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Can Democrats Reinvent Themselves as Washington Disrupters?

Since President Trump’s rise, Democrats have served as defenders of a political system many Americans believe is broken. Now the party is trying a new approach. Read More

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

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

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

Good news for House Democrats in latest round of race rating changes

ANALYSIS — Despite a recent setback by the U.S. Supreme Court’s upholding of the new Republican-drawn map in Texas, the House majority remains within reach for Democrats. From historical midterm ... Read More

Iowa, Ohio latest states to flip negative on Trump approval ratings

President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to negative in two states: Iowa and Ohio. See his popularity in other states where he backs elections. Read More

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

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign ... Read More

What to Watch For in the Last Big Election of 2025

A special election for a House seat in Tennessee was supposed to be an easy Republican victory. But national spending and Democratic enthusiasm have made it an unusually high-profile race. By Emily ... Read More

Matt Van Epps holds off Democratic upset in Tennessee special election

NASHVILLE — Republican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in a closely watched Tennessee special congressional election on Tuesday, staving off a major upset in a race that attracted President ... 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

Midterm elections are coming in 2026. Here's what 100 years of data tell us about how stocks may react.

Hopefully most American families managed to avoid politics during their Thanksgiving gathering. But for investors, political fallout is not so easy to eschew. And going into 2026, markets face the ... Read More

DAVID MARCUS: Why Republicans desperately need a Trump-centered midterm convention

The postmortems for Republicans’ lackluster results in this month's spate of elections in New Jersey, Virginia and beyond are in, and while pet theories abound, there is one thing almost everyone ... Read More