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Texas and Iowa Senate races tighten heading into midterms
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Two key Senate races in typically Republican states, Texas and Iowa, are a toss-up heading into the midterms, according to the latest projections from Cook Political Report.
Key facts
- In Iowa, a Democrat hasn't won a presidential or Senate race since President Obama in 2012
- In the Iowa governor's race between Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand and Republican businessman and farmer Zach Lahn, Sand is leading by 5 points according to polling by Emerson College
- In Texas, the race for the open Senate seat between state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, and state Rep
- Stef Kight contributed to this story. ## More San Antonio stories
Summary
The fight for control of the U.S. Senate is extremely tight, and Democrats need to flip at least four seats to become the majority. On Thursday, Cook moved both Texas and Iowa's Senate races from lean Republican to toss-up. The governor's races in both states also shifted: Texas moved from solid Republican to likely Republican, and Iowa from toss-up to lean Democrat. In Texas, the race for the open Senate seat between state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, and state Rep.