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Poll flashes warning signs for Republicans in 7 battleground Senate races
Republicans are trailing Democrats in seven key Senate battlegrounds, including longtime GOP strongholds Texas and Kansas, according to a poll released Sunday, just days before the midterm elections.
The New York Times/Siena poll found Democratic candidates leading in five states currently represented by Republican senators — Alaska, Kansas, Maine, Ohio and Texas — while the race in Iowa is virtually tied. In Michigan, the only Democratic-held Senate seat surveyed, the party's candidate holds a double-digit lead.
Don Levy, executive director of the Siena Research Institute, said the results suggest Democrats could capture control of the Senate, though he cautioned that several races remain within the poll's margin of error.
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"While a blue wave, and Democratic control of the Senate is, according to our polls, a distinct possibility, with so many races within the poll's total margin of error, a Senate majority for either party remains possible," Levy said.
The findings are particularly striking in Texas, which has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988, and Kansas, where Democrats have not won a Senate race since 1932.
In Texas, Democratic state lawmaker James Talarico leads Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton 50% to 43% among likely voters. In Kansas, Democrat Adam Hamilton leads Republican Sen. Roger Marshall 49% to 44%.
The poll also found former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown leading Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio, 49% to 44%, while Democrat Troy Jackson leads Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, 51% to 45%.
In Alaska, former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola leads Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan 48% to 46%. Iowa is even closer, with Democrat Josh Turek edging Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson 48% to 47%.
In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed holds the largest lead of the seven Senate races surveyed, leading Republican Mike Rogers 53% to 42%.
The poll also found signs of broader dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump and Republicans' handling of the economy.
Just 38% of likely voters across the seven states approve of Trump's job performance, according to the Times, despite Trump carrying five of those states by double-digit margins in the 2024 presidential election.
Democrats hold a nine-point advantage over Republicans on which party voters trust more to address the cost of living, with Democratic Senate candidates leading on the issue in all seven states.
The poll also found Democratic candidates leading among independent voters in every state surveyed.
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Democratic candidates improved their standing in six of the seven states compared with Times/Siena polls conducted in September. Alaska was the lone exception.
Still, the poll offered some encouraging signs for Republicans.
Voters who made their decisions within the past month favored Republican candidates by nine points, and several races remain within the margin of error.
The Times also noted that polling underestimated Collins in 2020, when she trailed in every survey before winning re-election comfortably.
Democrats must defend their existing Senate seats and flip at least four Republican-held seats to capture control of the chamber.
The surveys of likely voters were conducted from Oct. 23 through Nov. 1, with state-level margins of sampling error ranging from plus or minus 3.4 percentage points in Texas to 5 percentage points in Alaska.
Travis Kelce frustrated with Chiefs' procedural issues after loss to Broncos: 'You just can’t f---ing do it'
Procedural issues seemingly cost the Kansas City Chiefs a good shot at scoring the go-ahead touchdown in the waning moments of their game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes thought he had a touchdown that would have put the team up at least two points with a second to play. However, a false start penalty on right tackle Jaylon Moore moved Kansas City backward. Mahomes would get sacked on the next play and Denver would take home the victory and move into first place in the AFC West.
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Travis Kelce was frustrated with the team’s errors that have bubbled up, according to him, since the team returned from the bye week. He let loose when talking to reporters after the game.
"We got a lot of fight. You gotta take the positives out of this. You can’t dwell on it," he said, via The Athletic. "It’s a pretty good football team. Obviously, in our hearts, we feel like we should have came out with a victory, but at the same time, that’s not the reality of things. The reality of things is we got to fix a lot.
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"And the little things, mistakes, and it starts with the person that you’re looking at in the mirror. I’m one of them. I’ve been frustrated with myself on how long I’ve been in the league and the procedural stuff that’s happened for the past three games, really. Really since the bye and it’s frustrating. You just can’t f---ing do it. I gotta be better for my teammates and that sets the tone for a lot of people in this room. Everybody’s just gotta up the ante from that."
Kelce had five catches for 67 yards in the 28-24 loss. Kansas City was penalized 11 times for 105 yards, but the team didn’t commit any turnovers during the game.
Kansas City will leave Week 8 behind the Broncos in the win column but a win over the Las Vegas Raiders earlier in the year has proven to be crucial thus far.
The Chiefs will head back home after being on the road for the last two weeks. They will welcome the New York Jets into town in Week 9.
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Trump takes midterm campaign blitz to historic stage for grand finale before Election Day
President Donald Trump is set to deliver his closing midterm campaign message Monday at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., capping a weekslong campaign blitz that has taken him across more than 20 states as Republicans fight to maintain control of Congress in Tuesday's elections.
Trump is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. ET and participate in nine tele-rallies throughout the day, following in-person campaign stops in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday.
The president has made 30 in-person political appearances since August, including more than 27 rallies in October, with a longtime adviser who has joined him on the road offering a behind-the-scenes look at the travel, logistics and memorable moments along the way.
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Alex Bruesewitz, a senior adviser to Trump's 2024 presidential campaign who has accompanied him on roughly 10 to 15 trips in recent weeks, told Fox News Digital that organizing rallies for a sitting president presents challenges far different from those of a traditional campaign.
"It's actually much different than the campaign," Bruesewitz said. "When you're doing an event moving the current president of the United States, the logistics that go into it are nuts."
The operation requires extensive coordination among White House staff, Republican operatives, campaign aides and advance teams, with the White House Office of Political Affairs, Office of Public Liaison and Republican National Committee all playing roles, according to Bruesewitz.
"President Trump will continue crisscrossing the country with unmatched energy and enthusiasm to deliver a simple message: with Republicans in control of Congress, Americans can expect safer streets, lower taxes, secure borders, and energy dominance," White House spokesperson Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital.
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The demanding schedule has also produced some memorable moments aboard Air Force One.
Bruesewitz recalled one particularly exhausting West Coast trip that left him sleeping aboard the presidential aircraft at 4 a.m.
"I had a picture of me sleeping on the Air Force One at 4 a.m. [that] ended up somehow in the group chat of all the congressional first spouses," he recalled.
The photograph drew messages from lawmakers' wives surprised by how exhausted he appeared.
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Despite the long hours, Bruesewitz described an atmosphere reminiscent of Trump's 2024 campaign, with staffers moving from one event to the next and the president maintaining a packed schedule.
And while the president remains focused on official business and preparing his remarks during flights to campaign stops, Bruesewitz said the mood aboard Air Force One shifts considerably on the way home.
On return flights, staffers unwind with music and football, including a recent Green Bay Packers game that Bruesewitz, a devoted fan of the team, watched aboard the presidential aircraft.
The campaign stops have also featured appearances by high-profile celebrities, including boxing legends Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield and rapper Nicki Minaj.
Bruesewitz recalled escorting Tyson to his seat after the boxing legend arrived at an event in New York, drawing excited reactions from attendees who recognized him.
But one of Bruesewitz's favorite moments came during a recent stop in Port Huron, Michigan, where Minaj joined Trump for an appearance that drew a packed arena despite competing with a Detroit Lions football game.
Bruesewitz said the stop was particularly memorable because many attendees were seeing Trump in person for the first time.
"You could see and sense the enthusiasm of the attendees in the crowd," he said. "They were excited about Nicki going, but they were also just so pumped to be able to see the president in person."
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The final stretch also brought a late shift in Trump's campaign schedule, with in-person stops in Kansas and Iowa reinstated for Sunday after initially being scrapped in favor of tele-rallies aimed at reaching voters across nearly 20 states.
After weeks of travel, packed arenas and a demanding schedule aboard Air Force One, Trump's campaign operation is set to close Monday with an appearance at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and a rapid-fire series of tele-rallies as Republicans make their final appeal to voters ahead of Election Day.
Michigan Dem claims Stevens shot down Rogers endorsement rumor hours before turning on El-Sayed
The decision by Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., to endorse Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers was apparently a sudden change of heart, and tied to the Abdul El-Sayed campaign's stay-away order this weekend.
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said Stevens told her Saturday night that reports of an impending Rogers endorsement were not accurate.
"It's very hard," Dingell told local FOX 2 on Sunday night. "Haley Stevens told me at midnight last night this was all a rumor and was not true."
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Five hours later, Stevens was standing shoulder to shoulder with Rogers at a Detroit church service.
"She texted me at 7:45, watching you on MS NOW, heart, heart," Dingell continued. "And by the way, I talked to her. Look, I'm just upset. I'm very concerned. It's sad, but I don't want to be distracted anymore."
The Detroit church event was intended to bring unity for El-Sayed's campaign, because Stevens had won the Black vote, but instead, after being told by the Democratic nominee to stay away, she unified with Rogers.
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"We got a phone call this morning and, you know, there's been a lot of unfortunate activity, I think," Rogers told FOX 2 Detroit. "Abdul discarded Haley Stevens, was rude to Haley Stevens, has been rude, I think, to many in the African-American community. At least that's what they're telling me. And I think this just boiled over when he dis-invited her to the campaign event that was supposed to happen today. And basically said don't need you and don't need your supporters."
Rogers welcomed the early November surprise with just two days to go before Tuesday's Election Day in a race that could flip the Democratic Senate seat red and help President Donald Trump's party keep control of the upper chamber.
"I think she picked up the phone today after having lots of, apparently, conversations with a lot of people and picked up a phone and said, 'Hey, I heard you’re going to church, you want some company?'" Rogers added. "And so that was, I mean, we were very welcome for her, I’m very welcome to have her support."
The unity event became divisive for the former Democratic Senate primary combatants after Stevens called on El-Sayed to condemn an outside group’s ad that she said blamed Israel for high grocery prices. Stevens' fiancé Jason Turkish, a Democratic donor and Jewish lawyer, said earlier in the week that he was going to vote for Rogers, raising concern from El-Sayed's campaign and other Democrats.
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El-Sayed’s campaign then asked Stevens to skip his events through Election Day to avoid distracting from the race, sources said.
In a social media video, Stevens said, "I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign."
Rogers said Democrats were "veering off into the virulent hate" directed at a group of people, while Stevens’ mother, Maria Marcotte, told Reuters her daughter was concerned about rhetoric she believed frightened constituents.
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Despite the rift, El-Sayed’s campaign said it raised $1.2 million in the four hours after Stevens’ endorsement, its second-best fundraising day since the August primary.
Fox News Power Rankings' latest projection rates the race as a Toss Up. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority.
While midterm election history tends to deliver power back to the party in the minority, Trump and Republicans have put added emphasis on retaining Senate control to hold back what is expected to become a Democrat-controlled House.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Jerry Jones says Cowboys coach won't be fired after loss but Indy's Shane Steichen has no such pledge Monday
The painful but seemingly inexorable march toward head coach unemployment took another significant step in the careers of Brian Schottenheimer and Shane Steichen on Sunday.
Both coaches are headed to similar dismissals which are deserved and the only reason it hasn't happened already is because the owners of the Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys are eccentric and perhaps arrogant enough to believe what is an obvious lost cause can still be redeemed.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said after Sunday's come-from-in-front overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals that Schottenheimer remains the Cowboys' coach and firing him is not a looming move.
"We're not going to get into anything, that's not in my mind at this time," Jones told the usual gaggle of reporters he entertains after home games. "The main thing that's in my mind is we tee it up for those kind of spots to win it. We really do want those situations. Call for it. Bring it on."
The Cowboys got the situations they wanted, leading 14-3 at halftime and 17-10 after three quarters against the Cards. And they blew the game.
The upstart Cardinals rallied behind Gardner Minshew throwing to Michael Wilson or handing it to Tyler Allgeier, who rushed for 147 yards against Dallas after gaining 64 yards the previous three games.
Jones saw his team lose at home for the third time in four games.
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He saw his team fail to string together consecutive wins for the third time this season. Indeed, winning streaks are foreign to the Cowboys under Schottenheimer, because they have won consecutive games only once in his tenure.
And out of all this, after losing to a roster that is less talented and slightly less experienced, Jones blamed practically everyone except Schottenheimer.
"A lot of people let Brian down today," Jones said. "And so for whatever criticism we want to have of Brian, we can all get in line. To use a cliché, that was a total team effort out there for us. And we have to be, for our fans, we have to be better than that when we got our hands on a win and then drop the ball."
So, Jones is staying the course for now. But that doesn't answer the fundamental question why?
The Colts were similarly trying to find answers to their continued problems after Sunday's blowout 42-7 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Colts have lost four consecutive games, fired their general manager, traded multiple star players, are on the verge of also trading running back Jonathan Taylor, and Steichen was somehow searching for reasons he's got problems.
"I'm going to evaluate everything, every position going forward," Steichen said at one point when someone asked if Daniel Jones would remain his starting quarterback.
Earth to Steichen: Where was this evaluation of Jones before you and deposed GM Chris Ballard agreed to give the quarterback a two-year extension in March?
The coach who was all in on Jones in the offseason seemed suddenly willing to get out on Sunday. And that seems to be the prevailing culture in Indy.
Owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon has quit on the season by firing the GM, and ordering the systematic trading of top talent to the highest draft choice bidder.
Steichen has been seemingly picked up on that and turned on Jones. And some players are turning on the season as seen by them letting the Jaguars tear through weak tackle attempts to the tune of 183 rushing yards and three passing TDs by Trevor Lawrence.
Because of all this, it would not really surprise if Irsay-Gordon soon turns her quitting on Steichen. As early as Monday. With the coach's ouster.
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Should that guillotine not fall on Monday or this week, it would merely be a temporary stay and not a permanent sign of confidence.
But if the ax falls, the Colts can hand the interim head coach job to defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo or offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter – both of whom have interviewed for NFL head coach vacancies in the past.
Either way, change has come to the Colts and it will not be long before it claims Shane Steichen.
Charter school founder backs Trump administration push to decentralize K-12 education
SALT LAKE CITY — A charter school founder and executive is throwing her support behind the Trump administration’s effort to strip federal bureaucracy from classrooms and return education authority to the states.
"It is very helpful to return the funding to the states that we already get, but with less regulation on those funds so that I can serve our students' needs — precisely what they need — instead of maybe what somebody in Washington thought they needed," Carolyn Sharette, founder and executive director of American Preparatory Academy (APA), told Fox News Digital.
Sharette founded APA in Utah in 2003. The public charter school network now serves more than 5,000 students across eight Utah campuses.
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"We know exactly what our students need here to progress, and so returning the education to the states means we get to use the money in more flexible ways to help our students," Sharette said.
On Oct. 20, APA’s West Valley City campus served as the 47th stop on Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s 50-state "Returning Education to the States Tour," which aims to highlight the Trump administration's K-12 reform efforts.
Delivering a keynote speech titled "The Next 250: K-12 Education," McMahon emphasized shifting authority back to local leaders, investing in proven academic interventions and expanding school choice for families.
According to U.S. Department of Education officials, more than $3 trillion in federal taxpayer money has been funneled into K-12 education in recent decades. Despite the massive expenditure, national assessment data shows only about three in 10 students perform at or above proficient levels in math and reading.
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Upon taking office, McMahon pledged to work toward dismantling the federal education agency, including installing leaders tasked with phasing out their own divisions. The effort aligns with President Donald Trump’s broader educational agenda, which he highlighted during a White House Rose Garden event championing school choice.
"School choice is really profound, actually," Sharette told Fox News Digital. "The role we play because we provide a place for parents to choose a different school if they'd like, and it's wonderful that they have that option."
"We provide a school that is a classical school," Sharette added. "We teach through literature, we teach the science of reading. We've always had very high reading scores at our school. So parents who are looking for a rigorous and classical education can choose our school and have that freedom."
Trump has also pledged to eliminate "far-left extremism" from classrooms, arguing that decades of federal administrative oversight have failed to yield acceptable academic results.
To streamline operations, the Department of Education recently launched a new waiver process allowing state leaders to request greater flexibility when spending federal funds, while significantly cutting administrative red tape. Iowa became the first state in the nation to participate in the flexibility initiative.
Type 2 diabetes patients 21 times more likely to achieve remission with intensive lifestyle changes
A strict routine combining a low-calorie diet with supervised strength and aerobic training helped more than half of younger adults reverse type 2 diabetes within six months, according to a study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Americas.
The study, dubbed the RESET for Remission trial, found that 54% of participants under age 45 who completed the intensive lifestyle program achieved disease remission.
In comparison, only 4% of participants receiving standard medical care reached the same milestone.
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Type 2 diabetes diagnosed at a younger age is historically aggressive, according to medical literature.
Patients diagnosed before 45 face a faster loss of blood sugar control, earlier cardiovascular complications and a shorter overall life expectancy than those diagnosed later in life.
Researchers from McGill University in Canada and the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom enrolled 96 adults between the ages of 18 and 45 who were living with obesity and early-onset type 2 diabetes. None of the participants were using insulin.
The intervention group halted their blood sugar and blood pressure medications under medical supervision and began an intensive 800- to 900-calorie daily diet.
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For the first two weeks, patients consumed only meal-replacement products. From weeks three through 12, they were allowed one structured meal of lean protein and vegetables each day alongside meal replacements, before shifting into a weight maintenance phase for the final 12 weeks.
The program paired calorie restriction with supervised aerobic and resistance training twice weekly, plus one weekly solo workout.
"Our study shows that it is possible to combine a low-calorie diet with supervised exercise in young adults with type 2 diabetes," lead author Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta, a professor of medicine and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at McGill University, told Fox News Digital.
"There has previously been some concern about combining the two as being too much of a burden for people. However, people in our study stayed in our study."
Only 10% of participants failed to complete the final evaluations, and patients attended a median of 17 out of 20 scheduled supervised gym sessions.
The researchers emphasized resistance training to combat the loss of lean muscle mass, a major risk associated with rapid weight loss.
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People who lose weight through crash dieting or appetite-suppressing medications may shed muscle along with fat, experts warn. If the weight returns, some research suggests it may come back disproportionately as body fat, potentially affecting muscle health and metabolism over time.
"In our study, we think the diet provoked the weight loss, and exercise helped make sure it was [not] from muscle," Dasgupta said.
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"We were happy and surprised that not only did people lose fat from their organs and liver, our MRI studies indicated their muscle did not decrease at all and their handgrip strength went up."
Participants shed an average of 18.5 pounds over 24 weeks, while significantly boosting their treadmill endurance and overall cardiovascular fitness.
To meet the official standard for remission, patients had to maintain an HbA1c blood sugar level below 6.5% after going at least 12 weeks without any glucose-lowering drugs.
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After accounting for baseline health factors, researchers concluded that patients on the diet and exercise program were 21 times more likely to achieve remission than those receiving routine care.
Despite the promising outcomes, experts emphasized notable limitations. The trial was small, examining fewer than 100 individuals across medical centers in England and Canada over a relatively short six-month window.
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Dasgupta also noted that the study could not determine exactly what was responsible for each benefit.
"The main limitation is that we had to compare the diet plus exercise with usual care," he told Fox News Digital. "We would have liked to compare diet alone against diet and exercise to perfectly prove the point that the improvements in muscle and fitness were from the exercise."
The strict routine also took a physical toll. Roughly 86% of the intervention group reported mild to moderate side effects, primarily during the early weeks, including headaches, fatigue, dizziness and constipation, though researchers noted that no severe medical complications occurred.
Health professionals cautioned that diabetes remission is not a permanent cure, and sustaining an 800-calorie threshold alongside supervised gym can present steep hurdles for busy adults outside a clinical setting.
Study authors noted that longer-term trials in real-world settings are still needed to determine whether patients can keep the weight off, preserve their muscle gains and remain medication-free once regular daily routines resume.
JACKSON THOMPSON: Abdul El-Sayed suggests males in girls' sports is manufactured issue
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed said he was "not running to govern sports" when asked about transgender athletes during a "60 Minutes" interview, suggesting that the issue is manufactured.
"And instead, we're out here talking about who gets to play what sport, which, you know, should be the question of the people who govern sports. I'm not running to govern sports, right?" El-Sayed told correspondent Ross Douthat during the interview.
The discussion came as Douthat asked a broader question about parental control over education and tensions between some Muslim voters and cultural liberalism. His examples included what schools teach and transgender students’ participation on sports teams.
"Like these are places where rights are in conflict," Douthat said before asking how those disagreements should be resolved.
"I don't know that that's actually true," El-Sayed responded. "I think we manufacture these social issues because here's the thing about it, Ross. You have an iPhone in your pocket probably or is it an iPhone or a Samsung?"
El-Sayed went on to argue that smartphones and the internet make it unrealistic for parents to prevent children from encountering ideas they find objectionable. He said parents should explain their beliefs and help children navigate what they encounter.
"I think it's really important for us to recognize that the free flow of information is actually a beautiful thing," he said.
He then returned to sports while accusing people who emphasize cultural disputes of diverting attention from economic problems.
"A lot of the cultural war issues that get fought right now are about trying to distract us from the fact that we can't afford our gas, can't afford our groceries, can't see a doctor, are worried about whether or not our kids are going to have a good life," he said.
El-Sayed did not specify in the exchange which eligibility rules he believes sports organizations should adopt, or whether he would support federal legislation restricting transgender athletes’ participation in girls’ and women’s sports.
CBS released extended candidate interviews alongside its Sunday broadcast. El-Sayed faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in Tuesday’s election for the Michigan Senate seat held by retiring Democrat Gary Peters.
Rogers posted a clip of El-Sayed's answer on the topic on X, which prompted widespread viral criticism against the Democrat.
The candidates have previously taken sharply different positions on transgender participation in female sports.
During his 2024 Senate campaign, Rogers signed Independent Women’s Voice’s Stand With Women Commitment, promising to support legislation preserving female opportunities and private spaces.
"Biological men should not be competing with our daughters, period," Rogers said at the time.
Rogers also made the issue part of an Aug. 28 campaign advertisement this year, released with the National Republican Senatorial Committee as part of what his campaign described as a coordinated seven-figure advertising buy.
"Abdul thinks football is bad, but men playing in women's sports is good," Rogers said in the ad.
El-Sayed previously advocated government action to protect transgender students’ access to sports teams matching their gender identity.
In a March 2018 interview during his campaign for Michigan governor, Pride Source asked whether he would fight at the state level for students’ access to bathrooms, athletic facilities and teams consistent with their gender identity. El-Sayed said the state should "protect access to bathrooms, to locker rooms, to sports teams of choice for young people."
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He argued that exclusion could compound bullying and mental-health problems for transgender students, and that government had a responsibility to protect them.
The dispute has also produced federal investigations and litigation in Michigan.
The U.S. Education Department announced June 18 that it was opening Title IX investigations into Ann Arbor Public Schools, Monroe Public Schools and Chippewa Valley School District over allegations concerning athletic participation and locker-room access based on gender identity. The announcement opened investigations; it did not establish that the districts had violated the law.
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In October, Monroe volleyball player Briley Lechner and her father sued Monroe Public Schools, the Michigan High School Athletic Association and district officials. Their attorneys allege school officials concealed an opposing transgender player’s participation and allowed the teams to share locker-room facilities.
Monroe’s superintendent said in April that an independent investigation found the district’s Title IX allegations unsubstantiated.
On Oct. 13, Monroe’s school board voted 5-2 to restrict girls’ sports and girls’ locker rooms to biological females, CBS Detroit reported.
At the college level, the NCAA changed its policy in February 2025 following President Donald Trump’s executive order on women’s sports. Its rules prohibit athletes assigned male at birth from competing on women’s teams, while permitting them to practice with those teams.
Sports eligibility has also been the subject of Senate votes. On March 3, 2025, a motion to advance the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act received 51 votes in favor and 45 against, falling short of the three-fifths threshold required. The legislation would define sex for Title IX athletics compliance according to reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
SCHOEN, COOPERMAN: Democrats close in as Republicans scramble to hold Congress
In the closing days of the 2026 midterm cycle, all available evidence suggests that the trends are moving in Democrats’ favor. Polls, forecasts, and prediction markets are now ringing alarm bells for Republicans, as virtually all key races move in Democrats’ direction.
Indeed, on Saturday, Cook Political Report shifted "a dozen more House races" toward Democrats, now projecting that Democrats will flip 12-25 House seats, potentially giving them their largest majority since 2009.
As a result, political forecasting sites VoteHub and Decision Desk have updated their odds of Democrats taking the House to their highest levels of the cycle: 89% and 83%, respectively, as of Sunday afternoon.
Prediction markets have followed suit: Kalshi gives Democrats a 93% chance to take the House and a 71% chance to win the Senate as well.
To that end, the trends in the Senate point in the same direction, and while Republicans have slightly better odds of keeping the upper chamber, it’s clear that the momentum is with Democrats.
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Final polls ahead of the election show all or most of the seven key races shifting to the left, including in Kansas, where Democrat Adam Hamilton leads in the four most recent polls, including one from The Washington Post in which he led Republican incumbent Roger Marshall by 9%.
True, that is an outlier — and its accuracy is being reviewed by The Washington Post — but the fact that every other poll is within six points in a state that has not had a Democratic senator in over 90 years indicates that the underlying trend is moving in Democrats’ favor.
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Other Republican-held seats in South Carolina, Iowa, Maine, Texas and Ohio are also increasingly within reach for Democrats.
Of those races, South Carolina and Iowa are the only two where the Republican candidate has a polling lead, but it’s under three points in South Carolina and under one point in Iowa. Thus, both races are statistically tied and within reach for Democrats.
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In the other states — Maine, Texas, Ohio and Michigan — the polls have consistently shown Democratic candidates leading.
And while those leads are small, they have not contracted, and Michigan in particular has seen a noticeable widening, with Abdul El-Sayed now leading Republican Mike Rogers by roughly four points.
However, it will be interesting to see whether Rep. Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Rogers impacts the race, particularly among moderates and Black voters, as polls show that El-Sayed has struggled with both key demographics.
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That said, given that North Carolina’s Senate race is effectively decided for Democrat Roy Cooper — who leads Republican Michael Whatley by nearly 11 points — Democrats now have a wide range of possible routes to winning the Senate.
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Immediately after the 2024 election, it may have seemed improbable that just two years later, Democrats would be on the verge of retaking both the House and Senate, let alone possibly winning states like South Carolina, Alaska, Iowa, Texas and Kansas.
Yet it is a very real possibility, owing in no small part to President Trump’s approval rating, currently below 40%.
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On key issues, it’s even worse. Less than 3 in 10 (29%) Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, and an even smaller 22% approve of how he’s handled inflation, per Fox News polling.
Even as Republican candidates and operatives talk up their chances in these close races, there are signs of panic within Republican ranks.
Trump’s decision to cancel then reschedule rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend says as much. Republicans in those two deep-red states should not need a boost from the president, but with the national environment tilting toward Democrats, they do.
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Put another way, if Republicans were confident in their chances, they would not need the president to campaign in some of the deepest-red states and districts.
Ultimately, while we will only know the true picture after all the votes have been counted, coming out of the campaign’s final weekend, it is clear that Democrats have the advantage.
Carly Cooperman is CEO of Schoen Cooperman Research.