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The Cook Political Report once again positions the 8th District race as a toss-up in 2026 — one of only 18 races nationwide with such a ranking — while the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia includes the race among 19 with toss-up status in its rankings.
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John Aguilar, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the race as a toss-up.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
The Gators are slight favorites going into this game, but this is a toss-up.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The contest is seemingly a toss-up between the upper tier of candidates and the rest of the pack’s ability to play spoiler by siphoning off votes in what is already a low-turnout district.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
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John Aguilar, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the race as a toss-up.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
The Gators are slight favorites going into this game, but this is a toss-up.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The contest is seemingly a toss-up between the upper tier of candidates and the rest of the pack’s ability to play spoiler by siphoning off votes in what is already a low-turnout district.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toss-up
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Four batters into the ninth, however, the Dodgers had tilted the seesaw again.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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This seesaw approach destabilizes not just U.S.-China relations but the entire global trading system.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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For decades, the idea of big-league baseball in Orlando felt like nothing more than a mirage; especially in the shadow of the Tampa Bay Rays and the persistent deadlock surrounding a permanent stadium deal in the Bay area.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 May 2025
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But the cluster model offers a way to break persistent deadlocks on other, more controversial areas of policy, such as defense or climate action, by allowing groups of like-minded European states to cooperate more deeply without the constraint of needing EU-wide unanimity.—
Sophia Besch,
Foreign Affairs,
5 May 2025
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“Toss-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toss-up. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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