Democrats Just Hit a Midterm Polling Milestone in the Battle for the Senate With Midterms Less Than 60 Days Away Kathianne BonielloTue, September 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC 10 President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (RSD) (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP photo) The Senate is now a “pure tossup” with less than 60 days to go before the crucial midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ. The pollster declared Monday night the fight for control of the chamber has become a virtual dead heat for the first time since early June. “The DDHQ Forecast now has the U.S.
Democrats Just Hit a Midterm Polling Milestone in the Battle for the Senate With Midterms Less Than 60 Days Away
Kathianne BonielloTue, September 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
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President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP photo)
The Senate is now a “pure toss-up” with less than 60 days to go before the crucial midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ.
The pollster declared Monday night the fight for control of the chamber has become a virtual dead heat for the first time since early June.
“The DDHQ Forecast now has the U.S. Senate as a pure toss-up for the first time since early June,” the group posted on X. “The average seat outcome across 1 million simulations remains a 50-50 tie, which would be a narrow win for Republicans thanks to Vice President JD Vance’s tie-breaking vote.”
“But the modal outcomes for the Senate are now about equivalently 50-50 tie and 51-49 Dem,” the group added in a follow up post.
Decision Desk HQ gives the Democrats a 67% chance of taking back control of the House of Representatives, but the Senate has been consistently seen as safely in Republican hands until the latest projection.
Some Republicans have already been sounding the alarm.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admitted last week he feared Dems would take the Senate.
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The conservative named nine states he believes the Dems can take — and take control of the Senate — during a podcast appearance with with ex-Trump press secretary Sean Spicer.
“[With] the Senate, I’m really worried,” Cruz said. “North Carolina, the numbers are rough, Georgia the numbers are rough, but we have very competitive races in Maine, Iowa, Ohio, Alaska, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas. I mean, all of those races are within a couple of points of each other. So it — I hope it’s not — but it could be a really rough election.”
Republicans have been fuming that President Donald Trump — who has repeatedly railed against Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) for failing to pass the controversial SAVE Act — has been tight-fisted with the $400 million in cash amassed by his super PAC, MAGA Inc.
While MAGA Inc. shelled out $10 million over the weekend in Texas, according to FEC filings, one GOP strategist ripped the president on CNN, telling Kaitlan Collins he “wants to spend money on himself,” not fellow Republicans.
“He doesn’t want to give things away. He wants Republicans to earn it, so we still have The Apprentice playing out here, to some extent,” Doug Heye said.
“The other issue is then what Donald Trump talks about, whether he’s off topic or not, or when he’s on topic, he tells voters, ‘We’ve never been hotter or richer,’ and voters don’t feel hot or rich right now,” he added.
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