The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House ...

Most everyone has embraced the current partisan configuration that has been in place since 2016: 24 red states tilting toward Republicans, 19 blue states leaning Democratic, and seven purple states in ...

President Donald Trump has gone to extreme lengths to shore up Republicans’ tenuous hold on the House — going as far as ...

To paraphrase one of the most famous taglines in politics, Democratic gubernatorial candidates plan to run on an “It’s ...

For all the problems that Democrats face, and there are many, their challenges pale in comparison to those now facing Republicans with 11 months to go until the midterms.

By just about every political metric, Democrats are ending the year in a strong political position. President Donald Trump is ...

It is certainly true that the results of last Tuesday’s special congressional election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional ...

Don’t break out the popcorn just yet.The 2026 Republican primary for Florida’s top job, long billed as a potential proxy war ...

Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes entered the Democratic primary for Wisconsin’s open governorship on Dec. 2, adding a highly ...

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is breathing a sigh of relief after Rep. Ayanna Pressley — who would have posed a serious ...

Democrats continued their streak of special election overperformances in Tennessee Tuesday night — but not by enough to pull ...

By almost every metric — including Democrats’ big November wins and their consistent double-digit special election ...