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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.
But, he said, that was still less than the 26 seats the party out of power has won, on average, in midterm elections.
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.
“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.
“My core decision to run was the belief that the state must continue to be a place that anyone from anywhere can get into the middle class, no matter your background, no matter your ZIP code.