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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 6, 2026. Share of AI responses, not a forecast.

RaceCandidateAI panelMarket oddsPoll averageComposite
Alaska U.S. Senate Race 2026Dan Sullivan54%27%45%42%
Alaska U.S. Senate Race 2026Mary Peltola43%74%44%54%
Alaska U.S. Senate Race 2026Gerald L. Heikes1.4%n/a2.6%2.0%
Alaska U.S. Senate Race 2026Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.0.8%0.5%3.6%1.6%
Iowa U.S. Senate Race 2026Josh Turek46%45%46%46%
Iowa U.S. Senate Race 2026Ashley Hinson41%55%44%46%
Iowa U.S. Senate Race 2026Thomas Laehn12%n/a2.3%7%
Maine U.S. Senate Race 2026Troy Jackson50%57%46%51%
Maine U.S. Senate Race 2026Susan Collins50%43%48%47%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Abdul El-Sayed51%72%47%57%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Mike Rogers44%28%44%39%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Tim Long1.3%n/an/a1.3%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Lydia Christensen0.5%n/a2.0%1.2%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Walter P. Kristy0.1%n/an/a0.1%
Michigan U.S. Senate Race 2026Douglas P. Marsh0.0%n/an/a0.0%
Ohio U.S. Senate Special Election 2026Sherrod Brown53%62%48%54%
Ohio U.S. Senate Special Election 2026Jon Husted28%38%43%36%
Ohio U.S. Senate Special Election 2026Bill Redpath17%n/a3.0%10%
Ohio U.S. Senate Special Election 2026Greg Levy0.7%n/a2.0%1.4%
Texas U.S. Senate Race 2026James Talarico45%66%49%53%
Texas U.S. Senate Race 2026Ken Paxton39%34%44%39%
Texas U.S. Senate Race 2026Ted Brown14%n/a3.0%8%
Alaska U.S. House At-Large Race 2026Nick Begich III62%86%47%65%
Alaska U.S. House At-Large Race 2026Bill Hill18%12%37%23%
Alaska U.S. House At-Large Race 2026James C. McDermott10%0.7%3.0%4.5%
Alaska U.S. House At-Large Race 2026Eric Hafner7%2.6%7%5%
Alaska Governor Race 2026Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins55%78%32%55%
Alaska Governor Race 2026Treg Taylor17%1.1%7%8%
Alaska Governor Race 2026Dave Bronson15%1.3%14%10%
Alaska Governor Race 2026Bernadette Wilson12%20%18%17%
Alaska State Senate District O Race 2026George Rauscher52%n/an/a52%
Alaska State Senate District O Race 2026Peter Bauer30%n/an/a30%
Alaska State Senate District O Race 2026Ryan Sheldon16%n/an/a16%

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).