The bombshell final New York Times poll ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections gives Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico a seven point lead over Republican Ken Paxton in Texas, the heart of Trump country
Donald Trump’s Republican Party is set for a crushing defeat(Image: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
US Democrats are on track to seize power of Congress in a humiliating night for Donald Trump, new polling suggests.
The bombshell final New York Times poll ahead of tomorrow’s (TUES) midterm elections gives Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico a seven point lead over Republican Ken Paxton in Texas, the heart of Trump country.
And in Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has opened up an 11-point lead over Trump-backed Republican Mike Rogers.
It comes as Republicans nervously watched reports of huge early turnout in Texas – many of whom are young Hispanic people who did not vote in 2024.
The last time Texas elected a Democrat Senator was in 1988, a year before Talarico was born.
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Democrats are also predicted to win Senate seats in Maine, Ohio and Kansas, where Trump visited on Sunday night for the second time during the campaign. Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932.
The poll also shows Democrats with a slimmer lead in Alaska and Iowa, though it is within the margin of error.
It came at the end of a day of high drama in Michigan, where Haley Stevens, a ‘moderate’ Democrat defeated by El-Sayed to represent the party in the Senate race, announced she would be voting for MAGA Republican Mike Rogers.
The unexpected twist came after a row between the candidates over Israel and an ad by a third party group which some, including Stevens, said crossed the line into antisemitism.
Despite settling their differences, Ms Stevens fiancee, Jason Turkish, gave interviews over the weekend attacking El Sayed and endorsing Rogers. It emerged that El-Sayed had told Stevens she was no longer welcome at his campaign events.
And after telling allies on Saturday night that she would not be switching sides, Stevens appeared at a church photo op with Rogers on Sunday morning.
Standing next to Rogers at a chaotic press conference outside the church, Stevens said: “Abdul made very clear that I was not welcome in his campaign, that he didn’t need me there, that he didn’t want me there.
“I did endorse the Democratic nominee, and he chose to close this campaign by saying I wasn’t welcome. I’ve never been invited to a campaign event. That’s fine. You know, he’s busy. He’s running all around.”
Later, after a car crash CNN interview, where Stevens struggled to defend her decision, fellow Michigan congresswoman Debbie Dingell said: “That was one of the most painful interviews I have ever watched.
“I have been worried about her all last week. She’s a human being. I have had multiple conversations with her. I’m far from being the only one that has.”
Ms Stevens entire staff resigned following her announcement. The Michigan Democratic Party are understood to have expelled Ms Stevens.
Asked if she was surprised by Stevens’ move, Ms Dingell said: “I was stunned since she had told me she wasn’t doing that last night at midnight.”
