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Aug 19, 2026
Senator Darline Graham of South Carolina stumbled over a question about the importance of Taiwan to U.S. interests during a debate in a runoff election on Tuesday.
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Aug 19, 2026
State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive firebrand, marshaled grass-roots enthusiasm to defeat a moderate who dramatically out-raised her. Can it carry her to victory in November?
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Aug 19, 2026
After an 18-year career at Fox News, she is now her husband's most influential adviser and de facto producer, shaping the job like no Pentagon spouse has before.
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Aug 19, 2026
Both parties see Alaska as key to winning the Senate. The state's nonpartisan primary put Mary Peltola, a Democratic former congresswoman, on the same ballot as Dan Sullivan, the incumbent Republican she hopes to unseat. Both advanced to the general election.
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Aug 19, 2026
In an unusual move, Congress worsened terms for some existing borrowers. Now they'll have to pay more, and for a longer term.
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Aug 19, 2026
They must embrace the heterodoxy that governs how swing voters think.
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Aug 19, 2026
Senator Darline Graham made the remark in a debate against Representative Ralph Norman, her opponent in the runoff election to succeed her brother, Lindsey Graham. Here are five takeaways from the debate.
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Aug 18, 2026
The incumbent Republican has been a reliable supporter of President Trump, giving Democrats a pickup opportunity in a state where most are politically unaffiliated.
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Aug 18, 2026
The Alaska Native, who grew up along the Kuskokwim River near the Bering Sea and fished for salmon, is the leading Democrat in the nonpartisan primary race.
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Aug 18, 2026
A burst of ad spending is part of a campaign tactic in which the major parties try to boost fringe hopefuls on the other side.
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Aug 18, 2026
Ms. Hageman, who unseated Representative Liz Cheney in 2022, is a heavy favorite to replace Senator Cynthia Lummis in the deep-red state.
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Aug 18, 2026
Angie Nixon faces another difficult test this November against a Republican incumbent heavily favored to win.
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Aug 18, 2026
Mr. Mills, who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee and has faced allegations of assault and threatening behavior toward women, lost to Ryan Elijah, a former TV news anchor.
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Aug 18, 2026
Jim Schwartzel defeated a large field of competitors for a House seat based in Fort Myers, including several candidates who had recently established Florida residency.
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Aug 18, 2026
The congresswoman won her party's nomination in Florida's 20th District over several Black candidates who sharply criticized her decision to run there.
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Aug 18, 2026
Mr. Moskowitz, one of the most vocal Democratic supporters of Israel in the House, will compete in a highly competitive general election in the fall.
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Aug 18, 2026
Scott Singer will face the winner of the Democratic primary in one of the most competitive House races in the nation.
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Aug 18, 2026
The Republican incumbent has President Trump's support, but has little name recognition to many in her state.
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Aug 18, 2026
The Democrat testified in President Trump's first impeachment trial and has a twin brother, Eugene, in Congress.
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Aug 18, 2026
Voters may select an "R" or a "D" next to a candidate's name, but their political views are often more nuanced than a binary choice represents.
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Aug 18, 2026
Track the latest polls in Virginia's 5th Congressional District.
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Aug 18, 2026
Track the latest polls in Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District.
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Aug 18, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Wyoming primary election.
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Aug 18, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Florida primary election.
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Aug 18, 2026
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Aug 18, 2026
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Aug 18, 2026
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Aug 18, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Florida primary election.
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Aug 18, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Florida primary election.
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Aug 18, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Florida primary election.
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Aug 18, 2026
Dan Sullivan, a retired schoolteacher from tiny Petersburg, Alaska, shares a name with the incumbent senator he hopes to defeat. Is he a spoiler trying to divide the Republican vote? We traveled to Alaska to find out.
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Aug 18, 2026
An early glimpse of a pivotal Senate race, heated primaries on a newly redrawn congressional map, and a special election to replace Eric Swalwell will be in the spotlight on Tuesday.
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Aug 17, 2026
The appearance for Representative Zach Nunn was another departure from previous norms for the defense secretary, whose predecessors kept a greater distance from politics.
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Aug 17, 2026
Representative Jimmy Gomez of California acknowledged "personal mistakes" outside his marriage but denied breaking rules that bar relationships with a direct subordinate.
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Aug 17, 2026
It was the second federal appellate decision to take issue with the administration's custom of leaving interim prosecutors in place to lead U.S. attorney's offices to circumvent congressional approval.
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Aug 17, 2026
The sister of Lindsey Graham was appointed to his Senate seat on an interim basis. She must win a runoff next week against a conservative House member to serve a full six-year term.
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Aug 17, 2026
We look at the crowded race to replace Byron Donalds.
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Aug 17, 2026
Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, fired a longtime senior aide and named a new campaign manager.
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Aug 17, 2026
Two Democrats are in a runoff to replace Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress in April. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is spending heavily against a progressive candidate.
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Aug 17, 2026
Democrats aren't shifting left as much as you may think.
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Aug 16, 2026
A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its possible limitations.
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Aug 16, 2026
Not all progressives are equal: Candidates of the activist left typically don't perform as well as other Democrats.
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Aug 16, 2026
The new head of the Justice Department said on "Meet the Press" on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.
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Aug 16, 2026
Brandon Herrera, long an anti-establishment outsider, is trying to help the party defend a red-leaning House district in West Texas. It's proving messy.
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Aug 15, 2026
Democratic divisions, polling misses and Ocasio-Cortez's egg freezing: the week in politics.
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Aug 15, 2026
At 73, Sherrod Brown is mounting a comeback bid in Ohio. He is one of the Democrats his party is counting on to retake control of the Senate.
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Aug 14, 2026
Representative Rashida Tlaib was supposed to headline an event called "Chomp the Oligarchy" for three candidates for Congress who face Jewish Democrats in Tuesday's primary.
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Aug 14, 2026
Ed Markey is hoping that his progressive politics will save him in Massachusetts.
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Aug 14, 2026
Both parties face issues heading into the fall.
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Aug 14, 2026
Some lawmakers and their families have traded millions of dollars worth of stocks since the start of this term.
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Aug 14, 2026
Republican and Democratic challengers are both using the issue to attack members of Congress as unethical, seizing on a common practice that enrages voters.
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Aug 14, 2026
The campaign of Mary Peltola said it was focused on issues important to Alaska and did not approve a message of support from Ms. Harris.
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Aug 14, 2026
The president has been focused on the race since the death of Lindsey Graham in July. Ms. Graham, the late senator's sister, is competing against Representative Ralph Norman in a runoff on Aug. 25.
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Aug 14, 2026
Both parties face hurdles heading into the fall.
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Aug 13, 2026
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew's well-being.
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Aug 13, 2026
Democratic Socialists are capturing more votes than ever before — even as they run up against the limits of their appeal.
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Aug 13, 2026
Progressive Democrats have been gaining ground in primaries across the country, but recent wins and losses in Michigan and Wisconsin show the strength and the limits of the movement.
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Aug 12, 2026
In a recent interview, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez distanced herself from the 2020 era of progressivism.
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Aug 12, 2026
Darline Graham and Ralph Norman emerged from a special election sprint on Tuesday to succeed Lindsey Graham. She will sell her closeness to President Trump. He will tout his conservatism.
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Aug 12, 2026
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's sharing of her decision to freeze her eggs, the news that her longtime relationship had ended and talk of a presidential run have intensified the debates that swirl around her.
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Aug 12, 2026
It seems that centrists and the left can work the pragmatic side of the street.
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Aug 12, 2026
A moderate won the closely fought Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin, the latest contest between the party's progressive and moderate wings.
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Aug 12, 2026
South Carolina Republicans moved to a runoff to decide their Senate nominee. Voters picked a progressive Democrat as their candidate for Senate in Minnesota, but in Wisconsin, a moderate eked out a narrow victory in the contest for governor.
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Aug 12, 2026
A Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin remained neck and neck early Wednesday, leaving a national battle between progressive and moderate wings largely unsettled.
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Aug 12, 2026
The victory by Minnesota's lieutenant governor was the latest for the left-wing movement in the Midwest. She could become the first Native woman in the Senate.
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Aug 11, 2026
In an upset, Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, won the Democratic nomination, capitalizing on calls for generational change.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Cooke, a three-time congressional candidate, held a huge fund-raising edge in a western Wisconsin race that Democrats consider pivotal to their hopes of flipping the House.
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Aug 11, 2026
Michael Alfonso, 26, had the support of the transportation secretary and an endorsement from President Trump.
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Aug 11, 2026
The fourth-term U.S. senator jolted Minnesota politics early this year by mounting a bid to succeed Gov. Tim Walz.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Graham will face Representative Ralph Norman, a hard-line conservative who had previously run for governor, in the runoff.
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Aug 11, 2026
If elected, Mr. Alfonso, 26, would be the youngest member of Congress, thanks in no small part to the support his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and an endorsement from President Trump.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Tafoya, the favorite to become the state's Republican nominee for Senate, spent years as an N.F.L. sideline reporter and has leaned into her sports background.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Flanagan, the progressive lieutenant governor of Minnesota, is a former organizer who could become the first Native American woman in the Senate.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Craig, a moderate Democratic congresswoman, flipped a swing House seat in 2018 to become Minnesota's first openly gay member of Congress.
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Aug 11, 2026
The removed posts from Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, immediately set off Republican attacks.
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Aug 11, 2026
The sister of Senator Lindsey Graham was endorsed by President Trump to serve out the remainder of his term. Now she is running in a special primary election.
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Aug 11, 2026
The two-term Republican congressman, who once interned in the office of Senator Lindsey Graham, has campaigned in part on his youth.
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Aug 11, 2026
The longtime lawmaker, a member of an ultraconservative group of House members, came in third place in the Republican primary for governor this year.
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Aug 11, 2026
The former governor and congressman is a staunch fiscal conservative who repeatedly broke with President Trump on government spending, among other issues.
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Aug 11, 2026
Representative Angie Craig has benefited from nearly $10 million in spending from groups whose donors remain hidden, giving her an advantage in her Senate primary against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Wisconsin primary election.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Wisconsin primary elections.
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Aug 11, 2026
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Wisconsin primary election.
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Aug 11, 2026
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Vermont primary elections.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Minnesota primary elections.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Alabama special primary elections.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results of the key races from the Aug. 11 primaries.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Connecticut primary elections.
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Aug 11, 2026
South Carolina Republicans will decide who will succeed Lindsey Graham as their party's Senate nominee. Democrats must choose between moderate and progressive candidates in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Aug 11, 2026
The party's congressional campaign arm added Mr. Miller's opponent, Brian Poindexter, to its highly competitive "Red to Blue" list.
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Aug 11, 2026
The left and the middle continue to battle in Democratic primaries for governor in Wisconsin and Senate in Minnesota. In South Carolina, all eyes are on Darline Graham.
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Aug 11, 2026
The Democratic brand is just too toxic in large swaths of the country.
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Aug 10, 2026
Along with his comments about Muslim candidates, Mr. Trump spoke disparagingly of Somalis in the United States, saying "they're not smart."
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Aug 10, 2026
Thanks to Trump, G.O.P. extremism has become so ordinary that it breaks through only when it reaches an absurdly high level.
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Aug 10, 2026
Representative Chuck Edwards dropped his re-election bid amid sexual harassment allegations. His replacement, Jennifer Balkcom, has about 80 days to campaign.
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Aug 10, 2026
Along with his comments about Muslim candidates, Mr. Trump spoke disparagingly of Somalis in the United States, saying "they're not smart."
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Aug 10, 2026
The Senate primary race in Minnesota will be the latest test of left-wing energy in the party, in a state that was convulsed by the Trump administration's deadly immigration crackdown this winter.
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Aug 10, 2026
Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed.
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