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Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur, here at an event in Toledo last year, is the longest-serving woman in congressional history. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Longest-serving woman in Congress says she’s not stopping anytime soon

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 23, 2025 at 6:47pm

At the Races: The politics of war

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 18, 2025 at 3:15pm
Contests on June 28 will determine the nominees for the special election to succeed the late Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Candidates face sprint to nomination in special election for Connolly’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 17, 2025 at 6:30pm
Former Iowa state Rep. Christina Bohannan is running for Congress.

Iowa Democrat launches third challenge to vulnerable GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 17, 2025 at 7:01am, Updated at 8:54am

At the races: Democrats get a reprieve

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 12, 2025 at 3:00pm
Iowa state Rep. J.D. Scholten is running for Senate. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Iowa Democrats see signs of optimism for 2026 despite state’s hard-right turn

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 11, 2025 at 5:49pm, Updated June 12, 2025 at 10:46am
Rep. Mikie Sherrill is hoping to become the first Democratic woman to be elected New Jersey governor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins Democratic nomination for New Jersey governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 10, 2025 at 9:03pm, Updated June 11, 2025 at 5:47pm
Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is running for Congress as an independent.

Meet 11 House candidates — or potential ones — who don’t fit the mold

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 11, 2025 at 4:02pm
An activist with Save Our Care brings tombstone cutouts to the office of Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst to highlight her comments at a recent town hall on the Republican budget proposal.

It’s déjà tea party all over again

By Jason Dick and Jim Saksa
Posted June 10, 2025 at 3:28pm
Former Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree is running for governor.

Hannah Pingree, daughter of Maine congresswoman, enters race for governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 10, 2025 at 2:11pm
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill faces five other Democrats in the primary to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

New Jersey voters pick their nominees in open governor’s race

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 10, 2025 at 6:00am
Tennessee Rep. Mark Green will resign later this year.

Tennessee Rep. Mark Green will resign after next budget vote

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 9, 2025 at 7:52pm
Tea party groups gather in Washington on Sept. 12, 2009, to march against Democrats’ health care overhaul. Some former members of Congress see “direct parallels” between then and now.

‘Eerie similarities’: Dems tea partied in 2010 say today’s GOP faces own reckoning 

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 6, 2025 at 2:26pm
Former Rep. David Jolly, here outside the Capitol in 2016, is running for Florida governor.

Former GOP Rep. David Jolly running for Florida governor as a Democrat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 5, 2025 at 4:39pm

At the races: Big, beautiful bickering

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 5, 2025 at 3:30pm
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive at the Capitol ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20. Harris is weighing a bid for California governor. (Melina Mara /The Washington Post)

Biden alums could boost their House ranks in midterm elections

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 4, 2025 at 6:47pm
Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky holds a picture of a constituent during a House markup in May.

Time and voters will determine who is right in current Medicaid fight

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 4, 2025 at 6:46pm
Flowers to honor the late Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., are seen at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on May 21. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Virginia governor sets Sept. 9 special election to fill Connolly’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 3, 2025 at 11:04am, Updated June 4, 2025 at 6:10pm
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill has led in the limited public polling of the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Democrats search for winning message in New Jersey gubernatorial primary

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 4, 2025 at 5:45pm
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado is running for governor. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for the Brooklyn Academy of Music)

New York Lt. Gov. Delgado challenging boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul, in 2026

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 2, 2025 at 6:23pm
Iowa Democrat J.D. Scholten, seen here in 2019, is running for Senate.

Democrat challenges Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst days after ‘We’re all going to die’ remark

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 2, 2025 at 5:47pm
New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas runs in the ACLI Capital Challenge 3-mile race in Anacostia Park on May 14.

In the Spotlight: Chris Pappas

By Nick Eskow
Posted June 2, 2025 at 2:03pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., takes over the action on budget reconciliation from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senators: It’s time to reclaim your relevance

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted June 2, 2025 at 2:16pm, Updated at 7:06am

At the races: A Democratic boogeyman steps aside

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 29, 2025 at 3:00pm
The eight most recent members of Congress to die in office have all been Democrats, Gonzales writes.

Nothing is certain except death and politics 

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted May 28, 2025 at 5:25pm
Stefany Shaheen, left, pictured here with actress Lena Dunham before a 2016 campaign event in New Hampshire, is running for Congress.

Stefany Shaheen, daughter of New Hampshire senator, launches House bid

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 28, 2025 at 4:18pm
An NRCC ad targets New York Rep. Tom Suozzi over his vote opposing Republicans' budget reconciliation bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Both sides launch ad campaigns over budget vote as bill moves to Senate

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 27, 2025 at 6:39pm
Former Roll Callers Christina Bellantoni and Neda Semnani have been leading their students on a tour of Washington during a time when Congress has been debating significant changes to tax and entitlement laws, such as at the House Rules Committee, shown here last week.

Taking the grand tour of Washington

By Jason Dick, Christina Bellantoni and Neda Semnani
Posted May 27, 2025 at 6:16pm
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for governor.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville announces run for governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 27, 2025 at 5:09pm

At the Races: One big beautiful campaign

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 22, 2025 at 2:30pm, Updated May 23, 2025 at 11:36am