Democrats are staring at a difficult path ahead of the 2026 Senate elections, as the first forecast from Cook Political Report shows Republicans with the edge to keep control and potentially flip two more Democratic seats while Democrats have no clear path to winning back the Senate. After riding a wave of support from President …
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Democrats are staring at a difficult path ahead of the 2026 Senate elections, as the first forecast from Cook Political Report shows Republicans with the edge to keep control and potentially flip two more Democratic seats while Democrats have no clear path to winning back the Senate.
After riding a wave of support from President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, Republicans now hold a 53-seat majority, giving the party control of Congress and the White House. Of the 35 seats up for election in 2026, two seats currently controlled by Democrats are at risk of flipping to the GOP. According to Cook Political Report, the race for Democratic Sen. John Ossoff’s seat in Georgia is rated a “toss-up,” as is the race for the open Senate seat in Michigan, which is being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.
