2026 U.S. Midterm Elections

Fight for control of the Senate hangs in the balance with just eight weeks to go until the midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).  The nonpartisan election analyst on Monday…

What experts are watching in the final two months of campaigning.

Michael Anton's essay should be understood in the larger context of what Harry V. Jaffa called the scholarship of the politics of freedom.

Control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs with less than two months until Election Day

Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his party in this year’s midterm elections

The president apparently plans to focus on the person he most admires – himself – even if Republicans would rather he didn’tWith the midterm races officially beginning this week, a big question…

Retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan, also known as "Decoy Dan," has been accused of secretly and illegaly colluding with a liberal group to take down his namesake Alaska senator, a watchdog alleged.

Democrats are aggressively promoting legal abortion through all nine months. Pro-life Republicans must highlight this.

The two-day midterm political convention in Dallas this week is Republicans’ last, best chance to put on a show and appeal to donors and corporations ahead of a November election that’s increasingly…

Every Republican is liable to give you a different answer if you ask them what constitutes their party’s “base.” But from a purely demographic standpoint, it’s indisputable: older, married,…

Republican senators and candidates have mixed feelings about President Trump’s midterm election convention, with many hoping that Trump can rev up millions of MAGA voters but worried of being tied to…

The two distinct races represent the last gasp of dynastic politics in a primary season largely defined by deep antiestablishment fervor.

Voters will nominate candidates for one of the most high-stakes Senate races in the country. And a Democratic House primary has emerged as a test of the party’s establishment.

The week of Labor Day marks the unofficial kickoff of the general election season. President Trump's unpopularity and Democratic enthusiasm means control of Congress is on the ballot.

Shannon Taylor touts her prosecutor past as she runs against Rep. Rob Wittman (R) for a battleground seat in Virginia.

The Republican party is calling it a "Trumpapalooza." The party is throwing an unconventional convention in Dallas this week to try to boost Republican voter enthusiasm.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with commentator Jonah Goldberg about this week's unusual Republican midterm gathering.

Yair Golan, who heads Israel’s left-wing Democrats party, said he’ll join the government if the opposition wins next month’s election and will put tackling Jewish settler violence in the occupied…

The first-ever GOP midterm convention conflicts with a major American pastime: The season opener for the NFL.

Candidates in several states with competitive House and Senate races are beginning the stretch run of election season with Labor Day events at festivals, union halls and parades

The political world’s eyes are focused this week on Dallas, where Republicans are turning up the volume at a two-day convention meant to bolster the GOP’s chances in this year’s midterms. The event…

A fake website claiming to be associated with the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) midterm convention, taking place Sept. 9-10 in Dallas, redirects to the Justice Department’s homepage for the…

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) won’t have a speaking slot at the GOP’s 2026 midterm convention in Dallas this week, unlike House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).…

The candidate, Amy Acton, was not hurt, but her team said several others were injured as the man tried to "lunge" at her.