2026 Midterm Elections Blog Posts

But all signs continue to point to Trump remaining front-and-center through the fall. The national Republican convention that he has orchestrated for this week will feature him on both nights, guarant...

This Fourth of July, I found myself in a somewhat heated discussion with some of my relatives – relatives whom I absolutely love. We returned home from watching fireworks and started to make some fire...

When she was campaigning earlier this month for Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, the contrast between her and the other speakers at the rally was noticeable.

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?