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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) talks to reporters after meeting with some of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers at the U.S. Capitol on September 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Big money shapes Illinois Senate primary

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters ahead of a briefing by Trump administration officials to members of the Senate on U.S. strikes on Iran, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Voters sidelined over Middle East policy

Democratic candidates Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, who are competing for their party’s nomination in the Texas U.S. Senate primary ahead of the 2026 general election. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / John Medina / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary could rewrite Dem playbook

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Postmark changes risk election chaos

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on "The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation" on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congressmen in the House and Senate on both sides of the isle joined the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States and advocates to testify about the Russian war effort to abduct thousands of Ukrainian children and forced to undergo "re-education" and militarization. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Can a Democrat take McConnell’s seat?

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 14: U.S. Rep. Ruwa Romman attends as people protest in Philadelphia as part of the No Kings Rallies at Love Park on June 14, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for No Kings)

The populist pitch for flipping Georgia

ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - AUGUST 6: US Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) makes remarks as she greets voters during a visit at Carondolet Branch Library on August 6, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. Bush is looking to retain her seat in Congress against challenger Wesley Bell in todays Missouri's primary election. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

Bush: “Woke isn't dead, woke is fighting

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The Guardsman taking on Trump

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath speaks during an Early Vote rally at Lynn Family Stadium on October 27, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Amy McGrath isn't sorry for trying again

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., holds up a hat that reads "Trump 2028" during an event at the Kennedy Center on August 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Why Democrats can't quit on red states

Jennifer Pippin, president of the Indian River County chapter of Moms for freedom, attends a campaign event in Vero Beach, Florida on October 16, 2022. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

Can a Democrat still win in Florida?

Steve Bannon, former advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 11, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The GOP plot to rig a House majority

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J.D. Scholten poses for a portrait in Sioux City, Iowa April 18, 2019. (Joshua Lott for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Joni Ernst has a challenger

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks during a Planned Parenthood rally at the Rochester Community House on October 27, 2024 in Rochester, Michigan. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Billionaires back a centrist "movement"

Abdul El-Sayed records videos for his 2018 gubernatorial campaign. (Lynsey Addario/Getty Images Reportage)

Fixing the Democratic brand in Michigan

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speak to reporters after being arrested alongside activists from Center for Popular Democracy Action (CPDA) in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on July 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Justice Dems plan primary challenges

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