# US Midterms 2026: Democrats surge ahead in key states?

https://mins.news/en/video/121529

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-29 21:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpMAseBWlsc

> New polls in two major battlegrounds, Texas and Michigan, show Democratic candidates pulling ahead. South Carolina is a dead heat, a race Republicans had not expected to have to defend.

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