Mark Halperin breaks down the biggest midterm races and what the prediction markets are thinking about Election Day.

Top political minds - Doug Sosnik and Liam Donovan debate where the best value trades are… and where the markets are getting it wrong. From Alaska and Kansas’ quickly shifting Senate races… to the possibility of a Blue tsunami swamping the South or Midwest.

RotoWire Senior Prediction Market Analyst Bill Speros joins to explain where traders can find the best plays - diving into the highly contested Texas and Michigan Senate races.

The Next Up team also gives their key races to watch. Will South Carolina turn Blue? And what is actually happening on the ground in Maine?

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Mark Halperin’s reported monologue breaks down the final 2026 midterm polls, explaining why some are producing wildly different outcomes in the same races.

David Burrell of Wick reveals new insight on how Republicans are getting left out of some surveys, while Democrats are getting oversampled… and how it's creating some misleading results.

Aaron Parnas breaks down how young voters could be abandoning Republicans, and exactly how affordability is playing as an issue.

The Republican candidate for governor in California, Steve Hilton, comes back to tell us his hopes for the Golden State, win or lose.

And John Ellis explains how media coverage of 2026 races have changed… and the shocking realignment that has completely changed political fundraising.

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Mark Halperin’s reported monologue breaks down the latest intel from his sources on which party has the upper hand headed into Election Day. Mark explains why many Republican campaigns are more confident than they were just a month ago, but with both sides still seeing a Blue tsunami as a live possibility. Republican Strategist Ronna McDaniel joins from Michigan to dissect that state’s critical Senate race - discussing the tactics Abdul El-Sayed uses to deflect hard questions and the truth about the appeal of his public persona. White House Reporter Shelby Talcott shares the latest from Team Trump, giving an inside look at the president’s final midterm push and what the West Wing is really like without Karoline Leavitt. And Larry O’Connor and Kevin Walling hand out their midterm awards - the best and worst run campaigns, the real MVPs, and what it means for 2028.

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“Next Up Predictions” premieres with a special deep dive into the prediction markets - the trades seeing the most action, the headlines driving the numbers, and insider conversations.

Brian Quintenz - Kalshi board member and former CTFC commissioner - breaks down how national and state policies are shifting the future of the industry and some unique ways traders are using prediction markets.

Agnese Rozite, founder of 51 Alpha, explains why investors are becoming prediction traders, and how they’re using it to hedge their own moves.

Finally - the Next Up team breaks down the biggest games this weekend - from the South Carolina Gamecocks to the World Series - and who could be named the Time Person of the Year.

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Mark Halperin’s reported monologue breaks the code on the two questions everyone is asking: are election polls flawed and, if they are, why? Wick Insights CEO David Burrell unveils compelling new research that explains the truth behind the massive polling flaw that is undermining much of the industry.

New York Post Financial Correspondent Lydia Moynihan joins to report new possibilities of Trump investment accounts coming to everyone under 40 years old in the coming months. She also details alleged censorship of conservatives on TikTok.

Former Democratic strategist Evan Barker diagnoses the Left’s chances as Election Day nears… explaining how the socialist wing of the party is fighting for power.

Finally, former Commerce Secretary and Kellogg’s CEO Carlos Gutierrez talks about his new book, “Sheer Will”, telling the story of his family fleeing Communist Cuba, rising the ranks of Kellogg’s without a college degree, and joining the Bush Administration. He also grades the Trump economy and reveals why Americans are lucky to be living during the beginning of the AI era.

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Mark’s reported monologue goes inside his exclusive trip on Air Force Two with Vice President JD Vance to North Carolina. Mark recounts what they talked about - from a possible endorsement of Bibi Netanyahu and Republicans’ midterm hopes… to his possible 2028 ambitions. Mark reveals what he took away from Vance’s unguarded remarks on a possible Trump presidential endorsement of his VP.

Daily Wire’s Cabot Phillips joins to diagnose the latest from the campaign trail and explain why corruption allegations rocking the Republican Party could cost them the House and Senate.

The Maine Wire’s Steve Robinson then gives an update from Senator Susan Collins race against Troy Jackson and details a possible return by Graham Platner. He also reports new findings on shocking alleged fraud inside the state including possible theft from the aftermath of the Lewiston mass shooting.

And former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses his new book “America’s Golden Age - Trumpism and an Era of Limitless Possibilities”, arguing that the country’s best years are coming soon.

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Mark Halperin speaks to The Wall Street Journal Contributor Julie Wernau about Florida’s disappearing orange groves - once one of the state’s defining industries. Wernau explains how orange trees have been decimated over the last few decades, the lack of local government support, and the new genetic technologies that are giving Florida growers hope before it's too late.

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Mark Halperin’s reported monologue unveils his new “8 for ’28” rankings of potential Democratic presidential nominees - the final list before the midterm elections. Mark reveals major changes… including a Democratic powerhouse dropping off the leaderboard and the person he thinks is the most undervalued ’28 stock.
Then Katie Pavlich breaks down Jon Ossoff’s true presidential ambitions, explains why President Trump’s second term seems so different than his first, and the chief known problem of the new White House press secretary.
And Drew Holden exposes a biased and factually incorrect ABC News piece on Donald Trump Jr.’s business dealings and what lessons there are for the media.

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