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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

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

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

Congressional Republicans Begin to Look Beyond Trump

Election defeats earlier this month and the approach of 2026 have G.O.P. lawmakers cautiously asserting themselves. News Analysis Election defeats earlier this month and the approach of 2026 have ... Read More

Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections

Derrin Robinson has worked in Oregon elections for more than 30 years, long enough to remember when voters in the state cast their ballots at physical polling sites instead of by mail. As the ... 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

Supreme Court allows Texas to use newly drawn congressional district map for 2026 midterm elections

In a major win for Republicans and President Trump, the Supreme Court restored Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map Thursday, allowing the state’s controversial redistricting plan to be implemented ... Read More

Elise Stefanik, loyal Trump ally, ends New York governor bid and will leave politics

U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader and loyal ally of President Donald Trump, said on Friday she was bowing out of politics, including her recently announced bid for governor ... Read More