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2026 could set a modern record for congressional turnover
A record number of senators and representatives could leave office in the 119th Congress through a combination of retirements, renomination defeats, resignations, deaths, and general election losses.
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Episode 44: SCOTUS Blocks Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Order + Missouri’s Map Mess, with Nathaniel Rakich from Votebeat
With all primaries done and dusted, it is now indisputably general election time. But we have two late developments that will affect the 2026 electoral picture. First, Republicans had drawn a new gerrymander in Missouri, but a series of fed...
📈 Can Susan Collins outrun the polls in Maine again?
Former state Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, is challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine’s much-watched U.S. Senate race.
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LAST PRIMARY: Delaware Livestream!
The culmination of six and a half months of primaries! Today, Delaware ends primary season — remember Texas on March 3? — with the final nomination contests before the November election. The most prominent races are the Democratic and Repub...
Republicans look unlikely to gain much — if anything — from redistricting
Decision Desk HQ’s 2026 forecast suggests Republicans are unlikely to gain much from having had the upper hand in redistricting the congressional puzzle pieces around the country.
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