In a Daily Mail column published September 28, 2026, Mark Halperin reported that Republican private polling shows the midterms looking like Trump's worst nightmare, with South Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas newly in play. Halperin says 45 strategists have contacted him, about half saying he understated the problem, and projects Democratic gains of at least 25 House and six Senate seats. Cook Political Report moved the Kansas Senate race from likely Republican to lean Republican, and Iowa House Republicans' own pollsters put a plus-15 district within the margin of error and a plus-10 district underwater. A University of Texas poll has Tallarico plus three, Hinojosa plus one, Rosenthal plus one and lieutenant governor plus three. Trump has transferred campaign money to…