most likely to flip

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1 North Carolina

Candidate

Roy Cooper

MOVE

even

WHAT CHANGED

A pro-Whatley super PAC pulled $6.5 million in October reservations and Senate Leadership Fund trimmed its broadcast buy, though the NRSC denies it is pulling back

2 Alaska

Mary Peltola

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Sen. Sullivan shares the ranked-choice ballot with another Dan Sullivan, and polling found about a third of likely primary voters could not tell the two apart

3 Maine

Troy Jackson

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ProPublica reported a stalled FBI inquiry into whether Sen. Collins traded donations for contracts, and $3.3 million in new spending against her was filed in one day last week

4 Ohio

Sherrod Brown

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Brown has out-raised Sen. Husted $38.6 million to $14.3 million, and Republican groups put $14 million into Ohio ads in a single week to hold the seat

5 Iowa

Josh Turek

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Groups opposing Hinson filed $3.5 million in new spending on Sept. 24, though Republicans hold a registration edge of about 183,000 active voters

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Divided Government Hasn't Slowed Down Gov. Josh Shapiro

Divided Government Hasn't Slowed Down Gov. Josh Shapiro

Shapiro told The Caucus how he plans to keep that attitude in his administration as he runs for reelection

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7 house RATINGS: The MOVERS

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TX-34

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D Advantage

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WHAT CHANGED

Republicans redrew this seat to take out Vicente Gonzalez, but he's beaten Mayra Flores twice and is out-raising Eric Flores

WA-03

D Advantage

↑D

Trump won this district by three points, but Democrats took about 55% of the August primary vote and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez keeps winning here

MI-04

Toss Up

↑D

Trump won Bill Huizenga's district by less than six points, and Sean McCann has turned it into a coin flip

CO-05

R Advantage

↑D

No Democrat has ever held this Colorado Springs seat, but Jessica Killin's own polling has her within a point of Rep. Jeff Crank

FL-27

R Advantage

↑D

María Elvira Salazar won by 21 points in 2024, but an internal poll for former CBS Miami anchor Eliott Rodriguez has them tied

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FL-22

NEW RATING

Toss Up

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↑D

WHAT CHANGED

Redistricting opened the seat and drew it for Trump by 11, but Democrat Pia Dandiya won her primary with 68.6% and has $1.3 million on hand against a nominee who took 30.9% of a 10-way field

TX-15

Toss Up

↑D

Democrat Bobby Pulido out-raised Rep. Monica De La Cruz in the second quarter and leads in recent polling, which is why Trump-aligned groups named the seat in a $150 million reservation

MT-01

R Advantage

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Rep. Ryan Zinke’s retirement opened a seat he had been winning by growing margins, but Democrat Sam Forstag has out-raised Aaron Flint in a district Trump carried by 11

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