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At the Races: Time for Texas
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↵↵A Jan. 23-26 Economist/YouGov survey put disapproval of Trump's job performance among Americans at 57 percent, while 39 percent approved.
And the fact is, no nation or group of nations is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the United States."
↵↵As we look ahead to key primary contests of 2026, it's important to remember that most fields have not yet been set and there's time for more candidates to jump in.
↵↵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.
President Donald Trump soon will cap an all-gas-no-brakes 2025, with assessments mixed about a first year back in the White House that has overhauled the presidency.
Christian Menefee, the acting Harris County attorney, was leading Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member, 32 percent to 26 percent, when The Associated Press called the two spots at 12:51
↵↵"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.
There’s no national security justification for this," Erickson told his large audience.
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
"There may be in ’26 some lingering effects of that. There may be a primary challenger who wants to throw their hat in the ring based off of some of those preliminary comments.
It wasn’t a surprise Unlike 2016, no one was making firm declarations about who was going to get elected president in 2024.