A competitive Democratic primary helped deliver Oregon’s 5th District into GOP hands in 2022. Democrats are determined to take it back in 2024, but are dealing with another potentially contentious intra-party fight ahead of the general election.
Rep. Kurt Schrader, a Blue Dog Democrat with a…
A special election in sleepy southwest Utah may yet have some surprises in store.
GOP Rep. Chris Stewart’s initial vagueness on the timing of his resignation, plus a quirk in Utah special election law, briefly created confusion about when the special election would take place. Stewart’s insistence…
Alabama is likely to add a second Democratic member to its congressional delegation, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state’s map had violated the Voting Rights Act and deprived Black citizens of the right to elect their own representative.
But the further ramifications of this decision…
Arizona Senate. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hosting a fundraiser for Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego — notable because Democrats’ Senate leadership has avoided talking about this race while independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is still undecided about seeking re-election. Battleground.
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A little over a month into his presidential campaign, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has managed to do something no other hopeful has yet accomplished: show some momentum.
Seven months before the Iowa caucuses, the 2024 Republican presidential primary field is largely set, and the dynamics of the…
Nathan Gonzales, Erin Covey, and Jacob Rubashkin discuss the impact of President Donald Trump’s mounting legal problems on congressional races, the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court’s redistricting decision, and the difficult path for a gold-medal-winning Olympic figure skater who is poised to…
After fumbling away an opportunity to win a competitive U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania in 2022, Republicans have a second chance in 2024. But in many ways, unseating Democratic Sen. Bob Casey will be an even greater challenge.
Joe Biden barely won the Keystone State two years prior, and…
Democrats’ path back to the House majority runs squarely through New York. Six districts in the Empire State voted for Joe Biden for president in 2020 but a Republican for Congress in 2022, an embarrassing set of defeats for a party that otherwise exceeded electoral expectations.
Nowhere was that…
California Senate. Silicon Valley executive Lexi Reese, most recently the COO of payroll processor Gusto, launched an exploratory bid as a Democrat. While Reese has assembled a credible team and has the capacity to self-fund, it’s not clear she’ll be able to break into the top tier of candidates…
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s decision to launch a long-shot bid for the GOP presidential nomination makes it even more likely that the billionaire businessman does not seek a third term as the state’s governor.
That means the Peace Garden State could see an open seat gubernatorial election for…
