The No Kings coalition held its fourth nationwide day of action on Saturday, Oct. 17, this time built around early voting rather than street protest. Organizers reported events in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., including marches to polling places, ballot drop-off walks, voter registration booths and poll-watcher training. The White House dismissed the effort, … Read more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign released an AI-generated attack ad on September 8, 2026 depicting a synthetic version of Democratic opponent James Talarico reading fabricated Bible passages, drawing sharp criticism from Talarico’s campaign. The ad, timed to coincide with the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, shows an AI-generated Talarico appearing to read invented … Read more
Why This Race Matters This briefing reflects information available as of September 4 and 5, 2026. Candidates, polling and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. Texas has not elected a Democratic governor since 1990, and Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking an unprecedented fourth term. For most of this cycle, that made the … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. New Mexico’s 2nd District is one of 23 House seats nationally that Democrats are defending in territory Trump carried in 2024, and it is the only genuinely competitive district … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. Ohio’s 9th District, the “snake by the lake” seat that runs from Toledo to Sandusky, is held by Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, but a … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. Ohio’s 13th District, anchored in Akron, tells almost the opposite redistricting story from the state’s 9th District. The same Ohio Redistricting Commission map that made Marcy Kaptur’s seat more … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. Texas’s 34th District, running along the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend to Brownsville, was one of five Democratic-held seats Texas Republicans targeted in a mid-decade redistricting pushed by … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. Maine’s 2nd District has been described by analysts as the most Republican-leaning district held by a Democrat anywhere in the country, and it is now open for the first … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. North Carolina’s 1st District is the state’s only toss-up House race, and it exists in its current form because Republican state lawmakers redrew it in 2025 specifically to make … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. Michigan’s 7th District has flipped between the parties in each of the last three elections and Cook Political Report lists it among 14 Republican-held seats rated a toss-up nationally. … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. Arizona’s 6th District is a genuine swing seat in a chamber Republicans control by a thin margin, and Cook Political Report rates it a true toss-up. Trump carried the … Read more
Why This Race Matters This overview reflects information available as of September 4, 2026. Candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before Election Day on November 3. Gov. Laura Kelly is term-limited after winning twice in a state that leans heavily Republican, and this is the first Kansas governor’s race with only two candidates on the … Read more
