{"id":21383,"date":"2026-10-30T18:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/news\/2026\/10\/30\/2026-midterms-u-s-senate-races-remain-tight-fox-7-austin\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T18:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:19:55","slug":"2026-midterms-u-s-senate-races-remain-tight-fox-7-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/news\/2026\/10\/30\/2026-midterms-u-s-senate-races-remain-tight-fox-7-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Midterms: U.S. Senate races remain tight | FOX 7 Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title = \"2026 Midterms: U.S. Senate races remain tight | FOX 7 Austin\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_cNq_0F8ptE?modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<br \/>A number of polls are showing gains for Democrats in several races ahead of Election Day but Republicans are hoping for some &#8230;<br \/>\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of polls are showing gains for Democrats in several races ahead of Election Day but Republicans are hoping for some &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":21384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,2,3],"class_list":["post-21383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fox-news","tag-fox-us-news","tag-fox-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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