Three States That Aren’t Battlegrounds This Year

A new series of Fox News polls shows five key U.S. Senate races all within the margin of error:

• Arizona: Kyrsten Sinema (D) 47%, Martha McSally (R) 44%
• Indiana: Mike Braun (R) 45%, Joe Donnelly (D) 43%
• Missouri: Claire McCaskill (D) 44%, Josh Hawley (R) 41%
• North Dakota: Kevin Cramer (R) 48%, Heidi Heitkamp (D) 44%
• Tennessee: Marsha Blackburn (R) 47%, Phil Bredesen (D) 44%

First Read: “Given those five polls above, here’s a story that hasn’t gotten enough attention — the states that aren’t Senate battlegrounds this year.”

“Polling shows that Democratic Sen. Bob Casey isn’t getting much of a race in Pennsylvania. Ditto Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio. And throw in Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow in Michigan. That these three states aren’t battleground — after the results in 2016 — is quite a story. And that has enabled Democrats to spend their resources in less expensive Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota.”