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NPR's Stephen Fowler drove more than 2,000 miles in October across unexpectedly competitive states including Kansas, Mississippi and Iowa.
“I mean, in October alone, I've driven more than 2,000 miles across states that nobody had on their bingo card as deciding who controls Congress, Kansas, Mississippi, and right here in Iowa”
NPR polling found voters concerned about the Iran war, rising gas prices, corruption, the Epstein files and immigration handling.
“we have polling that say they're concerned about the war in Iran, rising gas prices, even things that aren't directly economic, like corruption, the Epstein files, handling of immigration.”
Early voting data showed increased turnout among Black voters, especially in the South, and young voters, groups that tend to support Democrats.
“There's a notable increase in Black voter turnout, especially in the South, notable among young voters and pretty much every group that tends to support Democrats.”
Iowa had competitive races for governor, U.S. Senate and three or four House seats, some possibly favorable to Democrats.
“Iowa has competitive races for governor, U.S. Senate, three or four House races forecasted to be very close and maybe favorable for Democrats.”
NPR's Stephen Fowler reported that Senator John Ossoff was expected to win the Georgia Senate race.
“In the Georgia Senate race, Senator John Ossoff is expected to win.”
Republican Rick Jackson, a billionaire healthcare executive, had spent nearly a quarter of a billion dollars on his Georgia governor's race.
“billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson, the Republican, has spent nearly a quarter $1 billion on his run.”
Ad spending in Kansas' Senate race had increased tenfold over the preceding few weeks.
“Take Kansas, where ad spending has increased tenfold over the last few weeks.”
Donald Trump won Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Louisiana by roughly 20 points in 2024, according to Stephen Fowler.
“President Trump won them by around twenty-ish points in 2024.”
Donald Trump announced a tele-rally for the Louisiana Senate race for the night before the election.
“he announced a tele-rally for the Louisiana Senate race set for the night before the election.”