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How Republicans can shatter 2026’s midterm narrative

There’s been a rash of doomsaying about the 2026 midterms after the GOP’s pitiful performance in November’s off-year elections and President Donald Trump’s sagging approval ratings — but a new Emerson ... 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

New Jersey's 2026 midterm elections are starting. Who's running?

With the 2025 gubernatorial election in the rearview, New Jersey voters can start to look ahead to the races and campaigns that will shape much of the 2026 political landscape. A special election ... Read More

2026 Midterm Primary Election Calendar

See when your state holds its primary and read about some of the year’s most competitive races. By Alex Lemonides and Lily Boyce Key Senate races are in purple 3 AR NC TX 10 MS 17 ... 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

Changes to the agency charged with securing elections leads to midterm worries

Since it was created in 2018, the federal government's cybersecurity agency has helped warn state and local election officials about potential threats from foreign governments, showed officials how to ... 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

Democrats tap anxiety over Trump’s economy in victories that signal midterm strategy

Energy prices in New Jersey. Workforce cuts in Virginia. Sky-high rents in New York City. "Democratic candidates, no matter where they are, no matter how they fit into our big tent party, are meeting ... 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

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

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