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typically a good measure of a House seat's partisan performance, this month's off-year election results showed that the 2020 presidential race might be a better baseline to evaluate what might happen in 2026
send the White House and Congress a blunt message: ↵↵"We are unhappy with the state of the economy, and we expected more progress by now" — that is a message that could have serious implications for 2026
↵↵The busy race to succeed Newsom remains wide open, with polls showing no candidate breaking out some seven months before the 2026 primary.
↵↵That measure could be a chance for centrist lawmakers to flex their deal-making muscles on an issue that Democrats have signaled they will try to make central to their affordability agenda in 2026.Â
↵↵Kiggans, who defeated Democrat Missy Cotter Smasal by 4 points last year, is a top target for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. Inside Elections with Nathan L.
↵↵A year out from Election Day, Georgia's Jon Ossoff, a Democrat seeking his second term, and Maine's Susan Collins, a Republican seeking her sixth, top our list of the most vulnerable senators of 2026
↵↵Based on exit polls as of Wednesday afternoon, here are five factors that were in play that Republicans need to understand going into the 2026 midterms. 1) Independents↵↵Republicans' loss of independents
"I do actually wonder if Trump will be even more of a drag in 2026 —the reason is that perceptions of the economy were better eight years ago than they are now."
Already this year, several GOP-led states have redrawn their congressional maps at President Donald Trump’s urging to help House Republicans pick up seats in 2026 and maintain their narrow majority.
in North Carolina is part of a nationwide redistricting push this cycle by President Donald Trump and his allies, who are seeking to bolster Republicans’ chances of maintaining their House majority in 2026
Texas Sen. John Cornyn is seeking a fifth term in 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
What’s New: Peters was one of the first members of the 119th Congress to announce his retirement, declaring in late January that he would not run for a third term in 2026.
But the reality is that it’s October 2025, not October 2026, and it’s very possible this will all be ancient history by the midterm elections.
A progressive PAC dedicated to strengthening Latino political power is endorsing four Democrats who are seeking to flip battleground House districts in 2026.
Seth Moulton, an Iraq War veteran who came to Congress after defeating a nine-term incumbent in a primary, is challenging another fellow Democrat in 2026: Sen. Edward J. Markey.
And they point to a push for middecade redistricting in some states that are "not hypotheticals," such as Texas, which approved a new map that targets several Democrat-held seats for the 2026 midterm elections
Mikie Sherrill and Republican former state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, and trading New Jersey for Virginia wouldn’t build momentum for Democrats heading into the 2026 midterm elections.
KFF has since updated that analysis, finding that the average increase would be 114 percent in 2026.
The four-figure buy is rolling out in all 35 districts that the DCCC is targeting in 2026.
Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told The Washington Post last week that "it’s become obvious that the great Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton can’t run in 2026 and everybody should give her some space to figure out