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Voting Monitor2026 Senate toss-ups

2026 Senate toss-up races: what AI tells voters, with odds and polls

Every race we track, with what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok say when a voter asks, next to prediction-market odds and the average of recent polls. The six U.S. Senate seats rated toss-ups, plus Alaska's governor, U.S. House and State Senate District O races.

2026 Senate toss-up races at a glance: what AI, betting markets and polls say

Every candidate on the ballot in the nine races we track. AI panel is the share of answers naming the candidate across eight consumer AI models over the last 7 days; market odds are prediction-market prices to win (Polymarket, Kalshi); poll average is an equal-weight average of the most recent public polls. As of Oct 10, 2026. Share of AI responses, not a forecast.

RaceCandidateAI panelMarket oddsPoll averageComposite
Alaska U.S. Senate Race 2026Dan Sullivan55%27%45%42%
Alaska U.S. Senate Race 2026Mary Peltola43%72%44%53%
Alaska U.S. Senate Race 2026Gerald L. Heikes1.2%0.5%2.6%1.4%
Alaska U.S. Senate Race 2026Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.0.4%0.5%3.6%1.5%
Iowa U.S. Senate Race 2026Josh Turek45%43%46%45%
Iowa U.S. Senate Race 2026Ashley Hinson39%57%44%47%
Iowa U.S. Senate Race 2026Thomas Laehn17%n/a2.3%9%
Maine U.S. Senate Race 2026Troy Jackson50%57%46%51%
Maine U.S. Senate Race 2026Susan Collins50%42%48%46%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Abdul El-Sayed50%67%47%55%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Mike Rogers47%34%44%42%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Lydia Christensen1.4%n/a2.0%1.7%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Tim Long0.9%n/an/a0.9%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Douglas P. Marsh0.0%n/an/a0.0%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Walter P. Kristy0.0%n/an/a0.0%
Ohio U.S. Senate Special Election 2026Sherrod Brown52%60%48%53%
Ohio U.S. Senate Special Election 2026Jon Husted30%40%43%38%
Ohio U.S. Senate Special Election 2026Bill Redpath16%n/a3.0%10%
Ohio U.S. Senate Special Election 2026Greg Levy0.9%n/a2.0%1.5%
Texas U.S. Senate Race 2026James Talarico46%63%49%53%
Texas U.S. Senate Race 2026Ken Paxton38%37%44%40%
Texas U.S. Senate Race 2026Ted Brown15%n/a3.0%9%
Alaska U.S. House At-Large Race 2026Nick Begich III65%86%47%66%
Alaska U.S. House At-Large Race 2026Bill Hill15%13%37%22%
Alaska U.S. House At-Large Race 2026James C. McDermott10%0.7%3.0%4.4%
Alaska U.S. House At-Large Race 2026Eric Hafner9%2.5%7%6%
Alaska Governor Race 2026Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins54%77%32%54%
Alaska Governor Race 2026Treg Taylor20%1.1%7%9%
Alaska Governor Race 2026Dave Bronson15%1.2%14%10%
Alaska Governor Race 2026Bernadette Wilson10%20%18%16%
Alaska State Senate District O Race 2026George Rauscher48%n/an/a48%
Alaska State Senate District O Race 2026Peter Bauer35%n/an/a35%
Alaska State Senate District O Race 2026Ryan Sheldon14%n/an/a14%

6 Senate races in 6 states, plus 3 Alaska races. The same numbers are published as JSON at /data/election-monitor.json (CC-BY-4.0).