2026 Midterms · Battleground Races
Head to head,
issue by issue.
Where the nominees stand in every 2026 race already set for November — every position drawn from the candidates’ own campaign sites and Ballotpedia records, with their words quoted verbatim.
The 69 battlegrounds are featured below; search reaches all 496 settled races, and the race indexes list every House, Senate and governor’s race in the cycle — including those still awaiting a primary. Positions reflect documented sources only: where a candidate hasn’t published one, we say so.
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Where the fight is.
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featured battlegrounds — 69
Governors
9 racesNevada — Governor
Toss-up
DemocraticAaron Ford
RepublicanJoe Lombardo
Wisconsin — Governor
Toss-up
DemocraticDavid Crowley
RepublicanTom Tiffany
Georgia — Governor
Toss-up
DemocraticKeisha Bottoms
RepublicanRick Jackson
Oregon — Governor
Lean D
DemocraticTina Kotek
RepublicanChristine Drazan
Ohio — Governor
Toss-up
DemocraticAmy Acton
RepublicanVivek Ramaswamy
Iowa — Governor
Toss-up
DemocraticRob Sand
RepublicanZach Lahn
Michigan — Governor
Tilt D
DemocraticJocelyn Benson
RepublicanJohn James
Kansas — Governor
Tilt R
DemocraticCindy Holscher
RepublicanTy Masterson
Arizona — Governor
Toss-up
DemocraticKatie Hobbs
RepublicanAndy Biggs
Senate
9 racesTexas — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
DemocraticJames Talarico
RepublicanKen Paxton
Georgia — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
DemocraticJon Ossoff
RepublicanMike Collins
North Carolina — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
DemocraticRoy Cooper
RepublicanMichael Whatley
New Hampshire — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
DemocraticChris Pappas
RepublicanJohn Sununu
Ohio — U.S. Senate (special)
Toss-up
DemocraticSherrod Brown
RepublicanJon Husted
Alaska — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
DemocraticDavid Leslie
RepublicanDaniel S. Sullivan
Iowa — U.S. Senate
Lean R
DemocraticJosh Turek
RepublicanAshley Hinson
Maine — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
DemocraticTroy Dale Jackson
RepublicanSusan Collins
Michigan — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
RepublicanMike Rogers
House
51 racesPennsylvania — 7th District
Toss-up
DemocraticBob Brooks
RepublicanRyan Mackenzie
New York — 17th District
Toss-up
DemocraticCait Conley
RepublicanMichael Lawler
Ohio — 1st District
Tilt D
DemocraticGreg Landsman
RepublicanEric Conroy
California — 22nd District
Toss-up
DemocraticRandy Villegas
RepublicanDavid G. Valadao
Colorado — 3rd District
Lean R
DemocraticDwayne Romero
RepublicanJeff Hurd
Florida — 7th District
Lean R
DemocraticBale Dalton
RepublicanRyan Elijah
Iowa — 3rd District
Toss-up
DemocraticSarah Trone Garriott
RepublicanZach Nunn
California — 45th District
Tilt D
DemocraticDerek Tran
RepublicanChuong Vo
Colorado — 8th District
Toss-up
DemocraticManny Rutinel
RepublicanGabe Evans
Michigan — 4th District
Lean R
DemocraticSean McCann
RepublicanBill Huizenga
Michigan — 7th District
Toss-up
DemocraticWilliam Lawrence
RepublicanTom Barrett
Nebraska — 2nd District
Tilt D
DemocraticDenise Powell
RepublicanBrinker Harding
New Jersey — 7th District
Toss-up
DemocraticRebecca Bennett
RepublicanThomas Kean Jr.
New York — 1st District
Lean R
DemocraticChristopher Gallant
RepublicanNicholas J. LaLota
Virginia — 2nd District
Toss-up
DemocraticElaine Luria
RepublicanJennifer Kiggans
California — 48th District
Tilt D
DemocraticMarni von Wilpert
RepublicanJim Desmond
Florida — 14th District
Toss-up
DemocraticKathy Castor
RepublicanMike Beltran
Iowa — 1st District
Toss-up
DemocraticChristina Bohannan
RepublicanMariannette Miller-Meeks
North Carolina — 11th District
Lean R
DemocraticJamie Ager
RepublicanChuck Edwards
Ohio — 9th District
Toss-up
DemocraticMarcy Kaptur
RepublicanDerek Merrin
Pennsylvania — 10th District
Toss-up
DemocraticJanelle Stelson
RepublicanScott Perry
Florida — 25th District
Toss-up
DemocraticJared Evan Moskowitz
RepublicanScott Singer
North Carolina — 1st District
Toss-up
DemocraticDonald Davis
RepublicanLaurie Buckhout
New Hampshire — 1st District
Lean D
DemocraticStefany Shaheen
RepublicanAnthony DiLorenzo
Texas — 34th District
Toss-up
DemocraticVicente Gonzalez Jr.
RepublicanEric Flores
Washington — 3rd District
Toss-up
DemocraticMarie Gluesenkamp Perez
RepublicanJohn Braun
Wisconsin — 3rd District
Toss-up
DemocraticRebecca Cooke
RepublicanDerrick Van Orden
Arizona — 6th District
Toss-up
DemocraticJoAnna Mendoza
RepublicanJuan Ciscomani
New Jersey — 9th District
Lean D
DemocraticNellie Pou
RepublicanRosemary Pino
New Mexico — 2nd District
Tilt D
DemocraticGabriel Vasquez
RepublicanGreg Cunningham
New York — 3rd District
Lean D
DemocraticTom Suozzi
RepublicanMichael LiPetri Jr.
Pennsylvania — 1st District
Lean R
DemocraticBob Harvie
RepublicanBrian Fitzpatrick
Virginia — 1st District
Lean R
DemocraticShannon Taylor
RepublicanRobert J. Wittman
Michigan — 10th District
Toss-up
DemocraticChristina Hines
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
Pennsylvania — 8th District
Toss-up
DemocraticPaige Cognetti
RepublicanRob Bresnahan Jr.
Texas — 15th District
Lean R
DemocraticBobby Pulido
RepublicanMonica De La Cruz
Texas — 28th District
Tilt D
DemocraticHenry Cuellar
RepublicanTano Tijerina
Arizona — 1st District
Toss-up
DemocraticAmish Shah
RepublicanJay Feely
Florida — 9th District
Lean R
DemocraticDarren Soto
RepublicanDan Green
Florida — 22nd District
Tilt R
DemocraticPia Dandiya
RepublicanCasey Askar
Michigan — 8th District
Lean D
DemocraticKristen McDonald Rivet
RepublicanThomas J. Smith
Nevada — 1st District
Lean D
DemocraticDina Titus
RepublicanCarrie Buck
Nevada — 3rd District
Lean D
DemocraticSusie Lee
RepublicanMarty O'Donnell
New York — 4th District
Tilt D
DemocraticLaura Gillen
RepublicanJeanine Driscoll
Ohio — 7th District
Lean R
DemocraticBrian Poindexter
RepublicanMax Miller
Maine — 2nd District
Lean R
DemocraticMatthew Dunlap
RepublicanPaul LePage
New York — 19th District
Lean D
DemocraticJosh Riley
RepublicanPeter Oberacker
Texas — 35th District
Lean R
DemocraticJohnny Garcia
RepublicanCarlos De La Cruz
California — 6th District
Lean D
DemocraticRichard Pan
California — 13th District
Tilt D
DemocraticAdam Gray
RepublicanKevin Lincoln II
Iowa — 2nd District
Lean R
DemocraticLindsay James
RepublicanJoe Mitchell
2026 Midterms · The agenda
What the cycle is being fought over.
The five most common topics across every settled race's issue guide — and in how many of those races each party's nominee has published a documented position. Bar length is documentation, not support: the gray track is every race where the topic appears.