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 43 battlegrounds are featured below; search reaches all 333 settled races, and the chamber indexes list every 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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featured battlegrounds — 43
Senate
6 racesGeorgia — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
Jon OssoffIncumbent
Mike Collins
Iowa — U.S. Senate
Lean
Josh Turek
Ashley Hinson
Maine — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
Troy Dale Jackson
Susan CollinsIncumbent
North Carolina — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
Roy Cooper
Michael Whatley
Ohio — U.S. Senate (special)
Toss-up
Sherrod Brown
Jon HustedIncumbent
Texas — U.S. Senate
Toss-up
James Talarico
Ken Paxton
House
37 racesArizona — 1st District
Toss-up
Amish Shah
Jay Feely
Arizona — 6th District
Toss-up
JoAnna Mendoza
Juan CiscomaniIncumbent
California — 6th District
Lean
Richard Pan
California — 13th District
Tilt
Adam GrayIncumbent
Kevin Lincoln II
California — 22nd District
Toss-up
Randy Villegas
David G. ValadaoIncumbent
California — 45th District
Tilt
Derek TranIncumbent
Chuong Vo
California — 48th District
Tilt
Marni von Wilpert
Jim Desmond
Colorado — 3rd District
Lean
Dwayne Romero
Jeff HurdIncumbent
Colorado — 8th District
Toss-up
Manny Rutinel
Gabe EvansIncumbent
Iowa — 1st District
Toss-up
Christina Bohannan
Mariannette Miller-MeeksIncumbent
Iowa — 2nd District
Lean
Lindsay James
Joe Mitchell
Iowa — 3rd District
Toss-up
Sarah Trone Garriott
Zach NunnIncumbent
Maine — 2nd District
Lean
Matthew Dunlap
Paul LePage
North Carolina — 1st District
Toss-up
Donald DavisIncumbent
Laurie Buckhout
North Carolina — 11th District
Lean
Jamie Ager
Chuck EdwardsIncumbent
Nebraska — 2nd District
Tilt
Denise Powell
Brinker Harding
New Jersey — 7th District
Toss-up
Rebecca Bennett
Thomas Kean Jr.Incumbent
New Jersey — 9th District
Lean
Nellie PouIncumbent- Rosemary Pino
New Mexico — 2nd District
Tilt
Gabriel VasquezIncumbent
Greg Cunningham
Nevada — 1st District
Lean
Dina TitusIncumbent
Carrie Buck
Nevada — 3rd District
Lean
Susie LeeIncumbent
Marty O'Donnell
New York — 1st District
Lean
Christopher Gallant
Nicholas J. LaLotaIncumbent
New York — 3rd District
Lean
Tom SuozziIncumbent
Michael LiPetri Jr.
New York — 4th District
Tilt
Laura GillenIncumbent- Jeanine Driscoll
New York — 17th District
Toss-up
Cait Conley
Michael LawlerIncumbent
New York — 19th District
Lean
Josh RileyIncumbent
Peter Oberacker
Ohio — 1st District
Tilt
Greg LandsmanIncumbent
Eric Conroy
Ohio — 7th District
Lean
Brian Poindexter
Max MillerIncumbent
Ohio — 9th District
Toss-up
Marcy KapturIncumbent
Derek Merrin
Pennsylvania — 1st District
Lean
Bob Harvie
Brian FitzpatrickIncumbent
Pennsylvania — 7th District
Toss-up
Bob Brooks
Ryan MackenzieIncumbent
Pennsylvania — 8th District
Toss-up
Paige Cognetti
Rob Bresnahan Jr.Incumbent
Pennsylvania — 10th District
Toss-up
Janelle Stelson
Scott PerryIncumbent
Texas — 15th District
Lean
Bobby Pulido
Monica De La CruzIncumbent
Texas — 28th District
Tilt
Henry CuellarIncumbent
Tano Tijerina
Texas — 34th District
Toss-up
Vicente Gonzalez Jr.Incumbent
Eric Flores
Texas — 35th District
Lean
Johnny Garcia
Carlos De La Cruz