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Cook Political Report shifts Minnesota Senate race toward GOP while South Carolina race moves left
Washington Examiner ^ | October 20, 2026 | Molly Parks

Posted on 10/20/2026 12:57:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Election forecaster Cook Political Report shifted Minnesota’s Senate race toward GOP nominee Michele Tafoya on Tuesday, while shifting two other Senate races in favor of of Democrats in Mississippi and South Carolina.

The forecaster moved Minnesota’s Senate race from “Likely Democrat” to “Leans Democrat” in a blow to Democratic nominee Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan as she takes on Tafoya for the open seat. It has been one of the only Senate shifts in favor of Republicans from major election forecasters so far this cycle.

“Republicans have been bullish on Minnesota for months given the state’s welfare fraud scandal, and they hope that voters’ concerns about corruption will stick to Democratic Senate nominee Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. Recent polling has shown Flanagan slightly underperforming where she should be given the national environment,” Cook Political Report’s Jessica Taylor wrote.

Tafoya cleared the third fundraising quarter with over $2.1 million in cash on hand, while Flanagan had over $1.5 million. Flanagan leads Tafoya by about a 3.2-percentage-point average margin, according to RealClearPolitics’s average.

Cook Political Report also shifted Mississippi and South Carolina’s races toward Democrats on Tuesday, marking a blow to incumbent Republican Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and Darline Graham (R-SC). Hyde-Smith is facing a challenge from Democrat Scott Colom, while Graham is facing a challenge from Democrat Annie Andrews, in two states that have seen an influx of spending from national Democrats and Republicans in recent weeks.

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1 posted on 10/20/2026 12:57:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

What the hell is happening to the South?


2 posted on 10/20/2026 12:58:44 PM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: fwdude

Uh. Let’s see: in South Carolina could it be that the voters nominated a candidate for misplaced sentimental reasons, instead of a qualified candidate?


3 posted on 10/20/2026 1:01:42 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: fwdude

What’s happening is the pollsters...

That said, the “Somalia/Walz poll released today shows:

3% of voters support Trump
98% of voters want more Somalis to move to the United States
92% of voters want jails opened and criminals set free
60% of voters want MAGA members put in prison for life
38% of voters want MAGA members murdered.


4 posted on 10/20/2026 1:11:57 PM PDT by GOPJ ( How much money did USAID give Ukraine? How many jobs did Ukraine give liberal elite's NEPO brats?)
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To: fwdude

A RINO is running for the Senate.


5 posted on 10/20/2026 1:14:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Read the article....SC is from likely R to lean R and MS from solid R to likely R....hardly earth shattering...just win. MN from likely D to lean D....just go out and vote. R’s in Texas are doing that heavily in early voting (anecdotally observed by own family in our polling places)


6 posted on 10/20/2026 1:16:12 PM PDT by BK_in Central Texas
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To: fwdude

Nothing. Disregard this doom and gloom. Deep red Southern states will stay that way. Guaranteed. Including Texas.


7 posted on 10/20/2026 1:18:01 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: MinorityRepublican

Fake polls by fake news


8 posted on 10/20/2026 1:26:55 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: fwdude

Trumps insatiable ego got in the way of sound judgement in his endorsement of Darlene Graham. Nice lady, just simply not ready for prime time.


9 posted on 10/20/2026 1:42:47 PM PDT by buckalfa (More chaos and disruption please)
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To: MinorityRepublican

What do the ballot counters say?


10 posted on 10/20/2026 1:48:47 PM PDT by Organic Panic ( )
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