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The University of Virginia Center for Politics rates the general election in his district as a toss-up.—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 11 June 2026 Some answers, though, fell on the edge of this somewhat murky threshold—thus the slight toss-up in final scores.—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 10 June 2026 The Cook Political Report, which tracks elections, rates the race a toss-up.—Paul Boger, NPR, 10 June 2026 Both Bennett and Bohannah come from districts labeled a toss-up by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for toss-up