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2026 House Report Shorts (Oct. 29, 2026)

by Jacob Rubashkin, Nathan L. Gonzales & Inshara Ali

OCT 29, 2026

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The Issues Fueling the Most Expensive Ad War in Midterm History

by Inshara Ali

OCT 26, 2026

One week from Election Day, the midterm ad war is set to become the most expensive on record. By the time polls close next Tuesday, Americans will have been inundated by more than $11 billion in advertising, according to tracking firm AdImpact. Democrats are running on the economy and against Donald Trump. Republicans are barely mentioning the president,…

House Report Shorts (Oct. 15, 2026)

by Jacob Rubashkin & Inshara Ali

OCT 15, 2026

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Where White Women Could Swing in November

by Bradley Wascher

OCT 15, 2026

With the 2026 battleground map expanding into redder districts and states, one group has re-emerged as a key voting bloc: white women. Comprising around two-fifths of the national electorate, white women typically lean toward Republicans, but they do swing in wave years. And despite growing polarization between white women with and without a college degree, Democrats are poised…

Following the Money: Disagreements on the House Battleground

by Jacob Rubashkin

OCT 7, 2026

When it comes to the core House battleground, both parties tend to agree more than they disagree. Districts such as Texas’ 34th, Colorado’s 8th and Florida’s 25th are consensus toss-up seats, and have the money and attention to prove it. Democratic and Republican donors and groups have flooded those districts and dozens of others with advertising since Labor…

House Report Shorts (Oct. 1, 2026)

by Nathan L. Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin & Inshara Ali

OCT 1, 2026

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House Report Shorts (Sept. 17, 2026)

by Jacob Rubashkin, Nathan L. Gonzales & Inshara Ali

SEP 17, 2026

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Choosing Texas: House Candidates at the Midterm Convention

by Jacob Rubashkin

SEP 15, 2026

DALLAS — As President Donald Trump assembled Republicans for an unprecedented midterm convention, many of the GOP’s top congressional candidates faced a delicate decision. Attend, and risk being tied even more closely to an unpopular president just weeks before the midterm elections? Or stay away, forgoing the national platform and chance to fire up an unmotivated base, as…

Last-Minute Missouri Decision Benefits Democrats

by Jacob Rubashkin

SEP 10, 2026

The Missouri Supreme Court upended House elections in the Show Me State last Thursday, ruling that the new map drawn by GOP state legislators to deliver an additional seat to Republicans never actually became law and cannot be used this fall. As a result of the ruling and a subsequent week of appeals by the state that included…

Rhode Island Primary Results

by Jacob Rubashkin

SEP 9, 2026

Forty-nine states down and one to go as voters in Rhode Island went to the polls to vote in the primary. In a rare result, an incumbent governor lost renomination, but the situation doesn’t fit neatly into the “throw the bums out” narrative. Governor. Open; Dan McKee (D), lost renomination. Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes decisively beat McKee…