Our Priority Senate Districts
The Cook Political Report, a respected political analysis website, currently identifies three Senate seats represented by Republicans that it considers “lean Republican” or “likely Republican.” At this stage of the election cycle, these are the three most flippable Senate seats in the country.
Activate America’s early focus will be to connect with voters in these districts about the many ways their Senators are failing to represent them.
They’ve all looked the other way as Trump tanks the economy and retirement security; they’ve all done essentially nothing to defend Congress’s role in authorizing federal programs as Trump illegally takes a chainsaw to the Social Security Administration, education programs, critical lifesaving research, our national parks, and so much more; they all voted for Trump’s most incompetent and unqualified Cabinet members.
Their constituents deserve real representation, and the 2026 election is their chance at leaders who will put people first.
Click on the states to read more about our priority Senate races and the Republicans we are up against.
Iowa
Iowa
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Say what you will about MAGA extremist Senator Joni Ernst, but she gets points for honesty. When called out by her constituents for a Republican budget that takes health care away from more than 13 million Americans, she was quite transparent with the official Republican policy on health care: “Well, we are all going to die.”
In the long run, we may all be dead, but in the here and now, we have the power to elect a Senator from Iowa who will protect Iowans, fight to restore health care, and stand up to Trump’s disastrous tariff policies. That would be a refreshing change.
Maine
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Of all Republicans in the Senate, Senator Susan Collins might be the most disappointing. She knows how damaging the MAGA movement is to our country, and her press shop is always busy putting out statements about how concerned she is. Yet time and time again, she lacks the backbone to do anything about it.
Maine is a purple state that leans blue, and it deserves a Senator who doesn’t just recognize problems but actually works to solve them. That Senator is not Susan Collins.
North Carolina
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By any metric, Senator Thom Tillis was a deeply conservative politician who voted in lockstep with Republicans on just about everything. But he dared oppose the Republican plan to take health care away from more than 13 million Americans, and that made him a pariah in Trump world.
Rather than facing a bruising primary, he has chosen not to seek re-election, and that may make North Carolina’s open Senate election the most competitive in the country. Democrats have a deep bench in North Carolina, and Activate America is all in to help our nominee win in 2026.
Ohio
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The former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Senator Jon Husted was appointed to fill the term of now Vice President JD Vance, and he’s fulfilling his expected role of being a rubber stamp for the Trump Administration. He voted for every Trump cabinet nominee; he’s said nothing as the Administration attacks school breakfast and lunch programs, food banks, support for family farms, Medicaid, Social Security, and the VA, and he’s dodged constituents who have demanded that he hold town hall meetings to hear their concerns.
Luckily, he’s on the ballot in 2026, and we’ll have our chance to make sure that he’s never elected to the U.S. Senate.