By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin
Even after a year and a half, it feels like the 2026 cycle is just getting started.
Up to this point, most of the evidence has pointed toward a typical midterm election in which the president’s party suffers significant losses in Congress. President…
Alabama. Special primary Aug. 11.
1st District (Mobile) Open; Barry Moore, R, running for Senate. Trump 67%. A late intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to use a new congressional map that redraws the 1st and 2nd districts. As a result the 1st District…
North Carolina.
1st District (Inland northeastern North Carolina) Don Davis, D. Trump 55%. Davis showed an ability to outrun the top of the ticket in 2024 but the GOP-controlled state legislature undercut his strength by removing his home county from the district this year. Davis outran Kamala Harris by…
Voters in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina went to the polls on Tuesday marking the halfway point in the primary season. Twenty-five states have held primaries, although a handful still have run-offs, with 25 more to go. Here’s what happened in key races this week.
Maine Senate. Marine…
By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin
Votes are still being counted, but there’s plenty of clarity in more than a handful of key contests in the Golden State.
1st District. Vacant following the death of Doug LaMalfa, R. Harris 54%. State Assemblyman James Gallagher won the special election to…
In a brief decision earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use a new congressional map for this fall that should help Republicans flip one Democratic-held seat.
A district court had previously ruled that Alabama’s preferred map violated the 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act…
By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin
Primary voters in a handful of states went to the polls on Tuesday to select nominees in key races, setting the stage for competitive general election contests or coronating future new members of Congress in solidly Republican or Democratic seats. Here’s a quick…
One month after Gov. Jeff Landry canceled Louisiana's May 16 House primaries, the Republican signed into law a new congressional map that will help the GOP flip a Democratic-held seat this fall and lock in a 5-1 advantage in the congressional delegation.
Landry and Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Jeff Coltin of City & State break down the plethora of key House primaries in New York including key Democratic races in some of the most liberal districts in the country with interesting candidates from John F. Kennedy’s grandson to 2016 Trump campaign manager Kellyanne…
Fresh off a long, holiday weekend, voters in Texas went to the polls for a series of consequential runoffs. In some cases, nominees were selected in key general election contests. While in others, runoff winners are now likely members of Congress because they won primaries in either solidly red or…
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