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At the Races: Another health care election?
↵↵Both parties have been talking about affordability, as the cost of living, for now, looks poised to become the top campaign issue for 2026.
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↵↵Both parties have been talking about affordability, as the cost of living, for now, looks poised to become the top campaign issue for 2026.
↵↵State legislators in California, North Carolina and Texas have redrawn their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, and the Republican-led legislature in Florida could do so early next year.
Democratic state legislators have also taken steps toward drawing a new congressional map for the 2026 elections, mirroring mid-decade redistricting efforts in states across the country.Â
↵↵Soon he was on to the 2026 midterm campaign, then his push to revive the U.S. coal industry. He briefly weaved back to the event's ostensible topic.
Jon Ossoff in the 2026 midterms. Trump narrowly carried the state last fall, and Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the race a Toss-Up.
gate↵↵Tennessee special: While they came up short in Tuesday's special election in Tennessee, Democrats argued that Van Epps' relatively modest victory margin in a deep-red district is a sign that the 2026
So it's difficult to see that scenario replaying itself in 2026.Â
↵↵As filing deadlines for the 2026 elections approach in more and more states, it's not just current members who could be deterred but would-be candidates eyeing their first bids for office as well.
But his relatively modest margin of victory Tuesday will likely fuel Democratic optimism heading into the 2026 midterms.↵↵Van Epps was leading Democratic state Rep.
Republican Matt Van Epps and Democrat Aftyn Behn face off in Tuesday's special election for Tennessee's 7th District.
↵↵The White House had been pushing for Indiana to join other GOP-controlled states in redrawing their House district lines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in an effort to help Republicans pick up additional
But after this month's off-year election results that saw Democrats win big, the 2020 results might be a better indicator of what might happen in 2026, Roll Call elections analyst Nathan L.
↵↵But Osborn is counting on the experience gleaned during his first run, along with the national dynamics shaping the 2026 midterms, to provide him with a boost.Â
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
The top four leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations committees plan to huddle Thursday to make headway on the next package of fiscal 2026 spending bills, sources familiar with the meeting said
Jayapal said the idea that members are lining their pockets while in office is only reinforced by provisions like the one senators slipped into the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill earlier
↵↵The package buys Congress 11 more weeks to ramp up funding negotiations to complete work on fiscal 2026 spending bills.
ANALYSIS — Halfway through the 2026 midterm cycle, the fight for the House is remarkably stable, and that's good news for Democrats' chances of winning the majority.
↵↵A provision in the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill, which is part of the package, would allow senators to sue for at least $500,000 each when federal investigators search their phone records
Under the deal, the legislation would combine three full-year spending bills for fiscal 2026 with a continuing resolution to fund the rest of the government through Jan. 30.