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Sunday, October 18, 2026

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Today's Source: 8 new polls, 1 FEC updates, 6 news stories.

Independent Expenditures

$1,654,371 in outside spending on October 18, 2026

PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT — $1,144,504 (32 filings)
Targeting: AGER, JAMIE, ANDREWS, ANNIE, BENNETT, REBECCA, BERMAN, MITCHELL, BOHANNAN, CHRISTINA, BROOKS, BOB, CASTOR, KATHY, COGNETTI, PAIGE, COOKE, REBECCA, COOPER, ROY, DANDIYA, PIA, DAVIS, DON, DEMBO, ZACH, DUNLAP, MATT, FIGURES, SHOMARI C., GARCIA, JOHNNY, GRAY, LEELA J, HARVIE, ROBERT J, JAMES, LINDSAY, JOHNSON, JACOB, KAPTUR, MARCY, LACORE, NANCY, LURIA, ELAINE, MCCANN, SEAN, MENDOZA, JOANNA, NEZ, JONATHAN MICHAEL, OSBORN, DAN, POINDEXTER, BRIAN, POWELL, DENISE, PULIDO, BOBBY, SOTO, DARREN, TRONE GARRIOTT, SARAH

HMP — $473,610 (4 filings)
Targeting: BUCKHOUT, LAURIE, DE LA CRUZ, MONICA, FITZPATRICK, BRIAN, LEPAGE, PAUL

LCV VICTORY FUND — $16,000 (1 filings)
Targeting: VAN ORDEN, DERRICK MR.

PARKSPAC — $10,000 (1 filings)
Targeting: AGER, JAMIE

VOTERS OF TOMORROW PAC — $3,920 (5 filings)
Targeting: BOHANNAN, CHRISTINA, PERRIELLO, THOMAS STUART PRICE

New Polls (7)

Minnesota Senate View race 1 poll
Oct 15, 2026 Trafalgar Group (R) n=1,079 LV · ±2.9 Peggy Flanagan 48% – Michele Tafoya 45% D+3
New Hampshire Senate View race 1 poll
Oct 12, 2026 National Public Affairs (R) n=600 LV · ±4 Chris Pappas 50% – John E. Sununu 45% D+5
Connecticut Governor View race 1 poll
Oct 12, 2026 Wesleyan University/YouGov n=1,000 RV · ±4.5 Ned Lamont 53% – Ryan Fazio 32% D+21
Nebraska Governor View race 1 poll
Oct 14, 2026 Public Policy Polling (D) n=571 RV · ±4.1 Lynne Walz 46% – Jim Pillen 48% R+2
New Hampshire Governor View race 1 poll
Oct 12, 2026 National Public Affairs (R) n=600 LV · ±4 Cinde Warmington 38% – Kelly Ayotte 54% R+16
Wisconsin Governor View race 1 poll
Oct 9, 2026 YouGov n=1,715 A David Crowley 46% – Tom Tiffany 42% D+4
Maine CD-02 View race 1 poll
Oct 14, 2026 Tulchin Research (D) n=500 LV · ±4.4 Matt Dunlap 50% – Paul LePage 46% D+4

Added to the Archive (1)

Older polls newly added to the PollingSource database — fieldwork predates the last two weeks. Full results on each race page.

Sep 2026 Generic View race 1 poll added

Follow the Money

Top Fundraiser Today

$12,880

Konstantinos Vogiatzis (D)

Biggest Cash-on-Hand

$26,269,062

T. Ossoff (D)

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Today's Headlines (6)

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