About 50 million Americans have already cast ballots, and the Senate map is shifting in places few expected. Kansas and Iowa, long treated as safe Republican territory, are now drawing late campaign stops and real polling attention in the final days before Election Day. President Trump spent the weekend in both states, where Senate control is squarely on the line.
In Kansas, incumbent Roger Marshall released a closing video defending his medical record, a move his staff reportedly worried could backfire. New York Times polling shows Democrat Adam Hamilton leading by five points, a striking number in a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century. In Iowa, the race between Ashley Hinson and her Democratic challenger remains neck and neck after Trump’s weekend visit, which included comments about Hinson’s weight that drew attention of their own.
Democrats need a net gain of four seats to take Senate control, which makes these two states decisive. For Suncoast voters who’ve already filled out their ballots or are heading to the polls Tuesday, the national picture runs through the middle of the country. What’s your read on these races, and have you voted yet?
