Erick-Woods Erickson· Sep 23, 2026
Erickson expects Republicans to lose the North Carolina Senate seat and to fail to take the Georgia Senate seat from Democrats, even as he argues the GOP can mitigate its losses elsewhere.
“Republicans have a fighting change in Michigan and New Hampshire to offset a loss in North Carolina and a failure to pick up Georgia.”
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- Race WinnersSep 23, 2026
“Republicans have a fighting change in Michigan and New Hampshire to offset a loss in North Carolina”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- Race WinnersSep 23, 2026
“to offset a loss in North Carolina and a failure to pick up Georgia”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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