# RNC chair predicts GOP Senate wins in Alaska, Texas, 3 other battlegrounds

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/rnc-chair-predicts-gop-senate-wins-in-alaska-texas-3-other-battlegrounds/
- Published: 2026-10-30T23:42:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:25:04+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hill (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6185743-rnc-chair-predicts-midterm-wins/
- Topics: Americas, Art, Culture, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Gruters predicted Republican Senate wins in five contested states.
- Election forecasts and national polling gave Democrats an advantage.
- He said the RNC would follow Alaska’s governor on a disputed candidate investigation.

## Summary

Republican National Committee chair Joe Gruters predicted on 30 October that Republicans would win US Senate races in Alaska, Texas, Maine, Ohio and North Carolina in the 3 November midterm elections. Speaking to NewsNation, he argued that well-known candidates could overcome a national polling disadvantage. His forecast was more optimistic than Decision Desk HQ’s assessment at the time: it narrowly favoured Democrats in four of those races and rated North Carolina as likely to elect a Democrat.

Gruters was responding in part to an Emerson College poll that put Democrats 10 points ahead on the national congressional ballot. He also discussed the Alaska Senate contest, where authorities were investigating reports of an effort to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. Democratic nominee Mary Peltola and her campaign denied involvement. Asked whether the RNC would seek to delay certification if Peltola won, Gruters said he would follow the state governor’s lead. His remarks were a campaign prediction, not an election result.

## Coverage

- [The Hill: RNC chair predicts GOP Senate wins in Alaska, Texas, 3 other battlegrounds](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6185743-rnc-chair-predicts-midterm-wins/)
- [AOL: RNC chair predicts GOP Senate wins in Alaska, Texas, 3 other battlegrounds](https://www.aol.com/articles/rnc-chair-predicts-gop-senate-234247000.html)

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