U.S. News 2024 Presidential Ratings

As of November 4, 2024

The final 2024 presidential election ratings from Louis Jacobson for U.S. News. Jacobson is the chief correspondent with PolitiFact and senior author of the Almanac of American Politics 2024.

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November 4: Iowa, Kansas, and Ohio Safe to Likely Republican. Read the analysis >

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Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters Won't Seek Reelection in 2026

January 28, 2025

He is completing his second term. He chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the past two cycles