Inside Elections' Jacob Rubashkin and Brianne Pfannenstiel of The Des Moines Register break down the key Iowa races including Republican Senator Joni Ernst’s fight for re-election, the race for the open governorship left behind by Republican Kim Reynolds and multiple competitive House races where…
Will 2026 be the year that Pennsylvania Democrats finally catch up to one of their most elusive opponents?
GOP Rep. Scott Perry has survived three tough challenges since his Central Pennsylvania district was redrawn in 2018, but shifting political trends and the potential for a strong repeat…
The race for California’s 13th District in 2022 was one of the closest in modern history. The rematch in 2024 was even closer.
And while 2026 won’t see a rubber match between Democrat Adam Gray and Republican John Duarte, it’s still shaping up to be a highly competitive and expensive fight at the…
Alaska Senate. In an interview on GD Politics with Galen Druke, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said she’s open to becoming an independent and caucusing with Democrats. Murkowski is not up for re-election (her Republican colleague Dan Sullivan is) but this scenario would reduce the number of…
As the bitterly divided vote over President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act showed, bipartisanship is in short supply in Washington these days — except on the softball diamond.
Next week, Democratic and Republican members of Congress will join forces in an effort to take home the pennant…
Nathan Gonzales and Jacob Rubashkin chat with one of the godfathers or nonpartisan political handicapping, Stuart Rothenberg. Stu is a Roll Call columnist, former CNN contributor, acclaimed speaker and founder of The Rothenberg Political Report, which is the predecessor to and foundation for Inside…
Depending on what wing of the Democratic Party you belong to, Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City last week was either a warning shot or a cautionary tale. In picking the 33-year-old state assemblyman and self-described democratic socialist, Democratic…
Don Bacon’s decision not to seek re-election upends the race for his Omaha, Nebraska-based district, which is the most Democratic seat currently held by a Republican. Vice President Kamala Harris finished ahead of President Donald Trump in the 2nd District by 4 points, 51-47 percent.
Bacon, a…
In the face of opposition from President Donald Trump, GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announced he will not seek re-election in 2026. The senator’s decision doesn’t change the overall Senate battleground, but it makes the seat more vulnerable to a Democratic takeover without an incumbent.
After Tillis…
