Candidates traded personal attacks, sparred over affordability, the economy and abortion win three closely watched US Senate debates on Thursday

A Big Data Poll similarly shows Ossoff leading Collins, with 51 percent to 40.1 percent among registered voters and 52.2 percent to 41.0 percent among likely voters. The poll surveyed 712 registered voters and 678 likely voters in the Peach State from September 21 through September 23. The margin of error was 4 percent.

Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.

Live updates and the latest news as Senate candidates in Michigan, Georgia and Maine face off in debates and Trump attends a scientific innovation summit today at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Iowa has shifted sharply to the right since the Obama years. Could the Midwestern state shift back toward the left?

Republican Mike Collins and Democrat Jon Ossoff met in the first of two debates before the Nov. 3 election for U.S. Senate.

Each debate will be held in a TV studio without a live audience. Candidates in three high-profile races that will help decide which party controls the Senate are scheduled to debate on Thursday night in battleground states.