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2026 U.S. SENATE · GENERAL ELECTION

Michigan Senate forecast

2026 polling and experimental race projection.

Snapshot: · Model baseline-1.2.0

Experimental probabilities are not a validated guarantee. Candidate names reflect selected polling matchups, not an official ballot roster.

Race at a glance

83%D win probability
D +4.2Projected margin
49Qualifying polls

Abdul El-Sayed (D) / Mike Rogers (R).

80% margin interval: -1.5 to 9.8 points. Positive values favor the D candidate. Prior result year: 2024.

Michigan Senate polls

Qualifying polls in this snapshot
Pollster / sourceEnd dateSamplePopulationTwo-party margin
John Zogby Strategies ↗2026-11-021001lvD +2.0
Emerson College ↗2026-11-01500lvD +6.0
Concord Public Opinion Partners ↗2026-11-01510lvD +10.0
AtlasIntel ↗2026-11-011316lvD +7.1
Trafalgar Group ↗2026-11-011087lvD +1.2
Research Co. ↗2026-11-01450lvD +2.0
The New York Times/Siena University ↗2026-11-011011lvD +11.0
YouGov ↗2026-10-292088lvD +4.0
CNN/SSRS ↗2026-10-27768lvD +7.0
Mitchell Research & Communications ↗2026-10-27636lvD +7.0
Data for Progress ↗2026-10-25622lvD +4.0
Upswing Research ↗2026-10-25505lvD +5.0
Michigan State University Office for Survey Research/Verasight ↗2026-10-231383lvD +9.2
Glengariff Group, Inc. ↗2026-10-22600lvD +6.3
InsiderAdvantage ↗2026-10-221200lvD +1.2
Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov ↗2026-10-19836lvD +2.5
Marist University ↗2026-10-181185lvD +2.0
InsiderAdvantage ↗2026-10-101200lvD +2.3
The Tyson Group ↗2026-10-08600lvR +2.0
Quantus Insights ↗2026-10-06744lvD +1.2
YouGov ↗2026-10-043947lvD +1.0
Z to A Research ↗2026-10-01483lvD +7.0
Mitchell Research & Communications ↗2026-10-01682lvD +4.2
Trafalgar Group ↗2026-09-301085lvD +1.8
Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research ↗2026-09-281028lvD +1.0
The Tyson Group ↗2026-09-27600lvD +1.0
Guidant Polling and Strategy ↗2026-09-27800lvD +5.0
Marist University ↗2026-09-271235rvD +7.0
Big Data Poll ↗2026-09-24678lvD +4.6
co/efficient ↗2026-09-23843lvD +0.0
GBAO ↗2026-09-22800lvD +4.0
The New York Times/Siena University ↗2026-09-22605lvD +5.0
Cygnal/Beacon Research ↗2026-09-21600lvD +5.0
Suffolk University ↗2026-09-20500lvD +7.2
Torchlight Strategies ↗2026-09-19643lvR +1.3
InsiderAdvantage ↗2026-09-171200lvD +1.9
The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government ↗2026-09-14803lvD +3.0
Emerson College ↗2026-09-141000lvD +2.5
Trafalgar Group ↗2026-09-091079lvD +1.5
CNN/SSRS ↗2026-09-06843lvD +3.0
Glengariff Group, Inc. ↗2026-09-03600lvR +1.4
Abacus Data ↗2026-08-28332lvD +5.0
EPIC-MRA ↗2026-08-28600lvD +4.0
Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov ↗2026-08-20779lvD +5.0
Susquehanna Polling & Research, Inc. ↗2026-08-17800rvD +7.0
Fabrizio Ward/Impact Research ↗2026-08-11877lvD +1.0
TIPP Insights ↗2026-08-101215lvD +3.2
GBAO ↗2026-08-10800lvD +6.0
Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research ↗2026-08-101006rvR +4.0

Polling source: The New York Times, CC BY 4.0, independently filtered and aggregated by DutyStation. Historical results: MIT Election Data and Science Lab. Polling updates every hour; failed updates retain this snapshot.

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Abdul El-Sayed · Mike Rogers · Doug Marsh · Lydia Christensen · Walter Kristy · Tim Long

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