Larry Sabato

In the battle for an Alaska Senate seat and the governor’s mansion, the oil-dependent state’s declining fisheries loom large, but no one wants to look at the biggest culprit, climate change

President Donald Trump has once agian promised voters $5,000 checks if they vote for Republicans in the midterm elections next month

Polls show close contests in competitive Senate races and rare independent polling in Virginia congressional races

The outcome of the 2026 election will be determined primarily by how well Republicans play defense across the growing list of GOP-held House and Senate seats Democrats are targeting

The outcome of the 2026 election will be determined primarily by how well Republicans play defense across the growing list of GOP-held House and Senate seats Democrats are targeting

President Trump’s approval ratings have sunk to new lows in several recent polls, driven by declining GOP support and souring views on the economy in a possible warning sign for Republicans just weeks out from the midterms

Dissatisfaction among Republicans has mounted since Trump began the war with Iran in February, driving gasoline and diesel prices upward

The changes come as Democrats are hoping to expand the battleground to compete in more conservative areas in this year’s elections

Democrats on Tuesday expanded their battlefield in the fight for control of the House, with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) adding three more GOP-held districts to its battleground “Red to Blue” program

Nationally, Trump stands at 34 percent approval and 60 percent disapproval, giving him a net approval rating of minus 26

Democratic socialists were largely confined to the outer edges of political discourse

It backed President Donald Trump by just under 10 points in the 2024 presidential race, so Democrats have viewed it as a potential pickup opportunity, as they believe the 2026 midterms will present them with a more favorable national environment due to Trump’s declining national approval rating

No California Republican has overcome such a deficit since the state adopted its top-two primary system in 2012

A wave of anti-incumbent sentiment is rippling through both political parties ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with Republicans and Democrats alike seeing veteran lawmakers fall in primary contests as strategists debate what it could mean for control of Congress

Many Democratic voters are frustrated with party leadership over what they view as a weak response to President Donald Trump’s second term in office and have backed some insurgent progressives, while other primaries have come down to generational questions

A new set of Senate ratings has reshaped the 2026 battleground map, pulling two previously Republican-leaning states into toss-up territory and nudging another toward Democrats—without yet overturning the GOP’s overall advantage

Lauren Boebert brushes off Trump calling for a primary challenge: 'I stood by the president, I stand by my friend'

One factor is AI tools that enable candidates to submit hundreds of applications quickly, intensifying competition

President Donald Trump may be celebrating that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won Tuesday’s Senate primary, but some Republicans now worry that they have a Texas-sized problem on their hands

Trump backed scandal-ridden Attorney General Ken Paxton in the primary

Trump getting involved in the Senate primary in Texas saddled Republicans with a scandal-ridden nominee

Paxton secured the Republican nomination after defeating Cornyn in a closely watched primary runoff that highlighted divisions within the GOP

So far, Trump is keeping his strategy close to his chest

Within the Democratic field, surveys in 2026 show Harris leading prospective primary voters overall in many polls, with California Governor Gavin Newsom and New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also drawing measurable support, along with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

The gubernatorial race has garnered less national attention, but Mills’ retirement leaves open a seat in a potentially competitive state

And on Tuesday night in Nebraska’s 2nd District, their efforts got off to a good start

Republicans may gain up to 12 House seat via redistricting

Republicans may gain up to 12 House seat via redistricting

The shift comes amid a largely unprecedented redistricting spree that began last year with US President Donald Trump heaping pressure on Texas to redraw its congressional maps to favour Republicans

Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, pushed back Wednesday during an interview with MeidasTouch's Pablo Manríquez after being asked about Black Republicans in Congress following the Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, a major Voting Rights Act case involving race and congressional redistricting

In total, Democrats have redrawn or secured maps that could net about 10 favorable seats, while Republicans are positioned for roughly nine, a near draw that assumes past voting patterns hold this November, according to Associated Press analysis

The measure temporarily suspends Virginia's bipartisan redistricting system and gives lawmakers authority to adopt new congressional districts through 2030

Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff leads two potential Republican challengers, Representatives Mike Collins and Buddy Carter, in a new poll of Georgia’s 2026 Senate race released Tuesday

Killing tens of thousands of people makes you pretty damn evil,' El-Sayed told CNN congressional reporter Manu Raja on the network's Inside Politics program

Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico received encouraging news from a recent poll showing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leading Senator John Cornyn in the Republican runoff

The poll found Spanberger's approval rating is 13 points below the average for Virginia governors in Washington Post polling since the 1990s

Abigail Spanberger challenged her to publicly debate the merits of the redistricting referendum she and Virginia Democrats so fervently support, as an anti-gerrymandering group he works with also fired off a letter to her in his stead

A leading election handicapper on Thursday shifted its ratings of six gubernatorial races toward Democrats, though Republicans are well positioned to hold onto their advantage in the country’s governorships this fall

Carefree and its whimsical street signs are located in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, one of the most competitive House districts in the country

Mark Peake accused Democratic of initiating a push to redraw maps to punish Trump

As he addressed a gathering in Las Vegas recently, Ted Cruz raised the elephant in the Republican room