From the Right · Watch · October 30, 2026
Oct 29 ยท With five days to go, Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson make their closing cases in Maine's Senate race, the only Republican-held seat up this year in a state Trump lost in 2024
The Megyn Kelly Show: Which underdog GOP senate candidate has the BEST chance to win on Tuesday - Susan Collins, Mike Rogers, or Ken Paxton? @MegynKelly and @StuDoesAmerica make their picks.
Grade D (64/100). Kelly and Stu Burguiere rank the Republican underdogs by prediction-market odds and review new CNN polls in Maine, Michigan and Texas
D: Uses loaded words and mixes in the reporter's opinion.
- Uses loaded words (minus 12 points): [6:33] 'the cousin shtupper, Troy Jackson' (host's own wording)
- Adds the reporter's own opinion or claims as fact (minus 24 points): [8:41] 'having another terrible senator is really bad' (guest's own verdict on a candidate)
Splits: Kelly and Stu Burguiere rank the Republican underdogs by prediction-market odds and review new CNN polls in Maine, Michigan and Texas
Same story: Brian Tyler Cohen, NewsNation
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