The states that aren’t cooperating with Democrats’ Senate majority hopes

Democrats' chances of taking the Senate have improved, but the gains are lopsided. Recent surveys put the party ahead in Alaska, Ohio and Texas, all of which Donald Trump won by double digits in 2024, and Democrats need two of the three. Meanwhile, they are having trouble in Maine, Michigan and, to a lesser degree, New Hampshire, where the contests are tighter than a year ago anyone would have predicted, according to CNN.

Iowa, another double-digit Trump state, is nearly tied. A new CNN poll gives Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson 45% and state Sen. Josh Turek, the Democrat, 43%, while the same survey shows Democrats up 6 points in Ohio. Trump's approval is higher in Iowa, at 41% to 42%, than in Ohio, at 36% to 38%. Hinson's backers also seem more enthusiastic than those of Ohio Sen. Jon Husted.

In Maine, Sen. Susan Collins is within the margin of error of Troy Jackson, a Democrat whose favorability is negative in several polls. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed leads Republican Mike Rogers in some surveys but not others, and he draws very few Republican votes. In New Hampshire, Rep. Chris Pappas leads John E.

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