Trump, GOP senators ‘rowing in the same direction’ despite some differences
With the 2026 midterm election cycle just around the corner, House and Senate Republicans have been eager to avoid offending those very voters.
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With the 2026 midterm election cycle just around the corner, House and Senate Republicans have been eager to avoid offending those very voters.
Now, months after a bruising election that saw Donald Trump and Republicans swept back into power, Democrats are seeking to revive that playbook ahead of the 2026 midterms, accusing Republicans of targeting
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, left, gets a high-five from Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., as they wheel past each other at the Senate subway elevator in the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Gonzales moved Minnesota to itslist of Battleground Senate states for 2026. Democrats facea difficult Senate map for 2026.
Democrats already face a difficult Senate map for 2026.
She is the first former Biden Cabinet secretary to formally announce a 2026 campaign, but at least two others are considering bids.
But the open seats they’d leave behind could have an impact on which party controls Congress after the 2026 midterm elections. The path from Washington back home is well traveled.
As DNI, she would be involved in any effort to renew Section 702 when it comes due for reauthorization in 2026. Sen.
Jon Ossoff, perhaps the most vulnerable Democratic senator facing reelection in 2026, voted to support two of Trump’s nominees, although he didn’t vote on four nominees whom some other swing-state Democrats
Prior to winning a 12th term last fall, the Tucson-area congressman announced that he would not run for reelection in 2026.
Kennedy Jr. to be Health and Human Services secretary, but regardless of that, he faces a contentious Republican primary in 2026, with the Bayou State moving to a new, partisan system.
Kennedy Jr. faces a clear path forward to a full Senate confirmation thanks in large part to a key yes vote from a GOP physician-senator facing a 2026 primary challenge.
As Democrats begin their march toward the 2026 elections under an incessant barrage of executive orders from the White House and criticism from their own base, the party is still trying to coalesce around
Senators facing the most competitive reelection fights on the initial 2026 battleground map are mostly beginning the cycle with modest war chests that are likely to grow as they transition into campaign
Because we’ve got a tough … mid-presidential year election coming up in 2026, and we cannot lose the House or the Senate, because then the president will be dead in the water."
including most members of Congress, have refrained from publicly weighing in on a contest that could set the party’s course as it navigates the Trump era and shapes its messaging in the run-up to the 2026
Haley Stevens, the new chair of the New Democrat Coalition Action Fund, sees her group of center-left Democrats as key to winning control of the House in 2026.Â
That will allow the minority party to influence key legislative votes, and keep control of the House within reach in the 2026 midterm elections.Â
Jeanne Shaheen The new top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, Shaheen up for a fourth term in 2026, although she hasn’t announced whether she plans to run again.
Political observers say he has less than two years to accomplish most of his campaign promises, with congressional midterm elections — that traditionally have favored the party out of power — due in November 2026