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Measuring the Fight for the Senate After Tuesday’s Democratic Victories

The blue wave that crested over Tuesday’s off-year elections has Democrats newly hopeful about their chances a year from now ...
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Golden’s Exit Moves ME-02 from Toss Up to Likely Republican

For the past seven years, Rep. Jared Golden has held the reddest district of any House Democrat in the country. One of the ...
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Progressives Eye a Long-Awaited Opening as Pelosi Steps Aside

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, a liberal icon who led House Democrats through multiple wars, economic crises and impeachments, ...
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Amy Walter: Our Big Takeaways From Tuesday's Elections

First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Amy talks about what we learned from Tuesday's elections and what she'll ...
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A Blue Wave Is Building: What We Learned From Election Night 2025

It’s not 2024 anymore. In fact, Tuesday’s elections showed that the current political environment is more akin to the 2018 ...
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California’s Newly Passed Map Spurs 11 Ratings Changes

California voters have passed Proposition 50 by a comfortable margin, codifying a freshly-gerrymandered congressional map for ...
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An Early-Warning System for the Political Winds

Many are looking to Tuesday’s odd-year election as a bellwether for the 2026 midterm elections, to determine if the electoral ...