The Senate will return to a fast-approaching government funding deadline, but this time both sides appear ready to avoid another shutdown. When lawmakers in the upper chamber return Monday, they will ...

In terms of nominees, Thune pointed out that Republicans ended 2025 with well over 400 confirmed, more than any president’s first year since Barack Obama in 2009. Thune, who became majority leader ...

Democrat Renee Hardman won a special election for state Senate in Iowa on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, preventing Republicans from regaining a supermajority in the chamber. Hardman, the ...

The top-of-the-ticket Illinois Democratic primary race for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat has lurched along in slow motion through much of the fall, its major candidates eclipsed largely by a ...

With margins tight in both chambers, control of Congress in 2026 is expected to hinge on a small group of competitive Senate contests and House districts sensitive to national trends. As America ...

Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) hauled in nearly $7 million in the fourth quarter of fundraising last year in the Texas Senate race, raking in more than $13 million since launching his bid in ...

A Democratic candidate won a special election for the Iowa State Senate on Tuesday, The Associated Press said, a result that prevents Republicans from reclaiming a supermajority in that chamber. The ...

The fight for the Senate is expanding to a few more states next year, as both parties tout talented candidates and point to political dynamics tilting in their favor. Democrats still face an uphill ...

With less than two months before voters finally get to take a step towards filling a state Senate seat left vacant since January, 10 candidates are campaigning for the spot. Six Democrats and four ...

The battle for control of the Senate is likely to hinge on a half-dozen of the most competitive races in the 2026 midterm elections, as Republicans fight to retain their majority in an election year ...

When the calendar rolls to 2026, the political drama that has been on high a simmer in Texas for several months will spring into a rolling boil. And by the time the votes are tallied in the primaries ...

The sixth and final Iowa legislative special election of 2025 takes place Tuesday, Dec. 30, as Polk County voters head to the polls to elect a state Senate candidate. Gov. Kim Reynolds set the ...