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An FEC provision allows candidates to be paid a salary through their campaign funds.

Running for office is a full-time job. How one candidate is still getting paid

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 23, 2020 at 7:30am

At the Races: ‘A human being is here!’

By Bridget Bowman and Kate Ackley and Stephanie Akin
Posted July 23, 2020 at 2:30pm
Political consultant Cooper Teboe, right, walks with California Rep. Ro Khanna in January.

Democratic fundraiser taps Silicon Valley, online donors amid party friction

By Kate Ackley
Posted July 23, 2020 at 6:00am
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during his 2020 campaign kickoff rally at the Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, Pa., on Saturday, May 18, 2019.

What two high-quality polls tell us about the presidential race

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 21, 2020 at 12:22pm
Georgia Democratic Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Nikema Williams to replace Rep. John Lewis on November ballot

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 20, 2020 at 2:40pm
New disclosures show lobbyists bundled $250,000 in contributions for the Senate Democrats' campaign arm even as party candidates have sworn off corporate donations.

Lobbyists bundle donations to Senate Democrats, Trump Victory

By Kate Ackley
Posted July 20, 2020 at 6:00am
Virginia state Del. Nick Freitas, left, poses with a supporter at the 7th District Republican Convention in Doswell, Va., on Saturday. Freitas went on to win the nomination and will face freshman Democrat Abigail Spanberger in November.

Virginia GOP convention taps Nick Freitas to challenge Rep. Abigail Spanberger

By Stephanie Akin
Posted July 18, 2020 at 9:00pm
Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., talks with reporters in the Capitol in 2019.

Eliot Engel loses to Jamaal Bowman in New York primary

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 17, 2020 at 11:48am
Former Vice President Joe Biden, shown in Iowa in 2019, is a clear favorite in Electoral College projections from Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales.

Ratings changes: Electoral College looking good for Biden

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 17, 2020 at 10:44am
Arizona Sen. Martha McSally led vulnerable Senate Republicans in fundraising, but still trailed her Democratic challenger at the end of the second quarter.

By the numbers: New fundraising reports and the battle for Congress

By Bridget Bowman and George LeVines
Posted July 17, 2020 at 5:30am

At the Races: The end of the beginning

By Kate Ackley and Stephanie Akin and Bridget Bowman
Posted July 16, 2020 at 2:30pm

ICYMI: Democrats well positioned to take the Senate

By Nathan L. Gonzales and Thomas McKinless
Posted July 16, 2020 at 11:59am
Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield, a Democrat, more than doubled her fundraising between the first and second quarters.

Campaign update: Fundraising surges despite pandemic

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 16, 2020 at 11:40am
A couple wearing face masks this spring walks along the National Mall and stops to check their phones.

Please answer the phone (or text), this is the Democratic Party calling

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 15, 2020 at 3:09pm
Texas' 24th District is one of several House seats that Democrats are targeting in 2020. Candace Valenzuela won the party nod Tuesday night to take on Republican Beth Van Duyne in November.

House battlegrounds set in Texas, unclear in Maine

By Bridget Bowman and Kate Ackley
Posted July 15, 2020 at 12:49am, Updated at 7:12am
Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn will face Democrat MJ Hegar in November as he seeks a fourth term.

MJ Hegar wins runoff to take on Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 15, 2020 at 1:02am
jackson and trump

Trump’s former doctor wins Texas primary as one of several in GOP likely headed to House

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 14, 2020 at 11:24pm
Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins is one of the most vulnerable senators running for reelection.

DSCC-backed Sara Gideon wins primary to face Sen. Susan Collins in Maine

By Kate Ackley
Posted July 14, 2020 at 10:00pm
Former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions leaves a polling place in Mobile on Tuesday after voting in the GOP Senate primary runoff. Sessions’ bid to reclaim his old seat ended with a loss to Tommy Tuberville.

Tommy Tuberville defeats Jeff Sessions in Alabama Senate runoff

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 14, 2020 at 9:29pm
New York Democratic candidate Mondaire Jones was declared the winner Tuesday in New York's June 23 primary in the 17th District, where tallies were delayed because the election was conducted almost entirely by mail.

Mondaire Jones poised to become first gay Black man in Congress

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 14, 2020 at 6:03pm
Joe Biden is running a competitive race in Texas against President Donald Trump. That does not mean it is a swing state, Rothenberg writes.

No, Texas is not a swing state — yet

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 14, 2020 at 12:04pm
Julian Castro speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom on Aug. 9, 2019.

Julian Castro plans to get out the immigrant vote in 2020

By Tanvi Misra and Michael Macagnone
Posted July 13, 2020 at 2:00pm
The Kennedy name was a factor in Tuesday’s primary win for Amy Kennedy — here with her husband, former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy, and family in 2019 — as were a slew of mail-in ballots.

New Jersey’s machine takes a rare loss on primary day

By Herb Jackson
Posted July 13, 2020 at 10:30am
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in a primary runoff Tuesday for his old Alabama Senate seat.

6 things to watch in Maine, Texas and Alabama primaries

By Bridget Bowman and Kate Ackley
Posted July 13, 2020 at 6:00am
With President Donald Trump underperforming in many states he won in 2016, the roster of Republican senators with competitive races expands to include Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, right and Dan Sullivan of Alaska

Rating changes: Democratic control of Senate more likely because of Trump

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 11, 2020 at 11:29am
Republican Wesley Hunt is challenging Democratic Rep. Lizzie Fletcher in Texas’ 7th District.

‘That’s a joke!’ One House candidate’s Zoom calls keep interns engaged in a pandemic

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 10, 2020 at 6:00am
As president, Joe Biden would still have to deal with the normal political dynamics and challenges, both from within his party and outside it, Rothenberg writes.

Reminder for Democrats: Politics won’t stop after November

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 10, 2020 at 5:00am

At the Races: Locked down, money up

By Bridget Bowman and Kate Ackley and Stephanie Akin
Posted July 9, 2020 at 2:30pm
Texas and Alabama are holding primary runoff elections as coronavirus cases in those states continue to rise.

With runoffs ahead, campaigning continues as COVID-19 cases rise

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 9, 2020 at 11:00am
President Donald Trump’s endorsement could affect upcoming primary runoffs in Texas and Alabama.

What’s Trump endorsement worth? Texas House and Alabama Senate runoffs will tell

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 9, 2020 at 6:30am