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With Peltola Announcement, Alaska Senate Moves to Lean Republican

Senate Democrats have landed another key recruit in their battle for the Senate majority, convincing former Alaska Rep. Mary ...
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Checking in on the Redistricting Arms Race

A nationwide effort to redraw congressional maps last year has reshaped the districts of dozens of members — effectively ...
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Five Ways 2026 Looks Like 2018 — and Five Ways It Doesn’t

For all the ways in which Trump 2.0 has blown past the bounds of Trump 1.0 — expanded use of emergency tariffs, divisive ...
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2026 Washington House Analysis: Olympic Trials

If Democrats hope to regain power in Washington, D.C., they’ll have to hold their own in Washington state. After back-to-back ...
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Walz Withdrawal Makes Way for Klobuchar in Minnesota — and a Potential 2027 Special Election

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s decision this week to forgo a run for a third term could leave Democrats in the state in a better ...
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Don’t Overestimate Venezuela’s Impact on the Midterms

I don’t bet on politics, but if I did, I would wager that the U.S. strike in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás ...
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The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Is Here. What Does it Mean for 2026?

For a candidate who spent his 2024 campaign focused on domestic policy, the first year of President Donald Trump’s second ...
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With Trump Endorsement, Hageman Is the Clear Early Favorite to Succeed Lummis

Following Wyoming Republican Cynthia Lummis’s retirement announcement earlier this month, at-large Rep. Harriet Hageman is ...
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Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index

The Cook Political Report is pleased to introduce the 20th anniversary edition of the Partisan Voter Index (PVI) for all 50 states and 435 Congressional districts in the country, compiled especially ...
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What the Democrats’ Autopsy Should Have Focused On

We are living in an era in which decisions typically described as “unprecedented,” indefensible, or “inexplicable” have ...