--- title: 2014 Midterm Election: Senate Advantage for Republicans, Polls Find description: Troubling sign for Democrats weeks before Election Day canonical: https://time.com/3303098/2014-midterm-elections-senate-races-polls/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-08T12:27:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:03:13.822Z article:section: Politics og:title: 2014 Midterm Election: Senate Advantage for Republicans, Polls Find og:description: Troubling sign for Democrats weeks before Election Day og:url: https://time.com/3303098/2014-midterm-elections-senate-races-polls/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc166f15a8c9f670f/6986a254e8524b0155604955/mitch-mcconnell-gop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and GOP lawmakers, from left, Sen. 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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and GOP lawmakers, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, face reporters after a Republican caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington on June 10, 2014. J. Scott Applewhite—AP by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Sep 8, 2014 12:27 PM UTC Republicans have an advantage over Democrats in key Senate races across the country, according to new polling data, giving the GOP the edge to regain control of the upper chamber with just weeks left until the midterm elections. Two separate polls—an [NBC/Marist](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/nbc-poll-gop-senate-candidates-open-leads-key-states-n196956) survey of races in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Colorado, and [CBS/New York Times/YouGov](http://today.yougov.com/news/2014/09/07/senate-races-battleground-tracker/) polls of each competitive race, show that Republicans could take control of the Senate after November. The [YouGov](http://today.yougov.com/news/2014/09/07/senate-races-battleground-tracker/) polls find Republicans with slight leads in at least eight states currently held by Democrats, and they only need six to take back the Senate. The seats Republicans are most likely to pick up are those President Barack Obama lost in 2012. The [NBC/Marist ](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/nbc-poll-gop-senate-candidates-open-leads-key-states-n196956)poll has Republicans in Kentucky and Arkansas leading by thin margins in highly-contested races. The NBC poll has Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell overtaking Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes 47% to 39%. In Arkansas, incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor trails Republican Rep. 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