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6 key questions about the 2026 midterm elections
Both parties are preparing for a hard-fought midterm election year that, if the start of 2026 is any indication, will contain some surprises.
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Both parties are preparing for a hard-fought midterm election year that, if the start of 2026 is any indication, will contain some surprises.
McClain Delaney defeated Republican former state legislator Neil Parrott last year by 6 points.
Bill Huizenga hasn't officially announced whether he'll run again, but southwest Michigan's 4th District, which Trump carried by 6 points in 2024 and 4 points in 2020, is the type of seat that is likely
↵↵Gallup's presidential approval tracker has him at 36 percent, just 2 points above his all-time low (34 percent after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot near the end of his first term).
He also filed a lawsuit against Trump over the president's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol.
↵↵While Trump pulled within 6 points of Kamala Harris in New Jersey in 2024, Republican Jack Ciattarelli lost to Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill by 14 points in this year's race for governor.
She served on the Armed Services, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs committees, as well as the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.
That seat is wide open, and Democrats have a real shot to flip it," Nellis wrote in a Nov. 6 Substack post.
↵↵The BLS data shows egg prices have dropped, but the opposite was true for meats, poultry and fish — prices of which, when grouped together, rose 6 percent from September 2024 through last month.
↵↵And when pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, some were chanting her name. Pelosi was in a secure location as rioters raided her office suite.
He invoked something he’s said previously while referencing the events of Jan. 6, 2021. “For some people, it’s a time for victory, to state the obvious.
Elissa Slotkin in Michigan’s 7th District, of misleading Black voters by running an ad that misstates Nov. 6 as Election Day in a Black-owned newspaper.
Special Security Event, effectively putting the Secret Service in charge of security preparations for certifying the presidential election, in response to the insurrection attempt that took place on Jan. 6,
Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a day more commonly invoked by Democrats on the campaign trail.
Cori Bush in the hotly contested Missouri 1st District Democratic primary on Aug. 6, calling her “a strong fighter for the working class.”
It recounts the Democratic Senate candidate’s visit with the family of Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who died after battling pro-Trump rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.
The Aug. 6 primary pits the two progressive Democrats against each other, with the war in Gaza as a major dividing point.
Bob Casey led Republican David McCormick by 6 points, 52 percent to 46 percent. Those numbers include registered voters who are undecided but leaning toward one candidate.
Shri Thanedar in the Aug. 6 Democratic primary.
Primary roundup: In other primaries Tuesday, voters denied two House candidates in different states who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a path to serve in the House.