From CBS News · · 1m 10s
Face the Nation heads into midterm season
CBS lines up polling data, a Michigan Senate hopeful and a Utah governor with the midterms under two months out.
In brief
CBS lines up polling data, a Michigan Senate hopeful and a Utah governor with the midterms under two months out. The midterm campaign is entering its final stretch, and the Battleground Tracker is the number to watch. Originally reported by CBS News.
A Sunday show sets up
CBS opens the Sept. 13, 2026 edition of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" with the fall political season already underway.
Under two months to go
The midterm elections are less than eight weeks out, which puts every poll and every candidate interview on a tight clock.
“with the midterm elections less than two months away”
The numbers guy returns
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys, is back on the broadcast.
Battleground Tracker is back
Salvanto brings the Battleground Tracker, the CBS survey that measures which contests are actually in play.
A Michigan Senate candidate
Abdul El-Sayed, running for Senate in Michigan, joins the program in one of the cycle's watched races.
A Republican governor too
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox also appears, pairing a statewide Republican voice with the Michigan challenger.
The short version
The midterm campaign is entering its final stretch, and the Battleground Tracker is the number to watch.
