Charlie Cook Says House Is “Done Deal” for Democrats, Senate “Very Realistic”
Cook said Democrats could gain about 20 House seats and four or five Senate seats as polling and forecasts turn against Republicans.
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The 2026 congressional elections have largely turned into a contest over which party will convince voters that the other party is out of touch with reality, too extreme and unfit to govern.
Democrats will take back power in the House of Representatives. And probably in the Senate too. That's according to Charlie Cook, founder of the election analysis firm Cook Political Report.
Charlie Cook Says It's a 'Done Deal' Democrats Retake House
Charlie Cook said the Dems have the House wrapped up — and have a good shot at regaining control of the Senate — during a Sunday interview on ABC's This Week. The post ‘Done Deal!’ Cook Political Election Guru Says Dems Are Now a Lock to Win the House first appeared on Mediaite.
Charlie Cook Says House Is “Done Deal” for Democrats, Senate “Very Realistic”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cook Political Report founder Charlie Cook said Sunday that Democrats retaking the House has looked like a “done deal” for some time and that winning control of the Senate has become “very realistic,” though his comments represent an election analyst’s assessment rather than a guaranteed outcome. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Cook said he expects Democrats could gain roughly 20 House seats and four or five Senate seats. He po…
Cook Political Report founder: House is a ‘done deal’ for Democrats, reclaiming Senate ‘very realistic’
Cook Political Report founder Charlie Cook on Sunday said that it has been a “done deal” conclusion that Democrats are likely to retake the House after the November midterm elections, while their chances of claiming the Senate look “very realistic.” “I would completely agree that the House has been kind of a done deal for…
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