Why Democrats and Republicans have hope in the Midwest

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  Today on the pod, we head to the Midwest, where Republicans are facing

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  competitive races in places they thought they didn't have to worry about just a couple months ago.

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  On the other side of the coin, though, polls show a tight Senate race in a state Democrats haven't lost in decades.

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  Let's get into it.

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  It's the NPR Politics Podcast.

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  I'm Miles Parks.

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  I cover voting.

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  I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

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  And longtime friend of the pod, Clay Masters from Minnesota Public Radio is here with us from St. Paul.

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  Hi, Clay.

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  Always a pleasure.

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  Always a pleasure to have you, especially at a time when the Midwest is hot politically right now.

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  I'm really excited to get into this.

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  Clay, let's just start with your home state of Minnesota,

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  which is showing, according to polls, a pretty tight race for the open Senate seat there.

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  I'm wondering if I'm correct to be a little bit surprised by that, considering...

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