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Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's lead in polls eroded as the campaign went on.

Rating change: Virginia governor’s race a Toss-up

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 1, 2021 at 2:14pm
President Joe Biden campaigns with Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who is seeking a return to the Virginia governor’s mansion, in Arlington, Va., on July 23.

Could anti-Trump messaging be more effective in 2022 than in 2021?

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted November 1, 2021 at 9:14am
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski faces a primary challenger backed by former President Donald Trump, but she has the support of the Senate Leadership Fund.

A year out, political groups prepare for what could be the most expensive midterms ever

By Kate Ackley
Posted November 1, 2021 at 5:30am
Illinois Rep. Marie Newman announced she would challenge fellow Democrat Sean Casten in the state’s redrawn 6th District.

Multiple members face primaries under new Illinois map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 29, 2021 at 3:16pm
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said Friday he will not seek reelection in 2022.

Kinzinger, top Trump critic in GOP, won’t seek another term

By Stephanie Akin
Posted October 29, 2021 at 11:36am

At the Races: Biden’s final pitch

By Bridget Bowman, Stephanie Akin and Kate Ackley
Posted October 28, 2021 at 2:30pm
Ohio Republican Mike Carey has the endorsement of President Donald Trump in the special election for Ohio’s 15th District.

Democrats hope for morale boost in Ohio special election, but GOP not worried

By Stephanie Akin
Posted October 27, 2021 at 5:30am
West Virginia Reps. David B. McKinley, left, and Alex X. Mooney, both Republicans, will face each other in a primary next year after their state lost a House seat to reapportionment.

Race ratings: No disputing that Republicans will lose a House seat in West Virginia

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 26, 2021 at 2:53pm
Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., speaks with reporters on the House steps after votes on Friday.

Anthony Brown considering a run for Maryland attorney general

By Lindsey McPherson, Ellyn Ferguson and Jim Saksa
Posted October 22, 2021 at 12:51pm
Redistricting didn’t make Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon’s Omaha-area seat any less competitive, but he should benefit from the national political climate next year, Gonzales writes.

Nebraska: New lines, new indictment, same race ratings

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 22, 2021 at 5:30am

At the Races: Quarterly clues

By Kate Ackley, Bridget Bowman and Stephanie Akin
Posted October 21, 2021 at 2:30pm
Voting rights activists rally outside the White House on Tuesday ahead of a Senate vote to begin considering an elections overhaul bill.

GOP blocks latest Senate attempt to bring up elections overhaul bill

By Kate Ackley
Posted October 20, 2021 at 3:41pm
Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee had objected to a version of a new Texas map that would have put her in the same district as Democratic Rep. Al Green.

Texas almost finished with House map, and is already being sued

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 19, 2021 at 11:19am, Updated at 3:35pm
Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader’s current district was split under the state’s new House map.

Oregon ratings: Schrader faces choice of two districts, both favoring Democrats

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 19, 2021 at 5:00am
New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas is one of a handful of Democrats in battleground districts who were outraised by Republicans opponents in the third quarter.

Fundraising reports paint murky picture of Democrats’ future

By Stephanie Akin and Bridget Bowman
Posted October 18, 2021 at 5:42pm
North Carolina Democratic Rep. David Price is retiring rather than seek another term in 2022.

Price, Doyle join Democrats who won’t be back after 2022

By Jessica Wehrman and Bridget Bowman
Posted October 18, 2021 at 12:54pm, Updated at 2:18pm
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, seen here at a 2019 rally for Joe Biden, finds himself in a tight race for the governorship even though Virginia has been trending Democratic for years, Rothenberg writes.

All politics isn’t local anymore

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted October 18, 2021 at 12:00pm
The new West Virginia map puts GOP Reps. David B. McKinley, left, and Alex X. Mooney in the same district.

Mooney, McKinley put in same district by new West Virginia map

By Stephanie Akin
Posted October 14, 2021 at 2:21pm, Updated at 3:36pm

At the Races: Trillion-dollar talks

By Stephanie Akin, Kate Ackley and Bridget Bowman
Posted October 14, 2021 at 2:30pm
Maine Rep. Jared Golden remains one of the most vulnerable House members in 2022.

New race ratings show top House battleground remains in Maine

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 14, 2021 at 5:30am
Attendees hold signs outside Union Station on Aug. 2 during a rally and march organized by the Poor People's Campaign and the UNITE HERE union to protest state laws they say will suppress voting.

Activists try to keep up pressure to pass elections and voting bills

By Kate Ackley
Posted October 13, 2021 at 3:09pm
Florida Democratic Rep. Val B. Demings raised $8.4 million from July through September for her Senate campaign.

Battleground Senate hopefuls tout early fundraising strength

By Bridget Bowman
Posted October 13, 2021 at 12:00pm, Updated at 12:30pm
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth has opted against a ninth term.

Yarmuth won’t seek reelection as Kentucky’s lone Hill Democrat

By Stephanie Akin
Posted October 12, 2021 at 2:20pm, Updated at 3:28pm
Former Maine Rep. Bruce Poliquin is looking to make a comeback next year and has been named to the NRCC’s Young Guns program.

House GOP campaign arm taps 32 for ‘Young Guns’ support program

By Stephanie Akin
Posted October 12, 2021 at 1:34pm
Heavily Democratic parts of Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz’s district were removed under the state’s new map, giving the congresswoman a safe seat that’s out of reach for Democrats, Gonzales writes.

New lines, new ratings for House races in Indiana

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 12, 2021 at 5:30am
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has angered progressive Democrats back home over her role in the negotiations over the $3.5 trillion sweeping reconciliation bill.

Democrats: Push to pressure Sinema won’t distract from Kelly’s 2022 Senate race

By Bridget Bowman
Posted October 7, 2021 at 5:30am
Protesters put their focus on the border wall and government spending at an anti-Biden rally in Howell, Mich., on Tuesday.

Biden pitch meets resistance in Michigan GOP stronghold

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 6, 2021 at 6:51pm
Former Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief is one of 11 Democrats running in the special election to succeed the late Rep. Alcee L. Hastings in Florida’s 20th District.

Liberal-moderate rift not a factor in crowded Florida primary to succeed Alcee Hastings

By Stephanie Akin
Posted October 6, 2021 at 5:30am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer plans to try to get the chamber to take up a bill to suspend the debt ceiling on Wednesday.

Jitters rising, K Street eyes new involvement in debt limit impasse

By Kate Ackley
Posted October 6, 2021 at 5:00am
The new congressional map in Colorado gives Rep. Lauren Boebert a safer seat, Gonzales writes.

New lines, new ratings for House races in Colorado

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 5, 2021 at 7:30am