Campaigns · 119th Congress
Democrats close year emboldened by 2025 electoral successes
But the margins of victory in all three districts were much closer than last year.
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Campaigns · 119th Congress
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.
Health · 119th Congress
Senate panel sees opening, however slight, for health care deal
"I'm hoping that we can find a bill that can get 60 votes that can fix the problem with these changes for Jan. 1, 2026."
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: The new Republican resisters
↵↵Disapproval week: The House voted Tuesday to disapprove of how Illinois Democrat Jesús "Chuy" García announced his retirement, with 23 Democrats joining all present Republicans on the vote, Roll Call's
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Back to our regularly scheduled programming
↵↵Six House Democrats joined all but two voting Republicans in support of the spending package. And they all represent swing seats: retiring Maine Rep.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Democratic opposition to Senate deal runs party’s ideological gamut
None of the eight is up for reelection in 2026, while Durbin and Shaheen are both retiring. ↵↵Ossoff's "no" vote drew swift criticism from Republicans.
Zohran Mamdani elected New York’s first Asian American and Muslim mayor
His victory all but guarantees a coming showdown with the White House.
Lawmakers’ health care, government shutdown claims
Bernie Sanders said, "This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75 percent for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off
Maine Democrats tout ‘outsider’ approach to unseating Collins
The minority party faces a difficult Senate map in its quest to win the majority in 2026, and defeating Collins would be key to any Democratic hopes of flipping the chamber.
RNC Chair Michael Whatley announces Senate bid in North Carolina
"Roy Cooper may pretend to be different from the radical extremists that run today’s Democratic Party, but he is all in on their agenda,’’ Whatley said.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: One big beautiful campaign
The 215-214 vote saw two Republicans join all Democrats in opposition, while one Republican voted present and two others did not vote.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Democrats go back to school
“It is absurd that [the] Palo Alto School district just voted to remove honors biology for all students & already removed honors English,” said California Rep.
Kennedy defends budget request but is silent on big HHS changes
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — that are examining the Trump administration’s $94 billion budget request for the department in fiscal 2026
The Bernie Sanders tour puts California GOP on notice
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.
5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports
Vulnerable senators build their war chests Ossoff, the most vulnerable Senate Democratic incumbent in 2026, raised $11 million in the first quarter.
Republicans’ fragile majority and Democrats’ fragile image
ANALYSIS — From the balance of power on Capitol Hill to the early jockeying in the 2026 midterm elections, there’s no shortage of political news and nuances. So let’s run down a few hot topics.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: We don’t need no Education (Department)
All eyes, though, are on former Vice President Kamala Harris, who is expected to make a decision about running by the end of summer.
Trump, GOP senators ‘rowing in the same direction’ despite some differences
He understands what the stakes are, the American people, again, all of these things, whether it’s [the Department of Government Efficiency] or this, President Trump talked about all this stuff," he said
Vulnerable lawmakers begin 2026 cycle with modest war chests
Senators facing the most competitive reelection fights on the initial 2026 battleground map are mostly beginning the cycle with modest war chests that are likely to grow as they transition into campaign
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Deck the House with boughs of chaos
Tim Scott announced the NRSC’s senior leadership team for the 2026 cycle.