Another series of failures ensures that a debate they can’t win will extend into the election year of 2026.
Election 2026
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Indiana Republicans Reject Trump, Vote Down Gerrymander
The full result of Trump’s election-rigging scheme shows almost no advantage. And the way things are going, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway.
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Chicago Story: Corruption and a Family Legacy Are on the Ballot
Jesse Jackson Jr.—convicted, unpardoned, and unrepentant—is running for Congress again.
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Democratic Wave or Republican Swamp
Can Trump revulsion and voter mobilization overcome voter suppression?
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Justice Dems Pick Longtime Organizer to Take Harlem
Darializa Avila Chevalier is challenging AIPAC-backed Rep. Adriano Espaillat and pledging to take the affordability fight to D.C.
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Key Nebraska House Primary Features an Establishment Progressive and an Outsider Moderate
State lawmaker John Cavanaugh, despite his record and the backing of the Progressive Caucus, represents the local party establishment. Meanwhile, Democratic activist Denise Powell, the self-styled outsider, is rapidly becoming the favored candidate of many in the national party’s donor and operative class.
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Trump’s Armed Force to Take Over Democratic Cities Is Nearly Ready to Deploy
On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit Federal Appeals Court voted to hear the case of the Trump administration’s attempted deployment of the National Guard to Portland, Oregon. The president then declared he was prepared to send “more than the National Guard” into American cities.
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Sparks Flying in Maine’s Senate Race
Susan Collins remains forever unconcerned. One of the Republicans’ most reliable meme generators isn’t fretting over Janet Mills’s entry into the race for Maine’s Senate seat alongside oyster farmer Graham Platner.
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The 2026 Election Is Being Decided at the Supreme Court
The Trump gerrymandering tour has not been going well. So far, it has succeeded in Texas, where new districts could dislodge up to five Democrats, and Missouri, where lawmakers voted to muscle out Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) by splitting up Kansas City. But Texas is under a legal challenge and, more importantly, still gives Democrats […]
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AI Is Changing How Politics Is Practiced in America
AI is poised to play a more volatile role than ever before in America’s next federal election in 2026. With little prospect of regulatory action, there are no safeguards against the dramatic potential impacts for our democracy.