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We certainly didn't have this one on our Bingo card.
Nebraska has shifted in favor of the Democrats. Well, sort of...
Sen. Pete Ricketts’s (R-Neb.) reelection attempt has moved from “Solid Republican” to “Lean Republican.”
Ohio, Georgia and North Carolina have moved more in favor of the Democrats, thus leading to the Democrats controlling the Senate with odds priced at -130 at BetOnline for the upcoming November Midterm elections.
The Cook Political Report had Ohio as a "Toss Up", Georgia as "Lean Democrat" and North Carolina as "Lean Democrat".
BetOnline's odds suggest an even more dramatic shift.
Here we have Georgia at -800 odds favoring the Democrats, North Carolina at -900 odds favoring the Democrats and Ohio as a slight favorite of -130 favoring the Democrats.
Nebraska is still favored to go to the Republicans at -400.
Elsewhere, Texas was priced only slightly favoring whichever Republican wins the upcoming runoff at -130, Maine now favored at -350 to go to the Democrats and Alaska is very much in place with even odds for both parties.
“With an increasingly sour national environment for Republicans, the Senate battlefield is shifting in Democrats’ favor,” wrote Jessica Taylor, the Senate and governors editor for the report.
“But due to the difficulty of the map, winning back a majority still remains a tall order,” she continued. “The GOP remain the narrowing favorites to retain the upper chamber. However, that outlook could change in the coming months.”
Sen. Jon Husted, whom Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) appointed to replace Vice President Vance in the upper chamber, will likely face former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in November. Brown, a veteran of the Senate, lost in 2024 to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio).
Sen Pete Ricketts, meanwhile, is facing a challenge from independent candidate Dan Osborn — who lost to GOP Sen. Deb Fischer (Neb.) in 2024.
In North Carolina, former Gov. Roy Cooper (D) and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley will face off to succeed Republican Senator Tom Tillis. Further south in Georgia, a crowded GOP field — featuring Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Mike Collins (R-Ga.), along with former football coach Derek Dooley — are squaring off in the primary that will decide who takes on Ossoff.
Elsewhere, Iowa may also be in play and bears watching.
- T.C. Jackson, Gambling911.com
