• Voter dissatisfaction with inflation and crime is helping Republican Senate candidates in key matchups that will determine control of the upper chamber in the Nov. 8 elections.
• A surge that Democrats enjoyed during the summer has stalled two weeks before Election Day, and polls show that the GOP is gaining ground in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
• The dimmer outlook for Democrats follows a new uptick in gasoline prices and persistent inflation, while Republicans hammer Democrats on rising crime, which has emerged as a leading concern for voters nationwide.
• The Senate midterm map includes toss-up races in Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

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