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This cycle, Republicans are at risk of losing their hold on Congress if Trump’s job approval rating doesn’t rebound, but the overall natural partisanship of states with Senate races on the 2026 ballot
Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois announced Wednesday morning that he is running for Senate in 2026. The seat is opening up with the planned retirement of Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.
Our initial list of the Senate’s most vulnerable incumbents for the 2026 cycle is shorter than usual after three Democratic incumbents from competitive states announced that they wouldn’t seek reelection
Jared Golden, who represents Maine’s largely rural 2nd District, has not announced his 2026 plans yet but has been touted as a potential candidate for either governor or Senate.
The three Republicans are among the party’s most vulnerable in 2026; Bacon’s and Van Orden’s races are rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L.
Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, announced in April that he wouldn’t seek a sixth term in 2026.Â
President Donald Trump is proposing a significant boost in funding for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal 2026 as part of his tough-on-immigration approach.
Advocates for repealing the current law quickly restarted the effort to get it on the ballot again in 2026. Maine is the other state that uses ranked-choice voting in federal elections.
Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens is among several female Senate candidates facing other women in Democratic primaries.
Kirsten Gillibrand, who leads Senate Democrats’ campaign arm for the 2026 cycle, contended in a Tuesday fundraising email that the president’s first 100 days back in office showed "we literally can’t afford
With 2026 midterm elections still 18 months away, at least four ex-aides have already launched congressional campaigns. In California, Rep.
We can’t fact-check such speculation, but the government’s nonpartisan EIA projects the national price of regular gasoline will continue to average about $3.10 per gallon for 2025 and 2026.
That negative news imbalance has seen Republicans’ and Trump’s advantage on economic issue handling begin to slip just as Washington turns to the 2026 election.
"If ever there was a time, it could be 2026,’’ said Jodi Balma, a political scientist at Fullerton College.Â
The Michigan governor’s mansion will also be up for grabs in 2026, with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer being term-limited.
House Democrats, however, have the seat on their initial list of 2026 targets, calling it a district "in play." Democratic Rep.
Gonzales rated the race a Toss-up last year; it is rated Tilts Democratic for the 2026 midterms.)Â
Markey (78) and Rhode Island’s Jack Reed (75) have announced they’ll seek reelection in 2026. New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen (78) bowed out recently and could be joined in retirement by Richard J.
And in doing so, Democrats hope, they’ll send a warning about the 2026 midterm elections long before any of those Republicans even has an opponent.
And it comes after the progressive group Justice Democrats said it would look to back primary challengers in deep-blue districts in the 2026 cycle.Â