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Democratic Representative Haley Stevens publicly retracted her endorsement of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in the 2026 Michigan Senate race

A final New York Times/Siena poll for the 2026 Ohio Senate race showed Democrat Sherrod Brown leading Republican Jon Husted 49 percent to 44 percent

A final New York Times/Siena poll for the 2026 Alaska Senate race showed Democrat Mary Peltola leading Republican Dan Sullivan 48 percent to 46 percent

A final New York Times/Siena poll for the 2026 Michigan Senate race showed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed leading Republican Mike Rogers 53 percent to 42 percent

Democratic Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican candidate Mike Rogers in the 2026 Michigan United States Senate race

A final New York Times/Siena poll for the 2026 Kansas Senate race showed Democrat Adam Hamilton leading Republican Roger Marshall 49 percent to 44 percent

A final New York Times/Siena poll for the 2026 Maine Senate race showed Democrat Troy Jackson leading Republican Susan Collins 51 percent to 45 percent

A final New York Times/Siena poll for the 2026 Iowa Senate race showed Democrat Josh Turek leading Republican Ashley Hinson 48 percent to 47 percent

A final New York Times/Siena poll for the 2026 Texas Senate race showed Democrat James Talarico leading Republican Ken Paxton 50 percent to 43 percent

Jon Tester was the only Democrat between 1990 and 2024 to flip a Senate seat in a state carried by double digits by the opposing party's presidential candidate

Mike Rogers ran uncontested for the Republican nomination in Michigan's Senate primary

Haley Stevens's fiancé, Jason Turkish, publicly announced his support for Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers

Between 1990 and 2024, only five candidates flipped a United States Senate seat in a state carried by double digits by the opposing party's presidential candidate two years prior

Democrat Annie Andrews campaigned for the United States Senate in South Carolina in the 2026 midterm elections

A federal judge dismissed a United States Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to halt certification of Alaska's Senate race over potential voter confusion regarding two candidates named Dan Sullivan

Michigan Democratic leaders including Elissa Slotkin, Gretchen Whitmer, and Mallory McMorrow endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the 2026 Michigan Senate race

The Kansas Bill of Rights prohibits imprisonment as a penalty for financial indebtedness

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the United States Senate as Secretary of Health and Human Services

United States Representative Henry Cuellar coordinated two days of congressional meetings in Washington, D.C., for members of the South Texas Builders Association

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer publicly characterized Haley Stevens's endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers as a despicable betrayal