Texas Democrats Bet on James Talarico After Historic Cornyn Primary Defeat
Ken Paxton's rout of Senator John Cornyn in the Republican runoff made Cornyn the first Texas incumbent senator to lose…
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Election Officials and Parties Race to Recruit Poll Workers as November Midterms Near
With the November midterms weeks away, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and both major parties are still racing to recruit…
Louisiana’s Suspended Congressional Primaries Remain Stuck in Court as Midterms Near
Louisiana's U.S. House primaries remain suspended months after Gov. Jeff Landry postponed them following the Supreme Court's ruling striking down…
Black Voters Matter Presses Georgia to Release Full Records on 471,000-Voter Purge
Black Voters Matter Fund is suing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for fuller records on a 2025 purge that…
Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Repeal Drive Faces Campaign Finance Complaints Ahead of November Vote
Alaska's campaign finance watchdog is weighing complaints that the Repeal Now campaign hid donors like the out-of-state Aurora Action Network,…
Staten Island’s Congressional District Remains in Limbo as New York’s Redistricting Fight Drags On
A Manhattan court's finding that New York's 11th District, held by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, illegally dilutes minority votes remains tied…
Mid-Decade Redistricting Tally: Eight States Redrew Maps, but Republicans May Net Only a Fraction of the Seats They Sought
A new tally of this cycle's mid-decade redistricting fights finds eight states have enacted new congressional maps, but Republicans are…
Gilchrist Outraises Forlini More Than 3-to-1 as Michigan’s Open Secretary of State Race Heads to November
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist has out-raised Republican Anthony Forlini more than 3-to-1 in the race for the state's open…
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration’s USPS Mail-Ballot Screening Plan Ahead of Midterms
The Supreme Court declined to let a Trump administration plan to have USPS screen mail-in ballots take effect before the…
Talarico and Paxton Advance to November Showdown for Texas’s Open Senate Seat
Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton will face off in November after Paxton routed four-term Sen. John Cornyn in…