Affordability Tops Voter Worries in Seven Senate Battlegrounds

"Republicans should be concerned about the cost of living," Katelyn Bledsoe, vice president of external affairs for Americans for Prosperity, told the New York Post. "We're seeing this over and over again."

"Groceries are too expensive, gas too expensive. Health care is too expensive," Bledsoe said. "But don't get me wrong, Republicans did make some strides this Congress. But more needs to be done right now."

The report did find one silver lining for Republicans: voters expressed concerns about the Democratic Socialists of America, and often believe government itself is a driving force behind the affordability problem.

In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has gone on offense against Collins over a House Ethics Committee investigation. "I am demanding that Congressman Mike Collins fully cooperate with this investigation into his illegal misuse of tax dollars, that he commit to testifying, and that he explain to the public and to the press why he has been stonewalling, obstructing, and refusing to cooperate with this investigation," Ossoff said.

Collins denies the allegations. His spokesman, Meyer Siegfried, called the ethics complaint "bogus" and politically motivated and accused Ossoff of focusing on liberal donors instead of Georgia voters. The Collins campaign says the congressman has fully cooperated and expects to be cleared.