{"id":114786,"date":"2025-12-24T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/five-sleeper-races-that-could-upend-2026-from-pennsylvanias-alleghenies-to-new-mexico-114786"},"modified":"2025-12-24T07:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:00:46","slug":"five-sleeper-races-that-could-upend-2026-from-pennsylvanias-alleghenies-to-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/five-sleeper-races-that-could-upend-2026-from-pennsylvanias-alleghenies-to-new-mexico-114786","title":{"rendered":"Five sleeper races that could upend 2026 \u2013 from Pennsylvania\u2019s Alleghenies to New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As Clement Moore\u2019s &#8220;\u2018Twas the Night Before Christmas&#8221; tells it, families sleep soundly as Santa approaches.<\/p>\n<p>As the new year nears, several election contests may prove just as quiet \u2013 until close results suddenly come into focus. Here are five potential sleeper races to watch in 2026:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, has not often had to worry about a general election challenge since he won a special election on April 13, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Predecessor Mike Espy, who recently unsuccessfully ran for Senate in a narrow runoff with Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., had resigned to accept President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/bill-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Clinton<\/a>\u2019s appointment as Secretary of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson\u2019s closest race was that one \u2013 against Republican Hayes Dent \u2013 at 55% to 45%.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Thompson has never looked back, and instead made himself a nationally-recognized figure later in his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>He chaired the House Select Committee on January 6, and recently went viral for calling the shooting of West Virginia National Guardsmen allegedly by an Afghan refugee an &#8220;unfortunate accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thompson\u2019s district<\/a>, spanning from Jackson west to Yazoo City and Vicksburg on the Mississippi River, is one of the poorest in the country \u2013 landing at 3rd out of 435 with a median income of $37,372, according to data published by the office of Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/congressional-democrats-widen-2026-battlefield-zero-new-house-republican-targets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS WIDEN 2026 BATTLEFIELD, ZERO IN ON NEW HOUSE REPUBLICAN TARGETS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., and Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y. preside over a poorer population.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, an attorney and former counsel to Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., mounted a surprise primary bid against Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Turnage, 33, who has been alive just about the same time Thompson has been in Congress, made the idea of fighting the region\u2019s persistent poverty paramount to his new campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/sdvoice.info\/evan-turnage-announces-run-for-congress-targeting-longtime-incumbent-bennie-thompson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">according to Black Press USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve dedicated my life to leveling the playing field so people can not only get by, but get ahead, and raise a family right here,&#8221; Turnage said, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>On the Republican side, retired Army captain and Vicksburg cardiothoracic surgeon Ron Eller will fight an uphill battle to unseat the winner of the Thompson-Turnage bout.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut is another state that is typically not in political conversation as hosting nail-biter partisan elections.<\/p>\n<p>During the Bush-Clinton years, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/connecticut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the state<\/a> was competitive if not outright Republican-favored.<\/p>\n<p>Former Gov. John Rowland was the first in decades to be elected to more than two terms. He ended up resigning in 2004 amid the threat of impeachment over accusations contractors with the state were doing work on his vacation home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/call-duty-battle-house-republicans-democrats-looking-veterans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CALL TO DUTY: IN BATTLE FOR HOUSE, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS LOOKING TO VETERANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After he resigned, his wife famously wrote a poem critical of the media\u2019s coverage of Rowland\u2019s case, based on Moore\u2019s holiday favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/12\/18\/nyregion\/and-a-lump-of-coal-for-all-the-reporters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">and called<\/a> &#8220;A Lump of Coal for All the Reporters.&#8221; Rowland\u2019s lieutenant, Gov. M. Jodi Rell, took over and was reelected once before retiring in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the state has been reliably Democratic \u2013 save for former Sen. Joe Lieberman changing his affiliation to independent.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, then-State Sen. George Logan \u2013 the first Black man elected to Hartford\u2019s upper chamber &#8212; mounted a bid against Rep. Jahana Hayes and lost by less than one percentage point.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doubling-down-top-house-democrat-says-focus-high-prices-absolutely-going-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DOUBLING DOWN: TOP HOUSE DEMOCRAT SAYS FOCUS ON HIGH PRICES \u2018ABSOLUTELY GOING TO CONTINUE\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Logan tried again in 2024, but lost by a slightly wider margin.<\/p>\n<p>While Logan is not on the ballot at least yet for 2026, recent history shows Republicans could have an outside chance of ending Democrats\u2019 full control of New England\u2019s congressional delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have wanted to win back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland\u2019s sixth congressional district<\/a> ever since partisan gerrymandering was blamed for booting 20-year incumbent Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., from office in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Bartlett, an eccentric conservative who later relocated to the West Virginia wilderness to live off-the-grid, is now 99, and was known for addressing various topics that were sometimes ignored but have received newfound attention at present, including warnings about the strength, reliability and hardening of the U.S. power grid.<\/p>\n<p>Bartlett won his last campaign by 28 points but then lost by about 20 after the rural district encompassing the entire Maryland Panhandle was adjusted to incorporate the edges of densely-populated Washington, D.C. suburbs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/showdown-house-democrats-republicans-brace-high-stakes-midterm-clash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SHOWDOWN FOR THE HOUSE: DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS BRACE FOR HIGH-STAKES MIDTERM CLASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was defeated in 2013 by then-Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/john-delaney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Delaney<\/a>, a finance executive \u2013 before Delaney was replaced by Total Wine mogul David Trone, who has largely self-funded his campaigns to the tune of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Trone won reelection before opting in 2024 to pursue retiring Sen. Benjamin Cardin\u2019s, D-Md., seat \u2013 which was ultimately won by Democrat Angela Alsobrooks.<\/p>\n<p>He announced this year that he would challenge Rep. April McClain-Delaney, D-Md., the wife of former Rep. John Delaney.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former longtime state Del. Neil Parrott, R-Antietam, is mounting his fourth consecutive bid for the seat. McClain-Delaney beat Parrott 53-47 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The closest that Republicans have gotten to taking back the seat since Bartlett was defeated came in 2014, when now-FBI Deputy Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/dan-bongino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Bongino<\/a> narrowly lost to Trone by about a point.<\/p>\n<p>Bongino notably sought to nationalize the race, pulling in endorsements like Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/rand-paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rand Paul<\/a>, R-Ky., and rebuking Delaney as someone who could &#8220;write himself a check for a million dollars&#8221; if he needed to in order to win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-gop-campaign-chair-wants-trump-out-trail-midterm-battle-majority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOUSE GOP CAMPAIGN CHAIR WANTS TRUMP &#8216;OUT THERE ON THE TRAIL&#8217; IN MIDTERM BATTLE FOR MAJORITY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The future G-man suggested at the time he would rather knock on doors in far-flung communities like Oakland and Grantsville, where he said, &#8220;nobody seems to know who [John Delaney] is,&#8221; according to the Maryland Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Given newly-drawn, friendlier maps following litigation over O\u2019Malley-era gerrymandering, Republicans may have a chance to surprise in a district in one of the most Democratic-majority states in the country.<\/p>\n<p>While not typically considered a swing state, or one that gets much attention in federal elections, Nebraska\u2019s only urban-leaning district may decide the future of the House of Representatives if the overall contest is as close as it has been in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., one of few in his party who have publicly lambasted President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>, is retiring. The district \u2013 centered in Douglas and Saunders counties; including Omaha and Ashland \u2013 already has a slew of candidates on both sides hoping to take the moderate\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n<p>Omaha City Councilman Brinker Harding leads state Sen. Brett Lindstrom, R-Omaha, in fundraising, while on the Democratic side, at least five people, including congressional staffer James Leuschen and state Sen. John Cavanaugh, D-Omaha, have tossed their hats in the ring, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/nebraskaexaminer.com\/2025\/10\/29\/brinker-harding-leads-brett-lindstrom-in-ne-02-gop-fundraising-as-race-ramps-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nebraska Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/headed-exits-why-3-dozen-house-members-arent-running-re-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HEADED FOR THE EXITS: WHY 3-DOZEN HOUSE MEMBERS AREN&#8217;T RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bacon, who hails from suburban Sarpy County, won his last race against former state Sen. Anthony Vargas, D-Omaha, by less than one percentage point.<\/p>\n<p>After a recent wave of GOP losses in Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey, the district shapes up as a tough hold for Republicans in a state that hasn\u2019t elected a Democrat statewide since Ben Nelson retired in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>While Nebraska is a red state that doesn\u2019t often garner national attention, on the blue ledger lies New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Topographically and culturally similar to red neighbor Texas and formerly red neighbor Arizona on the other side, the Land of Enchantment is often one that enchants the observer that looks closer at its politics.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, its mountainous border with Mexico has largely kept it out of politically-contentious Trump-wall debates focused on the flatter, desert and river boundaries of its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-have-chance-secure-governorships-key-battleground-states-next-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>REPUBLICANS HAVE CHANCE TO SECURE GOVERNORSHIPS IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES NEXT YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While it lacks the urban population that is typical of most blue states like New York, California, New Jersey and Maryland, Republicans have been increasingly out of power there for years.<\/p>\n<p>Former Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., was the last such lawmaker to represent the state in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>He retired in 2008 and was replaced by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., whose surname is the Mountain West\u2019s equivalent of Cuomo or Casey. The Interior Department headquarters is named after Udall\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/gubernatorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Lujan Grisham is term limited<\/a>. While she was preceded by a Republican, Susana Martinez, her state has been trending more toward Democratic reliability otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Deb Haaland, a former New Mexico congresswoman who was also former President Joe Biden\u2019s Interior Secretary, is the biggest name in the Democratic field, while Greggory Hull, the longtime mayor of Rio Rancho, is such for the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Gabe Vasquez held off a challenge from predecessor Yvette Herrell in the 2nd congressional district, which spans the southwestern part of the state including Alamogordo and Las Cruces, in what was seen as the GOP\u2019s best chance to make inroads again in the border state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/five-sleeper-races-could-upend-2026-from-pennsylvanias-alleghenies-new-mexico\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/five-sleeper-races-could-upend-2026-from-pennsylvanias-alleghenies-new-mexico <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Clement Moore\u2019s &#8220;\u2018Twas the Night Before Christmas&#8221; tells it, families sleep soundly as Santa approaches. 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