The FULL 2026 Senate Map Breakdown - Which Seats GOP and Dems Will Pick Up, Plus the Battle For the Key Seventh Seat

Next Up with Mark Halperin

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In this special episode of “Next Up with Mark Halperin,” Mark uses his unparalleled sources to deliver a full-length reported monologue demonstrating that Democrats still have an extremely steep hill to climb to take back the Senate majority in November. Shattering the conventional wisdom, Mark breaks down in detail the nine races that will decide control of the chamber. He starts by analyzing the three seats currently held by Democrats they are most at risk of losing, explaining the political dynamics driving vulnerability and how Republicans are positioning themselves to capitalize. He then lays out the three most likely pickup opportunities for Democrats and what needs to go right to flip those seats. And then, he reports, even if Democrats go 6 for 6 in those contests, they still need to win one of the three Republican-held seats in Iowa, Alaska, and Texas to win the chamber. You have not heard the Senate map broken down like this anywhere else. Bank On Yourself: Discover the retirement plan banks Don't want you to know about—get your free report at https://BankOnYourself.com/Mark ExpressVPN: Visit https://ExpressVPN.com/MARK to find out how you can get up to four extra months. Acre Gold: Start building physical gold with simple monthly payments and enter to win two Ancient Collection gold bars at https://GetAcreGold.com/MARK

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0:00.0	Everybody, welcome in. I'm Mark Halper, and welcome to Next Up.
0:05.7	I've got a great episode for you today. I'm your host here as well as the editor-in-chief of
0:10.4	the live interactive video platform two-way. My work appears there and here.
0:14.7	And today I'm very grateful that you've joined. And a special look at the U.S. Senate in
0:20.3	the control of the Senate in the midterms.
0:22.2	No guest today, just yours truly, trying to walk you through how to think about who's
0:29.1	going to control the U.S. Senate after the midterms.
0:30.8	There's so much confusion, so much sloppiness, so much that's wrong about how people look at this. So I have done a ton of reporting
0:40.2	about where the Senate stands, and I'm going to present it to you today so you can know what's
0:46.1	next up in thinking about and talking about whether the Republicans will keep their Senate
0:51.2	majority or not after November's elections.
0:59.6	A deep dive, the deepest dive you've heard on the U.S. Senate and control on the midterms.
1:00.8	That's next up.
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