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South Carolina joins the list, and both parties quit North Carolina in the same week
Nine races moved, including three Senate seats and a governor's race
VA-01 jumps into the toss ups as all five of our ratings changes go one way
Kansas moves up, and Republicans pull $18 million out of North Carolina to pay for it
We moved 3 formerly Safe Republican seats toward the Democrats
IA-01 was our biggest mover of the week after we changed its rating to D Advantage
Texas moves up, and we start tracking the seats Democrats are defending
Six of our seven moves went toward Democrats
Five weeks out, the committees are starting to spend on offense
Alaska and Iowa move up
We moved eight races this week
Six weeks out, MI-04 and NJ-07 make the biggest jumps
Five of the eight are pure toss-ups
We moved seven races this week
We'll update our rankings every week ahead of the November election
There are two additional states we see as potentially competitive if the environment changes
Nothing tagged that yet.
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