U.S. Senator, R-Maine
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Heating oil now costs more than $6 a gallon, up from about $3.50 a year ago, and the Iran war gets much of the blame. A week before Election Day, the price is hurting Republicans in three close Senate races, and the administration's emergency oil loan covers less than one day of winter use.
The New York congresswoman is campaigning for progressive Democrats in Michigan, Ohio, Maine, California and Nevada. The swing tests whether her politics can win in competitive races, and it comes as she weighs a 2028 run for president or the Senate.
A Fox News poll taken Oct. 16-20 shows Republican Sen. Susan Collins even with Democrat Troy Jackson, who led in an earlier poll. Senate control could turn on Maine's race on Nov. 3.
Sen. Susan Collins, in a tight Maine re-election race, says the administration is exempting products such as packaging, refrigeration equipment and seaweed from Canada tariffs. Her Democratic opponent says the relief falls short.
More than 13 million ballots were cast by Tuesday, and NPR reports nearly 21 million by Friday. Early turnout is up in several GOP-held Senate states, but experts warn it may not predict the result.
Heating oil costs about 70% more than a year ago, and the households that depend on it are mostly in the Northeast. That includes Maine and New Hampshire, where both parties are fighting over Senate seats on Nov. 3.
Two Senate races, in Texas and Maine, are polling at or near ties 11 days before the election. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, and one of those races features a nominee the party's own leaders did not back in the primary.
Elon Musk has committed about $366 million across at least 40 races, making him the midterms' top individual donor. His companies depend on federal contracts and regulators that Congress funds and oversees.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins ate breakfast with independent Joe Manchin and criticized Trump's Russia policy at a Maine stop. It shows how she is handling a toss-up race against Democrat Troy Jackson 12 days before the election.
With the Nov. 3 midterm less than two weeks away, Democrats in at least six Senate races are attacking Republicans over the Medicaid cuts in the GOP's 2025 budget law and promising to restore the money. Republicans are mostly pointing to a $50 billion rural health fund, which ends in four years. The cuts are permanent.
