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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, 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
Secret Service agents guard the stage as balloons drop at the end of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia in 2016. The tradition of a four-day party convention is being scaled back this year because of the pandemic, and it may not come back, Gonzales writes.

6 things that will never be the same after the 2020 elections

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 8, 2020 at 9:30am
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is among the Republicans who will face pressure to support a larger aid package for local and state communities and their employees.

Union launches new ad blitz pushing senators for $1 trillion in state and local pandemic aid

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 8, 2020 at 6:00am
New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew switched to the GOP in December after opposing President Donald Trump’s impeachment.

Amy Kennedy to challenge party-switcher Van Drew in New Jersey

By Stephanie Akin
Posted July 7, 2020 at 9:38pm
The federal response to the coronavirus has become a cudgel in some battleground Senate races, including the one in Montana to unseat GOP Sen. Steve Daines.

Paycheck program hits the campaign airwaves

By Kate Ackley
Posted July 7, 2020 at 6:31pm
Volunteers organize ballot boxes at a drive-through political convention in Virginia's 5th Ditrict on June 13. The state Board of Elections said the winner of the House nomination at the convention, Bob Good, will be allowed on the November ballot despite failing to submit a required form.

Virginia lets GOP candidates who missed deadline onto ballot

By Stephanie Akin
Posted July 7, 2020 at 4:15pm
Inauguration Day 2017

Social media platforms gird for 78 days of disinformation chaos after Election Day

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 7, 2020 at 7:05am
The GOP presidential ticket of Bob Dole, second from right, and Jack Kemp was cut loose by the party in 1996. But times have changed, Rothenberg writes, and it is unlikely the modern GOP would employ the "no blank check" strategy this year when it comes to Donald Trump.

With Trump trailing, should down-ballot Republicans ready a ‘no blank check’ strategy?

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 7, 2020 at 5:30am
Republican Bob Good, above, defeated Rep. Denver Riggleman for the GOP nomination in Virginia’s 5th District, but Democrats say his failure to meet a paperwork filing deadline should keep him off the November ballot.

Democrats say 2 GOP House hopefuls in Virginia should be kept off the ballot

By Stephanie Akin
Posted July 7, 2020 at 5:00am
In 2006, Tony Fratto was a Treasury Department official. In 2020, his firm got a forgivable loan designed to reduce unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Political firms, K Street shops got paycheck rescue loans

By Kate Ackley
Posted July 6, 2020 at 6:10pm
Democrat Theresa Greenfield is running against Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst.

Democratic super PAC boosts spending in Iowa Senate race

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 6, 2020 at 1:54pm
Elected as a Democrat in 2018, Rep. Jeff Van Drew switched to the GOP after opposing the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

3 things to watch in New Jersey’s primaries Tuesday

By Stephanie Akin
Posted July 6, 2020 at 6:00am

At the Races: Will Texas keep Schumer’s streak alive?

By Stephanie Akin, Bridget Bowman and Kate Ackley
Posted July 2, 2020 at 2:30pm
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon is the favorite in the Democratic primary to pick a challenger to GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

Kavanaugh-fueled bounty awaits challenger to Sen. Susan Collins

By Kate Ackley
Posted July 2, 2020 at 5:00am
Lauren Boebert, the owner of a restaurant where the staff wear firearms, defeated Rep. Scott Tipton in Tuesday's Republican primary in Colorado's 3rd District. Here she poses in 2018 with Edward Wilks, owner of Tradesmen Gun Store and Pawnshop.

Lauren Boebert ran against AOC and the ‘squad,’ and beat Rep. Scott Tipton in the process

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 1, 2020 at 7:51pm
Recent primary upsets by Democrats such as Ayanna S. Pressley, second from left, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, right, have emboldened progressive candidates and will affect party policy, Gonzales writes.

Democrats on the verge of their own tea party problem

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 1, 2020 at 5:30am
Former NFL player Burgess Owens, seen here testifying at a 2019 House hearing on reparations, won the GOP primary in Utah’s 4th District to challenge freshman Democrat Ben McAdams.

Utah GOP drafts former NFL defensive back to reclaim House seat Democrats picked off in ’18

By Stephanie Akin
Posted July 1, 2020 at 12:31am
Oklahoma Republicans hope to take back the seat that Democrat Kendra Horn flipped in a 2018 upset.

GOP runoff will decide challenger to Oklahoma Rep. Kendra Horn

By Stephanie Akin
Posted June 30, 2020 at 11:33pm
Restaurant owner Lauren Boebert, who encouraged her staff to carry a firearm at work, won an upset victory over five-term Rep. Scott Tipton in the Republican primary in Colorado's 3rd District.

Colorado Rep. Scott Tipton ousted in primary by gun rights activist

By Bridget Bowman
Posted June 30, 2020 at 11:28pm
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper won Tuesday’s Democratic primary to take on vulnerable GOP Sen. Cory Gardner.

Hickenlooper to take on Gardner in Colorado Senate race

By Bridget Bowman
Posted June 30, 2020 at 9:27pm
Amy McGrath speaks with CQ Roll Call at the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2018.

McGrath prevails in Kentucky Senate primary, will face McConnell

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 30, 2020 at 12:45pm
The 1988 presidential race and the up-and-down performance of Michael Dukakis is not a guide for the 2020 content, Rothenberg writes.

Why the Dukakis 1988 analogy is baloney

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted June 29, 2020 at 2:26pm
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during the Kick Off to Caucus Gala in Las Vegas on Feb. 15, 2020.

What full Democratic control of Washington could mean in 2021

By Peter Cohn
Posted June 29, 2020 at 10:30am
Illinois Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Democrats add four candidates to ‘Red to Blue’ program

By Bridget Bowman
Posted June 29, 2020 at 10:00am