Some week soon, the weekend postings will get 100% back on track. This is not that weekend.
We've had some tech issues that took until very late to resolve. So, we'll combine the questions and letters into
one post tomorrow.
What we can do is give a second hint as to this week's headline theme. Donald Trump would be unable to solve it because
it relies on a particular book, and he most certainly has not read the necessary book. Admittedly, he probably hasn't
read any book. But definitely not this one.
Maybe Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) will prove to have nine lives. That said, the only polls she's led in, anytime in the last 6 weeks, have been from Republican houses (and so, are not in our sample). Iowa and Kansas continue to look like they will be nail-biters; Ohio, Texas and Alaska... maybe not. (Z)
| State | Democrat | D % | Republican | R % | Start | End | Pollster |
| Alaska | Mary Peltola | 50% | Dan Sullivan* | 43% | Sep 24 | Oct 01 | Siena U. |
| Iowa | Josh Turek | 47% | Ashley Hinson | 48% | Sep 22 | Oct 01 | Siena U. |
| Kansas | Adam Hamilton | 46% | Roger Marshall | 47% | Sep 22 | Sep 30 | Siena U. |
| Maine | Troy Jackson | 50% | Susan Collins* | 50% | Sep 23 | Oct 01 | YouGov |
| Ohio | Sherrod Brown | 49% | Jon Husted* | 46% | Sep 22 | Oct 01 | Siena U. |
| Texas | James Talarico | 51% | Ken Paxton | 45% | Sep 21 | Sep 30 | Siena U. |