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California Rep. Eric Swalwell, here wearing a hat in support of Jimmy Kimmel outside the Capitol in September, is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Eric Swalwell announces run for California governor

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 21, 2025 at 12:45am
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez, D-N.Y, speaks during a Congressional Hispanic Caucus news conference in the Capitol on June 5.

New York Democrat Nydia Velázquez says she will retire

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 20, 2025 at 6:24pm, Updated at 8:40pm
The Capitol dome is illuminated as the House of Representatives returned to Washington to vote to reopen the government Nov. 12. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

The re-re-redistricting chronicles

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 20, 2025 at 6:30pm

At the Races: The new Republican resisters

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 20, 2025 at 3:11pm
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week in March.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick accused of stealing FEMA funds

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 19, 2025 at 7:57pm, Updated November 20, 2025 at 4:09am
Nebraska independent Dan Osborn, pictured here shaking hands during an October 2024 campaign stop at a restaurant in Neligh, is running for Senate again.

Nebraska’s Osborn says he’s better prepared for 2026 run. So are Republicans

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 19, 2025 at 5:13pm
The seats of Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa, left, and Juan Ciscomani of Arizona could be among several at the core of the House battleground next year, Gonzales writes.

Is the House battleground going back to the future?

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 19, 2025 at 3:43pm
Tom Steyer is the latest Democrat to announce a run for California governor.

Progressive billionaire Tom Steyer enters crowded race for California governor 

By Victor Feldman
Posted November 19, 2025 at 12:56pm
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill says she will resign on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Sherrill will resign House seat on Thursday

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 18, 2025 at 5:34pm
Texas state Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, listens to the debate of a congressional redistricting plan at the state Capitol in Austin in August.

Court blocks use of GOP-redrawn Texas congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 18, 2025 at 2:45pm
Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards will face off in a Jan. 31 runoff in the special election for Texas' 18th District.

Special election runoff in Texas’ 18th District set for Jan. 31

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 17, 2025 at 5:09pm
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, D-Wash., walks up the House steps on Sept. 25, 2024.

In the Spotlight: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

By Nick Eskow
Posted November 17, 2025 at 10:02am
A mid-decade redistricting effort in Indiana that could target Democratic Rep. Frank J. Mrvan has hit a roadblock in the state Senate.

Republican efforts to redraw Indiana’s congressional map stall again

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 14, 2025 at 4:56pm
Utah Rep. Ben McAdams is running for Congress.

Former Rep. Ben McAdams launches comeback bid in Utah 

By Victor Feldman
Posted November 13, 2025 at 6:41pm

At the Races: Back to our regularly scheduled programming

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 13, 2025 at 3:01pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar are seen after a rally with fellow Democrats on Wednesday on the Capitol steps. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats weathering redistricting storm with majority in sight

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 12, 2025 at 6:04pm
Jack Schlossberg, seen here speaking at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, is running for New York's 12th District.

JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg runs for open House seat in New York

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:12pm
President Donald Trump greets Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House chamber on March 4 after addressing a joint session of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump-Greene spat exposes friction on right over his second-term priorities

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 12, 2025 at 2:40pm
Former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., is making a comeback bid.

Former Rep. Elaine Luria makes comeback bid in Virginia

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2025 at 6:00am, Updated at 12:47pm
Former congressional aide Jordan Wood is running for Maine's 2nd District. (Courtesy Jordan Wood for Maine)

Maine Democrat Jordan Wood ends Senate bid to run for Golden’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2025 at 12:42pm
Texas Rep. Jodey C. Arrington will not seek a sixth term next year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington announces retirement

By Peter Cohn
Posted November 11, 2025 at 2:24pm
Ballots move through a tabulator machine at the Utah County Ballot Center in Provo on Nov. 5, 2024. (George Frey/Getty Images)

Utah judge selects new House map that could help Democrats flip a seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 11, 2025 at 12:10pm
New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas, who is running for Senate, says he doesn’t support the deal to end the partial government shutdown.

Democratic opposition to Senate deal runs party’s ideological gamut

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 10, 2025 at 5:12pm
New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman is not running for reelection.

New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman won’t seek reelection in 2026

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 10, 2025 at 2:17pm
A worker stocks beef fillets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25. Beef prices have climbed over the past 12 months, according to government data.

White House scrambles for affordability message amid still-high prices

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 10, 2025 at 1:26pm
Workers erect scaffolding around the exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on Friday evening, April 4, 2025.

Supreme Court will hear case on post-Election Day ballot counting

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 11:06am
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Elise Stefanik launches long-anticipated bid for New York governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 7, 2025 at 6:53am

At the Races: Goodbye, Madam Speaker. Hello, Mayor Mamdani.

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 6, 2025 at 4:26pm
Former Rep. Tom Malinowski will run in the special election to succeed Democrat Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey's 11th District. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former Rep. Malinowski seeks House comeback from Sherrill’s district

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 6, 2025 at 4:02pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., lead narrow majorities in their respective chambers as the 2026 midterm elections loom.

There is no such things as an off-year in politics

By Jason Dick, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 6, 2025 at 1:25pm