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An Election ‘Off Year,’ but Not a Year Off

Polling in off-year election cycles is challenging because it’s hard to know who will turn out to vote. This year, the polls significantly overestimated the Republicans in the Virginia and New Jersey ... Read More

What the November election results in one key state mean for the battle for the House

In Virginia, where Democrats are talking about an early 2026 redistricting, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger carried eight of 11 congressional districts. Read More

Showdown for the House: Democrats, Republicans brace for high-stakes midterm clash

Democrats, energized by their convincing victories earlier this month in the 2025 elections, are betting those results foreshadow a House flip in next year's midterm showdowns. The party out of power ... Read More

Republicans spooked by string of disappointing elections

Republicans are feeling spooked by recent special elections losses and underperformances in party strongholds, as the White House ramps up President Trump’s presence on the campaign trail ahead of ... Read More

Republicans avoided a nightmare in Tennessee. Their electoral picture is still scary

Republicans avoided disaster on Tuesday night by winning a special election in a solidly red Tennessee congressional district. But the single-digit race there is merely the latest in an unambiguously ... Read More

Can Democrats Flip a Deep-Red Seat? Special Elections Often See Big Swings.

Tennessee’s Seventh District was created to be safely Republican, but in recent special elections across the country Democrats have done significantly better than they did in 2024. By Christine Zhang ... Read More

It’s beginning to look a lot like … a traditional midterm election

ANALYSIS — The special election result in Tennessee’s 7th District is just the latest piece of evidence that, in spite of President Donald Trump’s reputation as a political savant, 2026 is beginning ... Read More

Republican Van Epps wins TN special election but Democrat gains ground

Republican U.S. Army combat veteran Matt Van Epps has clinched a single-digit victory in Tennessee's special 7th District Congressional election, fending off a shockingly competitive challenge from ... Read More

Tennessee's special election shows why GOP should be worried | Opinion

The special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District was the GOP’s to lose. Yet, it was still a close call – a possible signal that even reliable Republican voters are growing tired of ... Read More

Steve Kornacki: GOP warning signs and lessons for Democrats in Tennessee's special election results

Republican Matt Van Epps held off a challenge from Democrat Aftyn Behn on Tuesday in the special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, with voters delivering both a result and a broader ... Read More