The momentum in crucial Senate races in which Republican incumbents are trying to hold on to their seats in Georgia, Texas, and Alaska all shifted in the direction of Democrats by the Cook Political Report released on Tuesday.
The most significant change in favor of the Democrats came in Georgia, where the projection for the special election went from "lean Republican" to "toss-up."
In that race, GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler is battling against several candidates, including fellow Republican Rep. Doug Collins, as well as Democrats Raphael Warnock and Matt Lieberman. If no candidate achieves more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers will face a runoff on Jan. 5.
Warnock currently leads the field by 6.2 points, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls.
In Texas, Cook shifted the race from "likely Republican" to "lean Republican," although, according to the RealClearPolitics average, Republican Sen. John Cornyn continues to lead Democrat MJ Hegar by 7.6 points.
Cook also changed its rating in Alaska from "likely Republican" to "lean Republican." The latest poll indictated that incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan is leading by only four percentage points over Al Gross, an independent candidate supported by the state Democratic Party.
These shifts towards the Democrats came after last week, when Cook changed the South Carolina race between GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democrat Jaime Harrison from "lean Republican" to "toss-up."
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