Robby Soave· Oct 1, 2026
He argued that a narrow Democratic takeover of the Senate is the likely result of the midterms, saying Democrats would win the chamber by one seat, and he blamed Ken Paxton for jeopardizing the Republican majority while predicting Paxton's Democratic opponent, James Talarico, would win the Texas Senate seat.
“Democrats win it by one. They have the Senate.”
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- Chamber ControlOct 1, 2026
“And this is a very plausible result, by the way, if you look at the numbers. This is a very likely outcome, is that Democrats win it by one. They have the Senate.”
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- Race WinnersOct 1, 2026
“Tallarico's doing a fine job with this campaign, and ... I predict that he's gonna be the next...”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
- Erick-Woods EricksonChamber ControlHit · 100Writing as returns came in on election night, he declared that Republicans would control the Senate, with the size of the majority still unsettled, and said Jon Tester was expected to lose his Montana seat within hours.
- Carl CannonChamber ControlHit · 100Cannon said he half expects Republicans to take the Senate, treated the West Virginia seat as already lost to Democrats with Manchin leaving, and said Trump is poised to carry Ohio.
- Sam WangChamber ControlMiss · 0Combining generic ballot polling with special election results, Wang gives Democrats roughly an 8-in-9 chance of winning the national House vote and taking the House majority, and projects a seat split of about 224 Democrats to 211 Republicans in a very closely divided chamber.
- Henry OlsenChamber ControlHit · 100Olsen's final call: Harris narrowly wins the national popular vote while Trump wins the electoral college 297-241, taking six of the seven swing states, with Michigan the one he is least likely to crack. He also forecast Republicans ending with 54-55 Senate seats and holding a narrow House majority.
- David PakmanChamber ControlHit · 100Reviewing the final 2024 forecasts, Pakman said the Senate outcome was essentially settled and stated his own expectation that Republicans would win control of the chamber.
- Erick-Woods EricksonChamber ControlHit · 100He predicted Republicans would gain at least two Senate seats and take control of the chamber, and that the GOP would hold the House with its majority growing to roughly 225 or 230 seats.