Democrats eye 2026 as best chance to finally unseat Rep.
"If ever there was a time, it could be 2026,’’ said Jodi Balma, a political scientist at Fullerton College.
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House passes voter registration bill that would require proof of citizenship
"The general election [is] in 2026, we have special elections going on right now," responded House Administration ranking member Joseph D. Morelle, D-N.Y. "And by the way, this isn’t about voting.
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— By Roll Call’s Ryan Kelly Coming up Both the House and Senate have a two-week recess on tap, which could give members weighing their 2026 plans a chance to consider whether to run again or
Outside groups call on Congress to buck the trend and invest in itself
In the last week, it has heard fiscal 2026 funding requests from the Capitol Police, the Architect of the Capitol, the Library of Congress and several other entities.
California rising up against Trump again, with different approach
She’s done her share of town halls and may head to swingy Republican districts with an eye on the 2026 midterms.
Budget plan with dueling tax, spending targets OK’d in Senate
Collins is up for reelection in 2026 in a Democratic-leaning state. No Democrats voted for it.
Democrats criticize Trump’s firing of National Security Agency director
Haugh was slated to testify before the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee in open and closed session next Wednesday regarding Cyber Command’s forthcoming fiscal 2026 budget request.
‘No pain’: Trump team doubles down on tariffs as global markets plummet
"I’m not focused on the midterm elections in 2026, much less the presidential election in 2028," he told Fox News when asked about his presidential ambitions.
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that, along with Democratic overperformances Tuesday in two special House elections in Florida, has Democrats upbeat about their chances both in the 2025 off-year gubernatorial elections as well as the 2026
Trump pulls Stefanik nomination to be UN ambassador
And House Majority PAC, the leading Democratic super PAC dedicated to winning the House, saw implications for the 2026 midterms following Thursday’s move.
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gate We’ve seen this movie before: Sometimes it takes more than one cycle to win a seat in Congress, and strategists in both parties are looking to candidates who performed well in 2024 to run again in 2026
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At the Races: House by the numbers
Vance said his focus will be to “fully enact the MAGA mandate and President Trump’s vision” and help build the necessary war chest to “keep and grow our Republican majorities in 2026.”
Trump signs stopgap spending measure, averting shutdown
Closing the books Clearing the yearlong stopgap measure Friday, Thune said on the floor earlier in the day, would allow Congress to close the books on last year’s business and move on to fiscal 2026 spending
Pentagon to unveil cuts alongside fiscal 2026 budget request
Pentagon leaders plan to roll out their recommended cuts to military spending alongside their budget request for fiscal 2026, the Defense Department indicated in a newly released letter to Congress.
As Democrats face leadership vacuum, Republicans look for new boogeymen
Musk is likely an appealing target for Democrats in the early days of the 2026 cycle because he is less popular than the president.
States want to move funds pulled from green projects to hard infrastructure
That bill, which expires in 2026, began as a typical surface transportation reauthorization bill but was greatly expanded by $550 billion in new spending.
Vance pitches separate cuts package as House GOP preps CR vote
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said the rescissions package would likely be separate from fiscal 2026 appropriations, which will also feature spending cuts.
Some GOP senators wait it out on tariffs after Trump warns of ‘little disturbance’
Senate Republicans are entering the 2026 midterm election cycle defending 22 of their 53 seats. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Some Republicans question approach to immigration case backlog
Although the Trump administration has not yet made its budget proposal to Congress for fiscal 2026, it appears to be taking a different approach during Trump’s second term with the aggressive reduction
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random and not because it’s located in a perennially competitive House district held by Democrat Jared Golden in a state with a battleground Senate race featuring Appropriations Chair Susan Collins in 2026