Elections News How Midterm Elections Less Than One Year Away Are Shaping Political Decisions Now Wvtf

Every election is a change election now

In five of the last seven presidential elections, voters opted for a president from the other party. In the same time period, voters elected a new Senate majority five times and picked a new House ... Read More

Where redistricting stands a year out from the midterm elections

A coast-to-coast redistricting arms race ignited by President Donald Trump has plunged states into a frenzied, mid-cycle scramble that will help determine whether Republicans can maintain their narrow ... Read More

Democracy Watch: The one-year countdown begins to midterm elections with big stakes. Can the nation live up to the ideals it embraced 250 years ago?

Next Nov. 3, just 52 weeks from now, voters from across the country will cast ballots in what is historically seen as a second-tier election. Its very name — midterm — defines it by its date midway ... Read More

Setting the stage: What the 2025 elections signal for next year's midterm showdowns

With the 2025 elections fading into the rearview mirror, the campaign spotlight moves 100% towards next year's midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their fragile House majority and ... Read More

Meet the candidates aiming to make history in the 2025 Elections

There's plenty on the line on Election Day 2025, with the top ballot box contests viewed as crucial barometers ahead of the battle for Congress in next year's midterm elections. Bragging rights and ... Read More

How could Trump interfere in the midterms? Here's what voting officials are watching

Less than a year from the midterm elections, state and local voting officials from both major political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by a federal government ... Read More

What will and won’t matter in the midterm elections from Tuesday’s results

Tuesday’s election results struck fear into Republicans’ hearts about what they might mean for the party’s fragile congressional majorities a year from now. Democrats felt similarly lost a year ago, ... Read More

Why Trump’s political shadow is a mixed blessing for the GOP in 2026

The biggest lesson of this month’s sweeping Democratic election victories is that President Donald Trump is continuing to cast an outsize shadow over every other election during his presidential term. Read More

Trump admits GOP midterm performance hinges on filibuster end

Exactly one year from the crucial 2026 midterm elections, President Donald Trump is predicting his own party will fare very poorly unless senators ditch the filibuster and ram through a host of ... Read More

What elections in 2025 can tell us about next year's midterms

While no lawmakers in Washington are on the ballot, Tuesday's elections could have a big impact on the balance of power in the U.S. Tomorrow is Election Day, and while no lawmakers in Washington are ... Read More

A look ahead at the ballot for next year’s midterm elections in Illinois

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Tuesday, Nov. 4 is Election Day for some, but not for us here in Illinois. It is, however, one year until the midterm elections, and voters will have plenty of decisions to make then ... Read More

The next election that will provide midterm clues: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Trump offers Saudi crown prince a warm welcome. And the House overwhelmingly passes the Epstein files bill. Read More