New Poll 🚨: Abbott +4. Traders: down 16¢.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leads Gina Hinojosa (D) 49% to 45% in an Emerson College poll.
Traders have Republicans at 74¢, down from about 90¢ in late July.
#TexasGovernor #Elections #AbbottHinojosa
Alaska hasn’t elected a Democratic governor since 1998.
Traders have Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D) at 85¢ for Alaska governor. Three Republicans split the ranked-choice ballot, and Trump-backed Bernadette Wilson (R) is at 14¢, down from 24¢ on Wednesday.
#AlaskaGov #Elections
Poll: Jackson +1. Traders: Bottoms.
AJC/UGA poll: Rick Jackson (R) 46%, Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) 45%.
Traders: Democrats at 60¢, up from 48¢ on Monday. Trump comes to Perry, Ga., on Saturday.
#GeorgiaGovernor #Elections #BottomsJackson
Traders are moving to Acton.
Ohio Democrats: 80¢ Tuesday night, 82¢ Thursday open, 88¢ now. In late July this race was a coin flip. Sabato’s Crystal Ball moved it to Leans Democratic.
Ohio hasn’t elected a Democratic governor since 2006.
#ActonRamaswamy #Elections #Ohio
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Lula’s closing argument is a 40-hour week. Brazil’s Senate passed his bill cutting the maximum from 44 hours, and 54% of Brazilians like it, per an AtlasIntel poll for Bloomberg News.
Traders still have Lula at 20¢ to win Sunday’s runoff.
#LulaBolsonaro #Brazil2026 #Elections
France had a weekend of riots. The first poll since, by Ifop-Fiducial, barely moved.
Traders did. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is at 58¢ to win next spring’s presidential vote, up from 54¢ over the weekend. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is at 24¢.
#France2027 #FrenchPresident #LePen
Trump endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct. 18. Traders didn’t follow.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is at 60¢ to be Israel’s next prime minister, up from 50¢ that day. Netanyahu is at 45¢, right where he started. Israel votes Tuesday.
#Israel2026 #Election
Brazil votes Sunday, and the polls have it tied. Quaest has right-wing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro at 45% and President Lula at 44%.
Traders have Flávio at 82¢ to win the runoff. Since 1989, no candidate who trailed in the first round has come back to win one.
#LulaBolsonaro
Michigan’s Senate debate is tonight: Mike Rogers (R) vs. Abdul El-Sayed (D).
Traders have El-Sayed at 70¢ going in. Watch the price move live.
#MichiganSenate #ElSayedRogers #SenateControl
Trump’s super PAC has moved $277 million since Sept. 1, per Bloomberg. Its biggest Senate target is Texas, at $36 million.
Traders still favor state Rep. James Talarico (D) at 66¢, against Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) at 38¢.
#TalaricoPaxton #SenateControl #TXSenate
Cook moved three Senate races Tuesday. Traders held their favorites:
Mississippi, Solid to Likely R: Hyde-Smith (R) 88¢
South Carolina, Likely to Lean R: Graham (R) 84¢
Minnesota, Likely to Lean D: Flanagan (D) 86¢
Sabato moved 28 House races toward Democrats. House: D 90¢
Vivek Ramaswamy (R) will spend $4 million on an ad featuring the estranged mother of his opponent, Amy Acton (D). The backlash crossed party lines.
Traders moved toward Acton. Democrats are at 80¢ to win Ohio’s governor’s race, up from 75¢ Tuesday morning.
#OctoberSurprise
Libertarians are polling in the low single digits in Texas, Kansas and Iowa, and their voters lean Republican, The Hill reports.
In Kansas, Emerson has Adam Hamilton (D) up 45% to 43%, with Libertarian David Graham at 4%. Traders still have Sen. Roger Marshall (R) at 60¢.

ALT PredictIt graphic, third-party spoilers. Small shares. Close races. Kansas: Libertarian David Graham, 4%. Emerson poll has Hamilton (D) at 45% and Marshall (R) at 43%. Traders: Marshall 60 cents. Ohio: Greg Levy of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, 5%, promoted with $1.58 million from a GOP-linked super PAC. Traders: Brown 67 cents. Texas: Libertarian Ted Brown, 3% of Republicans and almost no Democrats. Traders: Talarico 64 cents.













