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Who Polls the Close Races

Independent pollSponsored by a partisan groupA campaign's own pollWA-3: polls by who paid for them: independent 3, sponsored by a partisan group 1, a campaign's own 0WA-3Perez (D) 52%IA Senate: polls by who paid for them: independent 33, sponsored by a partisan group 3, a campaign's own 2IA SenateHinson (R) 52%IA-2: polls by who paid for them: independent 1, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 0IA-2Mitchell (R) 52%MI-10: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 0MI-10no independent pollBouchard (R) 52%TX-35: polls by who paid for them: independent 2, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 0TX-35De La Cruz (R) 53%NY-17: polls by who paid for them: independent 2, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 0NY-17Lawler (R) 53%NV Governor: polls by who paid for them: independent 7, sponsored by a partisan group 7, a campaign's own 1NV GovernorLombardo (R) 54%CA-22: polls by who paid for them: independent 1, sponsored by a partisan group 1, a campaign's own 0CA-22Valadao (R) 54%VA-1: polls by who paid for them: independent 1, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 0VA-1Taylor (D) 55%PA-8: polls by who paid for them: independent 2, sponsored by a partisan group 3, a campaign's own 0PA-8Cognetti (D) 55%KS Senate: polls by who paid for them: independent 12, sponsored by a partisan group 4, a campaign's own 1KS SenateHamilton (D) 56%KY-6: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 6, a campaign's own 1KY-6no independent pollDembo (D) 56%WI-3: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 4, a campaign's own 0WI-3no independent pollCooke (D) 56%MO-2: polls by who paid for them: independent 1, sponsored by a partisan group 3, a campaign's own 0MO-2Wagner (R) 56%MT-1: polls by who paid for them: independent 4, sponsored by a partisan group 5, a campaign's own 0MT-1Forstag (D) 57%FL-22: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 1, a campaign's own 0FL-22no independent pollDandiya (D) 57%FL-9: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 0FL-9no independent pollGreen (R) 57%AK Senate: polls by who paid for them: independent 21, sponsored by a partisan group 7, a campaign's own 0AK SenatePeltola (D) 57%NE Senate: polls by who paid for them: independent 10, sponsored by a partisan group 5, a campaign's own 3NE SenateRicketts (R) 58%ME-2: polls by who paid for them: independent 2, sponsored by a partisan group 5, a campaign's own 1ME-2LePage (R) 58%CO-5: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 2CO-5no independent pollCrank (R) 59%KS Governor: polls by who paid for them: independent 9, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 1KS GovernorMasterson (R) 59%MI-4: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 4, a campaign's own 0MI-4no independent pollHuizenga (R) 59%MI-7: polls by who paid for them: independent 1, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 0MI-7Lawrence (D) 60%NV-2: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 2, a campaign's own 1NV-2no independent pollFlippo (R) 61%GA Governor: polls by who paid for them: independent 16, sponsored by a partisan group 1, a campaign's own 0GA GovernorBottoms (D) 62%VA-2: polls by who paid for them: independent 1, sponsored by a partisan group 1, a campaign's own 0VA-2Luria (D) 62%OH-15: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 4, a campaign's own 0OH-15no independent pollCarey (R) 63%TX-15: polls by who paid for them: independent 2, sponsored by a partisan group 3, a campaign's own 0TX-15Pulido (D) 63%AZ-6: polls by who paid for them: independent 0, sponsored by a partisan group 3, a campaign's own 0AZ-6no independent pollMendoza (D) 64%Favorite, chancePolls of the race this cycle010203040

FutureBallot's archive holds no independent poll for ten of the thirty closest races

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  • A campaign's own poll

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