Alaska: The Sleeper Race That Could Decide Control of the Senate

Name confusion and the Last Frontier’s ranked-choice system may spell trouble for Republicans

Silver's forecast suggests the Texas Senate race is the most likely to be the tipping point that decides control of the Senate.

FiveThirtyEight is coming back from the dead — sort of. Just ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Crooked Media inked a deal to acquire and revive the “FiveThirtyEight Politics” podcast hosted by Nate Silver, Clare Malone and Galen Druke. And under Crooked Media’s wing, the show is getting a new name: “Still Counting,”