2026 Midterm Elections Blog Posts

By the time centrist Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley squeaked into the general election with an excruciating advantage of less than half of one percentage point over DSA insurgent Francesco H...

When Abdul El-Sayed claimed victory in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary last Wednesday morning, it was not hard to look back into recent political history to identify the roots of his triumph.

Does the win indicate the Democratic party’s future?

Abdul El-Sayed wants to abolish the nation’s Immigration and Customs Agency. The Michigan Senate candidate supports replacing private insurance with a government-run system.

Is the rise of progressive and democratic socialist candidates necessary to energize working-class voters, or does it risk alienating swing voters and fracturing the party's broad coalition?

What to make of Democrats moving toward socialism.

What’s next for Democrats in Maine?

In a society in which most of us demand more alternatives for our decisions, the struggles of both Democrats and Republicans to keep their supporters unified and moving in the same direction have beco...

At its best, politics is practiced between the 40-yard lines. That doesn’t mean that centrists in either party are inherently superior—or inferior—to a principled progressive or committed conservative...

Florida’s upcoming gubernatorial race may find itself to be more controversial and consequential than even Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s successful bid for New York City mayor last year.