Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers received a boost in the hotly contested Michigan Senate race, narrowing the gap in a race where multiple polls had shown him trailing, according to a new survey from a firm RealClearPolitics calls the "most accurate pollster."

Things aren’t looking good for notorious Republican Party hardliner-in-a-hardline-state Ted Cruz’s re-election hopes.The Cook Political Report has just updated its assessment of the Texas Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican” amid what appear to be significant signs of momentum behind Democrat Colin Allred’s campaign.

The Democratic congressman is polling closer to Sen. Ted Cruz in his challenge this year, and independent race rankers are noticing.