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Almanac of American Politics with Louis Jacobson

Almanac of American Politics, Louis Jacobson

Delivering in-depth, nonpartisan analysis and comprehensive profiles of every congressional district, state, governor, and member of Congress plus handicapping the presidential, Senate, and gubernatorial races

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Latest Issues

Here’s my latest Pennsylvania congressional vulnerability ratings for PoliticsPA

PoliticsPA has published the most recent edition of my congressional vulnerability ratings for Pennsylvania, a project I’ve been doing for them since the 2010 election cycle.

You can read the ratings free at this link.

Almanac of America...

3 days ago

The Almanac of American Politics’ casualty list for the 119th Congress

This list includes members of the current Senate and House who have died, resigned, announced their intention to retire at the end of their term, lost in a bid for renomination, or who are running for another office.

The list excludes memb...

4 days ago

Here’s my latest Florida congressional vulnerability ranking for the Tampa Bay Times

The U.S. Capitol Rotunda on July 1, 2026. (Louis Jacobson)

For the ninth election cycle, I am ranking the vulnerability of Florida’s U.S. House seats to being flipped in November. You can read my most recent edition, posted this morning, h...

5 days ago

The Senate state of play: An updated handicapping for September 2026

Since we published our last Senate handicapping in August, the Senate battleground has remained largely the same — but Democrats remain optimistic that they can win enough seats to flip the chamber.

In August, we shifted four Republican-he...

5 days ago
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Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del.

Updated senator profile

This is another update to the Almanac of American Politics biography of a sitting member of Congress, incorporating major personal developments, such as retirement announcements and controversies that occurred too l...

6 days ago
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