This briefing reflects information available as of September 5, 2026. OH-07 is a live, competitive race, and candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before the November 3 election. Why This Race Matters Ohio’s 7th Congressional District looked like safe Republican territory for most of this cycle. Then, this summer, disputed but serious allegations against Republican … Read more
This briefing reflects information available as of September 5, 2026. MI-10 is a live, competitive race, and candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before the November 3 election. Why This Race Matters Michigan’s 10th Congressional District has no incumbent on the ballot this year. Republican Rep. John James is running for governor instead of seeking … Read more
This briefing reflects information available as of September 5, 2026. FL-25 is a live, competitive race, and candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before the November 3 election. Why This Race Matters Florida’s 25th Congressional District did not exist in its current form until this year’s mid-decade redistricting, and it has quickly become the state’s … Read more
This briefing reflects information available as of September 5, 2026. FL-14 is a live, competitive race, and candidates, polling, and endorsements may change before the November 3 election. Why This Race Matters Florida’s 14th Congressional District has sent a Democrat to Congress for two decades, but a mid-decade redistricting fight moved it out of safe … Read more
Missouri’s Supreme Court unanimously blocked the state from using a Republican-drawn congressional map in November, ruling that voters must first get a chance to approve or reject it at the ballot box. Because that referendum can’t happen before Election Day, the map Missouri used before 2025 stays in effect for this year’s midterms instead. 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. 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
How Redistricting Works Every 10 years, the United States carries out a census, an official count of everyone living in the country. The most recent census was in 2020, and the next is scheduled for 2030. The population numbers from the census trigger a process called reapportionment, in which the 435 seats in the U.S. … Read more
