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These former members of Congress are seeking comebacks in 2026
↵↵Republicans say Rogers has learned from his losing 2024 bid and is better prepared to win in 2026.
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↵↵Republicans say Rogers has learned from his losing 2024 bid and is better prepared to win in 2026.
Mike Lawler — are no stranger to readers of this newsletter, as they all face competitive races next year.
↵↵"For Trump and the Republicans, the big question for '26 is: How do you get out those low-propensity Trump voters who went and voted in big numbers in those purple districts and states last time?
But, he said, that was still less than the 26 seats the party out of power has won, on average, in midterm elections.
Those people who said it would lower their taxes voted Republican 73-26." When it comes to voters’ awareness of the 2017 tax cuts and how the BBB will help them personally, not much has changed.
Jon Ossoff, while fellow Republican John King, the state insurance commissioner, dropped his bid after concluding he had no path to victory. #SCGOV: South Carolina Rep.
Virginia special election: Early voting for the June 28 Democratic “firehouse primary” in the special election for Virginia’s 11th District will take place on Thursday, June 26.
"Their failing party has no leader, no message, and no solutions. Republicans look forward to flipping these open seats red."
Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, announced in April that he wouldn’t seek a sixth term in 2026.
“With this week’s executive order from the Trump administration, I firmly believe the president is laying the groundwork to cancel elections in 2026,” the Democrat said in a statement.
Greg Abbott has no similar legal guardrails, and he seems to be in no hurry to call a special election to fill the seat left behind by freshman Democrat Sylvester Turner, the former Houston mayor who died
It wasn’t a surprise Unlike 2016, no one was making firm declarations about who was going to get elected president in 2024.
When The AP called the race at 12:26 a.m. Wednesday, the leaders had 26 percent and 24 percent, respectively. No Democrat ran for the nomination after Rep. Kathy Manning bowed out.
“There was no effort to do that.”