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The Senate races most likely to flip less than a month from Election Day

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The race for control of the Senate is heating up, with forecasters increasingly moving races in the Democrats' direction less than a month out from the election. Last week, nonpartisan election forecasters Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball from the University of Virginia Center for Pol

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The Hill and CNN both frame the story around the possibility of a Senate flip and its wider political consequences. The Hill is the only outlet here to foreground the specific races most likely to change hands and to note forecasters moving several contests toward Democrats less than a month before Election Day. CNN instead uses the Senate scenario as a springboard for discussion of how it could reshape the 2028 presidential race.

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