# Senate races 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 28, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534 "2025-01-28T15:04:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 58
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1142 "2026-11-01T18:50:01Z")
I wonder if Stevens will be making any comments about the blatant anti-semitism of the President and the Right in general? Or does supporting Israel get you a pass on hating Jews? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1143 "2026-11-01T18:54:12Z")
I don’t for a moment buy that “antisemitism”, nor the perception of it, has anything at all to do with Stevens’ behavior. She’s a sore loser, and that’s the full extent of it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1144 "2026-11-01T18:54:46Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > To some a hesitation to say that Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state is being antisemitic. He himself. Not some of his supporters. It 100% is. Still better than Mike Rogers, but there’s no denying it. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1145 "2026-11-01T18:55:40Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > She is an idiot. This is a very bad thing she has done. And it is not at all surprising. It was very avoidable with fairly little effort by El-Sayeed. Are you really shocked that after he basically told her to fuck off she tried to fuck him over in return? He didn’t tell her to fuck off. She took a private disagreement public, so he decided she was no longer an asset to his campaign. That’s an entirely reasonable political decision. In response, she decided to endorse MAGA. That’s not remotely reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1146 "2026-11-01T18:56:54Z")
But you can be certain that the Right is going to play this as ‘Even Democrats are saying that El-Sayed hates Jews’. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1147 "2026-11-01T18:56:57Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > She is an idiot. This is a very bad thing she has done. And it is not at all surprising. **It was very avoidable with fairly little effort by El-Sayeed.** Are you really shocked that after he basically told her to fuck off she tried to fuck him over in return? Emphasis mine. Yep, it’s this: [![](https://i.imgflip.com/b4rmg2.jpg) ](https://i.imgflip.com/b4rmg2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1148 "2026-11-01T18:59:40Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I also think if you demand people say that Israel has a right to exist then you should also say that Palestine has a right to exist. It should. Any other hoops you want me to jump through before I call out obvious antisemitism? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1149 "2026-11-01T19:01:07Z")
What a joke. She endorsed MAGA. There’s no way this was about an ad. @DSeid, you really believe this was about a fucking ad? She endorsed MAGA because of a third party ad? That may be an excuse she used, but she endorsed MAGA because she wants El Sayed to lose. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1150 "2026-11-01T19:10:08Z")
She was bought, and until the GOP is no longer the party of grifters and con men, you can never convince me otherwise. We all know the devil’s bargain one needs to make in Trump 2: “You can grift, but not as much as DJT, and if you get caught, that’s on you.” She was bought. Plain, pure, and simple. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1151 "2026-11-01T19:10:21Z")
I bet we’re going to find out soon, as we’re celebrating AES’s win, that Stevens tried to take his campaign hostage and make demands about specific language he needs to use, and threatened to endorse Rogers if he didn’t comply. And I bet that, quite rightly, he decided not to negotiate with such a hostage taker. If that’s the case, @DSeid, you really think he should have given into her demands after she threatened to endorse MAGA? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1152 "2026-11-01T19:16:10Z")
[https://www.npr.org/2026/11/01/nx-s1-6023766/doj-alaska-lawsuit-senate-race-dan-sullivan](https://www.npr.org/2026/11/01/nx-s1-6023766/doj-alaska-lawsuit-senate-race-dan-sullivan) > A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration’s highly unusual attempt to block the certification of results from a key U.S. Senate race in Alaska if the Republican incumbent loses. > > In [a ruling](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28861752-us-v-alaska-2026-11091-order-dismissing-action/) released Sunday, U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason found the federal government does not have the ability to bring this lawsuit. It asked the judge to stop state officials from certifying election results to allow for an investigation into whether voters were confused by having two similarly named Senate candidates appear on Alaska’s ranked-choice ballot. > > But Judge Gleason concluded that such a court order would likely violate Alaskan voters’ [right to a secret ballot](https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5129679/can-someone-find-out-whom-you-voted-for-explained). I suppose this could also go in the voting thread. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1153 "2026-11-01T19:18:12Z")
> [@DeadTreasSecretaries](#): > > IDK it also would show really poor political instincts to change your rhetoric a week before the election, There is space between caving into demands and essentially saying fuck off. Enough of a bone. Again, something like this: > [@DSeid](#): > > highlighting that he and Haley disagree on much, including issues regarding Israel, but _agree_ that Uygar’s PAC’s ad is offensive in its appealing to antisemitic tropes, and that to be clear that Carlson does not endorse him and that he does not want his support, but even Carlson appreciates how horrible Rogers is, which says something that he will continue highlighting. Instead he felt it more important to act the tough guy. No room to be diplomatic. Not on brand? Dunno. From what I can tell in general a majority of Michigan voters vote by mail or early. Something that happens the Sunday before Election Day isn’t likely to move the needle _too_ much. But I gotta tell you, if I lived in Michigan and this was other than Trump possibly having a Senate majority on the line? The responses and lack of responses El-Sayeed has had would make me seriously questioning if I could vote for him. We live in the times we live in. I hope he wins. But if he loses and the Democrats get the Senate majority any way? I won’t be too upset. I very much hope he is NOT the future of the party. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I bet we’re going to find out soon, as we’re celebrating AES’s win, that Stevens tried to take his campaign hostage and make demands about specific language he needs to use, and threatened to endorse Rogers if he didn’t comply We already _know_ she demanded specific ridiculous language, and the threat was at least minimally implied. And yes I think that his being publicly diplomatic in response, offering a bone, would have been his best play. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1154 "2026-11-01T19:19:42Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > But I gotta tell you, if I lived in Michigan and this was other than Trump possibly having a Senate majority on the line? The responses and lack of responses El-Sayeed has had would make me seriously questioning if I could vote for him. > > We live in the times we live in. I hope he wins. But if he loses and the Democrats get the Senate majority any way? I won’t be too upset. I very much hope he is NOT the future of the party. 100%. This is exactly how I feel about El Sayed at this point too. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1155 "2026-11-01T19:20:04Z")
> **hidden by staff** > > iIf you oppose a single thing Israel does, does that make you antisemitic? But Israelis starve children in Gaza, it’s nothing to see here, move right along? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1156 "2026-11-01T19:23:42Z")
> **Hidden by Staff** > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > iIf you oppose a single thing Israel does, does that make you antisemitic? > > Nope, thanks for asking, I’m glad we cleared that up. > > Did El Sayed “oppose a single thing Israel does”, or does he refuse to even acknowledge Israel’s right to exist? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1157 "2026-11-01T19:24:32Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > And yes I think that his being publicly diplomatic in response, offering a bone, would have been his best play. He was diplomatic, publicly at least. And she endorsed MAGA. IMO your response to this is utterly ridiculous. She’s demonstrated she was not remotely acting in good faith. There’s no way to appease such irrationality. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1158 "2026-11-01T19:25:15Z")
It’s El Sayed. Not Sayed. Not Al Sayed. Not El Sayeed. For Pete’s sake, is it that hard to get a person’s name right? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1159 "2026-11-01T19:34:53Z")
Closed on November 1, 2026, 7:34pm UTC ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1160 "2026-11-01T19:37:47Z")
**Warning** for @BobLibDem, Do not start yet another Israeli debate in threads not about Israel. This is too damn blatant. @Babale you’re borderline here, replying to a really off topic post is not staying on-topic. I feel like I reminder you of this in the last month or two. I’m going to hide the two most off-topic posts. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-races-2026/1013534/1161 "2026-11-01T20:03:33Z")
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