Cook Report: Florida, Washington races move further in GOP favor

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted its ratings for the Senate races in Florida and Washington in favor of the Republican Party on Tuesday, with only three weeks left until Election Day.

The report moved the Florida Senate race from “lean Republican” to “likely Republican” and the Washington Senate race from “solid Democratic” to “likely Democratic” as Republicans’ midterm outlook improved in recent weeks.

In Florida, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has continued to lead his opponent Democratic Rep. Val Demings by mid-single digits in the polls, and Demings has not seen the movement she “needs to pull off an upset in a state like Florida,” according to The Cook Political Report.