Browsing: 2026 midterms

A new Quantus Insights poll shows Republican Ken Paxton narrowly leading Democrat James Talarico, 47.2 percent to 46.7 percent, in the costliest Senate race of the 2026 midterms, with early voting set to begin October 19.

A new Iowa poll shows Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson leading Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek 45 percent to 43 percent in the state’s U.S. Senate race, with immigration policy emerging as a key flashpoint.

Sen. Jon Ossoff will attend an October 19 Hancock Park fundraiser led by Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman and UTA CEO David Kramer, drawing criticism from GOP challenger Mike Collins even as Ossoff leads in recent polling.

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says he had the flu, not a mental health stay in Ohio, after a week-long disappearance from public view — though his account of which doctor he saw has shifted.

A 2018 video resurfacing online shows Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed calling for an end to local cooperation with ICE and for the country to “open our doors” to immigrants, as he now runs a more moderate-styled 2026 campaign.

The Justice Department charged 16 lawful permanent residents with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes, officials announced.

a message that is broadly popular but short on specifics. Virtually every political figure, Carter notes, now claims to support affordability in some form, which she says makes the term better at describing a problem than offering a solution.What the Pew numbers showCarter points to Pew Research polling on which party’s economic policies Americans trust more. Despite a weak economic mood overall, with only 24% of Americans rating the economy as good or excellent and six in 10 saying Trump’s econ

Rep. Rob Bresnahan released a new campaign ad accusing Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti of raising taxes, cutting teaching jobs and slashing the city’s police ammunition budget, as the two battle in a tight Pennsylvania House race.

The Nassau County PBA and NYC Uniformed Firefighters Association have endorsed Rep. Tom Suozzi’s re-election as a Trump-aligned super PAC spends nearly $8 million backing his Republican rival, Mike LiPetri.

Republican Scott Singer, the former Boca Raton mayor challenging Rep. Jared Moskowitz in Florida’s redrawn 25th District, says the incumbent’s moderate image masks a voting record that lines up with the party’s progressive wing 90% of the time.