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At the Races: A summer of decisions
Nathan’s notes Roll Call elections analyst Nathan Gonzales breaks down the initial 2026 Senate ratings by Inside Elections.
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Nathan’s notes Roll Call elections analyst Nathan Gonzales breaks down the initial 2026 Senate ratings by Inside Elections.
Beto O’Rourke, a past Senate candidate who may run again in 2026, said of Newsom during an event hosted by the Center for American Progress on Tuesday.
The battle for the House is shaping up to be the centerpiece of the 2026 midterms.
Ritchie Torres says he’s unlikely to run for governor of New York in 2026. The Bronx Democrat had been weighing a primary challenge to Democratic Gov.
Trump’s political team recently launched Kentucky MAGA, a super PAC with the aim of defeating Massie in the 2026 Republican primary.
state Senate seat, an abundance of experienced candidates and a remark by a Republican incumbent that drew widespread scorn: Those are some of the factors fueling optimism among Iowa Democrats about the 2026
Moderates in the Senate such as Maine’s Susan Collins, who is on the ballot in 2026, and even some red-state conservatives such as Missouri’s Josh Hawley have raised alarms over the measure’s proposed
Still, Musk was unlikely to have remained the center of attention in the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections.
Jared Golden, who represents a Maine district carried three times by President Donald Trump, has decided to run for reelection, likely setting up a 2026 matchup with Republican former Gov.
Starting gate Off-year redistricting: Wisconsin joins the list of states that could see new congressional maps ahead of the 2026 elections, after a pair of lawsuits were filed last week challenging
And it’s not just health care that could shape the 2026 midterms. GOP Reps.
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.
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.
— 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
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
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
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.”
Speaker likes the midterm map: At a Punchbowl News event this week, Speaker Mike Johnson expressed optimism about defying trends and expanding the House GOP majority in 2026.
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
About that House resolution: Several House Republicans, including at least three who are expected to face tough races in 2026, signed on to a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson pushing back on spending