welcome back Republicans are closer to flipping a senate seat in deep blue Maryland Cheryl K with the details now Cheryl that is right Maria good morning so this new poll finds that GOP Senate hopeful Larry Hogan is in a dead heat with his Democratic rival in deep blue Maryland an upset in that state could ship the balance of power in the Senate Hogan tying Prince George's County Executive Angela also Brooks with each candidate of 46% that is according to a new AARP poll 8% of those voters UND decided in the presidential race by the way Vice president Harris is polling ahead of former president Trump 59% to 29% in that state so this Senate race uh is really in the books here staying with the presidential race by the way in Pennsylvania Republicans are registering more new voters than Democrats in the hotly contested swing state the new momentum in the month of July in the wake of the assassination attempt on the former president the critical swing state is where every vote is going to count Republicans adding 19,1 127 new voter registrations to their ranks