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State of the Race · 2026

State of the Race

What’s moving, where, and why — for people who don’t speak insider. Every number on this page comes from a named public poll with a linked source, or it doesn’t appear at all.

11 races tracked 0 public polls on file Candidate lists checked January 2026
Florida First

What’s on the Florida ballot?

Governor, a Senate special election, and the Cabinet seats that run elections, courts, and the state’s money.

FL · Governor

Florida Governor

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Byron Donalds (R) Republican
  • Paul Renner (R) Republican
  • David Jolly (D) Democrat

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Open seat — Ron DeSantis is term-limited. Nominees are set in Florida’s late-summer primary.

FL · U.S. Senate (special)

Florida U.S. Senate — Special Election

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Ashley Moody (R · Incumbent (appointed)) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. The seat Marco Rubio vacated; Ashley Moody was appointed in 2025 and the 2026 special election fills the rest of the term. The Democratic field was not settled at our last check.

FL · Attorney General

Florida Attorney General (Cabinet)

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • James Uthmeier (R · Incumbent (appointed)) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Uthmeier was appointed in 2025 when Ashley Moody moved to the Senate; the 2026 ballot decides the seat. The challenger field was not settled at our last check.

FL · Chief Financial Officer

Florida CFO (Cabinet)

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Blaise Ingoglia (R · Incumbent (appointed)) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Ingoglia was appointed in 2025; the 2026 ballot decides the seat. The challenger field was not settled at our last check.

The Battlegrounds

Which states decide the Senate and the map?

Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin — the seats where 2026 actually gets decided.

GA · U.S. Senate

Georgia U.S. Senate

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Jon Ossoff (D · Incumbent) Democrat
  • Buddy Carter (R) Republican
  • Mike Collins (R) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Georgia’s 2026 primary (and any runoff) sets the Republican nominee.

NC · U.S. Senate

North Carolina U.S. Senate

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Roy Cooper (D) Democrat
  • Michael Whatley (R) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Open seat — Thom Tillis is not seeking re-election. North Carolina’s March 2026 primary set the nominees; confirm the certified matchup.

AZ · Governor

Arizona Governor

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Katie Hobbs (D · Incumbent) Democrat
  • Andy Biggs (R) Republican
  • Karrin Taylor Robson (R) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Arizona’s late-summer primary sets the Republican nominee.

NV · Governor

Nevada Governor

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Joe Lombardo (R · Incumbent) Republican
  • Aaron Ford (D) Democrat

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list.

MI · U.S. Senate

Michigan U.S. Senate

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Haley Stevens (D) Democrat
  • Mallory McMorrow (D) Democrat
  • Abdul El-Sayed (D) Democrat
  • Mike Rogers (R) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Open seat — Gary Peters is not seeking re-election. Michigan’s August 2026 primary sets the nominees.

PA · Governor

Pennsylvania Governor

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Josh Shapiro (D · Incumbent) Democrat
  • Stacy Garrity (R) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Pennsylvania’s May 2026 primary set the nominees; confirm the certified matchup.

WI · Governor

Wisconsin Governor

Election day: November 3, 2026

  • Sara Rodriguez (D) Democrat
  • David Crowley (D) Democrat
  • Josh Schoemann (R) Republican

No current public poll on file for this race. When a credible poll publishes (pollster, sample, dates), it gets a card here with the source linked.

Declared candidates on file, not the certified ballot. Confirm against the state’s certified candidate list. Open seat — Tony Evers is not seeking a third term. Wisconsin’s August 2026 primary sets the nominees.

Methodology

What counts as a poll here?

  • Named pollster, linkable source. A poll appears on this page only when it has a named pollster, a disclosed sample size and type, field dates, a margin of error, and a public link to the release. Unsourced “internal polling” chatter never gets a card.
  • The 7-day stale rule. If the newest poll on file for a race is more than seven days old, its card carries a visible STALE label until something newer publishes. Old numbers presented as current numbers are how people get played.
  • The error margin, in English. When the gap between the top two candidates is inside the poll’s margin of error, we say so plainly: it’s basically tied. A two-point “lead” with a four-point margin is not a lead.
  • Party colors disclosed. Democrats render in blue, Republicans in red, independents in slate. BTP’s own brand red is never used for a party, so you never have to wonder whose red you’re looking at.
  • Candidate lists are declared fields, not ballots. Candidate lists were last manually checked January 2026. Primaries narrow fields — confirm against each state’s certified candidate list before treating a matchup as final.

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