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At the Races: Never-ending redistricting
Redistricting has already thrown a long shadow over the 2026 midterm elections, and we’re not done yet.
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Redistricting has already thrown a long shadow over the 2026 midterm elections, and we’re not done yet.
The news is especially bleak for younger Americans: For new college graduates, this is the worst job market in years, The New York Times reported this week.
↵↵Unmasking Johnny MAGA: A right-wing account with 280,000 followers on X posts dozens of times per day, lavishing praise on Trump and attacking his political enemies.
Virginia Democrats, meanwhile, are eyeing further tweaks to the map, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported, and candidates continue to announce plans, with Democratic Del.
↵↵Still in Pennsylvania: The New York Times explores the "strained, and often strange, relationship" between the two most powerful Democrats in the commonwealth: Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen.
↵↵Getting big in Texas: The New York Times takes a look at two big developments in the state's high-profile Senate race: the multimillion-dollar effort to help get Sen.
↵↵Trump was interrupted several times by hecklers Tuesday, and he credited law enforcement for quickly removing them from the hall.
↵↵Retrospective on monstrous wildfires↵↵Be prepared for California's largest story from 2025 to carry over into 2026.
↵↵At the Races is back for 2026, with the midterm election year upon us.
↵↵The busy race to succeed Newsom remains wide open, with polls showing no candidate breaking out some seven months before the 2026 primary.
↵↵Hoosier-state legislators had been set to meet Dec. 1 to consider a new congressional map that could target one or both of the state's Democratic House members – Reps. Frank J.
Romans told The New York Times that he's running as an "independent Democrat" in the ruby-red state. He joins four Democrats in the primary, including Amy McGrath, who lost to Sen.
↵↵If Trump has a legislative strategy for the 12-month run to the 2026 midterm elections, he and his team have done a bang-up job camouflaging it.
Kennedy III by anywhere from a little (between 1 and 6 points) to a lot (14 and 17 points). But about a month before the election, Markey’s standing started to improve.
Declining fortunes The rush of younger Democrats willing to take on party elders this early in the 2026 election cycle is rooted in last year’s steep losses following octogenarian President Joe Biden’s
They were four times higher than they were just a short time ago. That was caused by Biden and stupid policies, and we got that down.
At other times he leaned on top lieutenants such as Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
Gluesenkamp Pérez jumped onto the political scene in 2022, when she won the district by fewer than 3,000 votes — less than 1 percentage point — in an upset against Trump-backed Republican Joe Kent.
“With this week’s executive order from the Trump administration, I firmly believe the president is laying the groundwork to cancel elections in 2026,” the Democrat said in a statement.
Gonzales of Inside Elections looks at two recent developments that could have implications for the 2026 midterms.