{"id":2688528,"date":"2026-10-20T17:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-senate-race-shifts-toward-gop-south-carolina-moves-left\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:38:30","slug":"minnesota-senate-race-shifts-toward-gop-south-carolina-moves-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-senate-race-shifts-toward-gop-south-carolina-moves-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Senate race shifts toward GOP, South Carolina moves left"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-senate-race-shifts-toward-gop-south-carolina-moves-left%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2688528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\" aria-labelledby=\"wex-article-title\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Election forecaster Cook Political Report shifted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"443\">Minnesota\u2019s<\/a> Senate race toward GOP nominee Michele Tafoya on Tuesday, while shifting two other Senate races in favor of of Democrats in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"528\">Mississippi<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"524\">South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forecaster moved Minnesota\u2019s Senate race from \u201cLikely Democrat\u201d to \u201cLeans Democrat\u201d in a blow to Democratic nominee Lt. 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