Midterm Pulse2026US Electionsby Jorge Garcelán
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KEY RACES · SENATE, HOUSE AND GOVERNORSKEY RACES · SENATE AND HOUSE

The races that matter

The races that can decide control of Congress and several states, each with four readings: the polling average, prediction markets, the MP-26 model (polls and fundamentals) and Census-26 (demographics only, no polls).The races that can decide control of Congress, each with four readings: the polling average, prediction markets, the MP-26 model (polls and fundamentals) and Census-26 (demographics only, no polls).

Chosen by Cook, Inside Elections and Sabato: every Senate race whose average rating stays below lean, and every House race they rate toss-up or tilt. It follows their ratings.

22of 31 races where the readings disagree on who leadsPolls, markets, MP-26 and Census-26

Senate 9 races

House 22 races

Governor 2 races

The models forecast Congress only, so these two races show their polling average.

GOVERNOR

Alaska

  • DJonathan Kreiss-Tomkins53.2%
  • RBernadette Wilson44.8%
  • RDave Bronson8.0%
  • RTreg Taylor9.0%

VoteHub polling average · 6 polls, latest Oct 25

Ranked-choice ballot: voters rank the candidates and the last-placed are eliminated until someone passes 50%.

GOVERNOR

Iowa

  • DRob Sand50.5%
  • RZach Lahn44.2%

VoteHub polling average · 22 polls, latest Oct 28

Polls: VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) and, for the Senate, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), averaged by Midterm Pulse. Models, candidate lists and selection: Midterm Pulse.