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Trump’s impossibly terrible “affordability” messaging
Morning Digest: Darrell Issa abandons plan to flee to Texas
Morning Digest: The GOP was targeting this indicted Democrat. Then Trump pardoned him
GOP in disarray after Tennessee special
Morning Digest: Prominent Wisconsin Democrat seeks a comeback three years after a tight loss
Morning Digest: Why Republicans are sweating a special election they shouldn't have to worry about
Morning Digest: A major election year is unfolding in D.C. as the city is besieged by Trump
Weekly open thread: Thanksgiving edition
Morning Digest: A notorious proto-MAGA crank may have one more comeback left in him
Morning Digest: Alabama's Doug Jones, winner of massive 2017 upset, launches bid for governor
Morning Digest: Democrats deploy $1 million as GOP panics ahead of Tennessee special election
The lame-duckification of Donald Trump
Morning Digest: Democratic congresswoman indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million in COVID funds
Shock TX ruling dashes GOP gerrymander
Morning Digest: Billionaire Tom Steyer piles into California's crowded governor's race
Morning Digest: Court blocks new Texas map, dealing surprise blow to Republicans
Morning Digest: Maryland Democrat opposed to redistricting earns primary challenger
Morning Digest: GOP launches special election rescue mission in deep-red district
Morning Digest: Georgia Democrats could flip this red seat in a December special election
Morning Digest: Utah will soon host its first contested Democratic primary for a blue House seat
The inside scoop on The Downballot's new polling
Morning Digest: Utah's new congressional map guarantees a Democratic pickup
New poll shows Democrats’ best path in 2026: Remind voters the GOP’s in charge
Morning Digest: Al Green will run again, setting up clash with much younger opponent
Morning Digest: Elise Stefanik, a Trump lackey screwed over by Trump, launches governor bid
The great GOP butt-whoopin’ of 2025
Morning Digest: Nancy Pelosi, first woman speaker, retires after historic career
Morning Digest: Jared Golden, a vocal centrist, announces retirement from the House
Morning Digest: Voters deliver massive wins to Democrats in rejection of Trump and GOP
The Downballot's live tracker of key races for election night 2025
The Downballot's election night 2025 open thread
Morning Digest: Join us for our election night livestream at 7 PM ET!
The Downballot's 2025 election preview
Morning Digest: Targeted by another gerrymander, Marcy Kaptur says she won't back down
Election preview: Trump 2.0’s first big test
Morning Digest, sponsored by Ripple On Impact: Parties reportedly strike a deal on new Ohio map
Enter The Downballot's 2025 prediction contest, sponsored by GreensBabka.com!
Our jam-packed election night preview!
Trump is proving No Kings right
Justin Kanew’s inside scoop on TN’s big special election
The Downballot's 3Q 2025 Senate and House fundraising reports roundup
The GOP is freaked about No Kings
Morning Digest: Centrist congressman launches primary challenge against prominent liberal senator
How Dems are fighting back—state by state
Morning Digest: Arizona threatens to sue after House GOP refuses to seat Democrat
Republicans are losing the shutdown
Why Virginia Dems think they can win big
Democrats are winning the shutdown
Here's every state that could draw a new House map by 2026
Morning Digest: Madison Cawthorn is back—as a Florida Man
How Rob Sand plans to win Iowa’s governorship
Morning Digest: How will Trump feel as another swing-seat congressman leaves to run for governor?
Morning Digest: Top House Republican grouses about GOP congressman who's giving up a vulnerable seat
The Comey indictment and Trump’s unconsolidated authoritarianism
Morning Digest: Democrats have a wide spending edge in the battle for Pennsylvania's Supreme Court
Morning Digest: Republicans still aren't spending like the New Jersey governor's race is a tossup
Morning Digest: Ayanna Pressley isn't ruling out a Senate run in Massachusetts
How to poll diverse communities
Morning Digest: Kansas Democrat may run for Senate if GOP gerrymanders her seat
Morning Digest: Democrats land first candidate in race to be Georgia's top elections official
Morning Digest: New independent poll shows voters approving California remap
Trump’s assault on speech + the looming shutdown
Morning Digest: Trump tries to get New Hampshire to knuckle under on redistricting
Morning Digest: Why Democrats think this star musician can reverse their losses with Latinos
How not to get ripped off when you advertise online
Morning Digest: Another senior House member draws a challenge from a fellow Democrat
Morning Digest: House Democrat launches bid for 15th term despite four primary challengers
Morning Digest: The GOP cavalry finally arrives in New Jersey, but it's still getting swamped
How MAGA is abusing Charlie Kirk’s death
Morning Digest: GOP launches campaign to end Democratic control of Pennsylvania's top court
Morning Digest: November will test whether Democrats can bounce back on Long Island
You have more power than you think
Morning Digest: Janet Mills 'delights' Susan Collins with her praise for the senator's work
Morning Digest: One of the best-known Democrats in Texas launches a bid for Senate
Morning Digest: Kansas Republicans want to gerrymander. They have a few problems.
Yes, there actually is good news
Morning Digest: House Republican bullied out of Senate bid hasn't committed to reelection
Morning Digest: Suddenly, Maine has a three-way Senate primary
Morning Digest: How Democrats can fight back against the Missouri GOP's new gerrymander
No, Texas Republicans did not pass a dummymander
Two Midwest conservatives set to bow out ahead of tough reelection fights
Morning Digest: Maine will decide this fall whether to make it harder to vote
Morning Digest: How a one-time long-shot became the frontrunner in Seattle
Holy s**t! The biggest Dem special election flip yet
Morning Digest: How a court ruling could lead to a new Democratic seat—in Utah
Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority
Morning Digest: Why Democrats think they might pull an upset in Iowa tonight
Morning Digest: The GOP's new gerrymander prompts a massive scramble in Texas
Texas Republicans pass new gerrymander targeting five House Democrats
Morning Digest: Republicans hate this GOP congressman. He wants a promotion.
Morning Digest: The GOP has booked bupkes in New Jersey and Virginia
How CA Dems aim to squeeze out the GOP
Morning Digest: California's new House districts set pols scrambling
Morning Digest: The Downballot rings in its first anniversary today!
Morning Digest: Responding to Texas, California Democrats release new map targeting GOP seats
Morning Digest: Why Tennessee Democrats think they can pull a special election upset
How to stay on top of the redistricting wars
The Downballot’s live guide to redistricting in every state
Morning Digest: Sherrod Brown will reportedly seek a comeback
Texas Democrats say they have not yet decided to return home
Morning Digest: Texas GOP gerrymander may spark generational clash
Morning Digest: A new poll shows Mary Peltola cruising if she runs for governor
Why Trump is trying to rig the midterms
Morning Digest: Florida Republicans prepare to re-gerrymander their map, too
Morning Digest: Georgia Republican switches parties as he eyes bid for governor
The inside scoop on Texas Dems' walkout
How every blue state can counter new GOP gerrymanders
Morning Digest: A billionaire hoping to lead California just trashed nearly all his fellow Democrats
Morning Digest: Why Trumpworld disdains this failed football coach turned Senate hopeful
Morning Digest: Nancy Mace’s favorite person in the world launches bid for governor
Republicans are rigging the maps
Morning Digest: Conservative Hawaii Democrat earns high-profile primary challenge
Morning Digest: Texas GOP unveils new gerrymander targeting five Democratic seats
Morning Digest: Seattle's mayor hopes to be the first to win reelection in two decades
Morning Digest: Trumpworld wanted him to run for Senate. Now they're furious at him
Morning Digest: The 'least liked' Republican in Texas is trying to push out John Cornyn—and flailing
Morning Digest: Tony Evers announces he won't run for a third term
Morning Digest: Trump just got two congressmen to give up their dreams of higher office
Dems are about to land their biggest Senate recruit
Morning Digest: How New York City could move its oddly timed elections to even years
Morning Digest: An Arizona Democrat looks to expand the House playing field
Morning Digest: How Democrats might stop the Ohio GOP from gerrymandering again
Morning Digest: We've got new fundraising data—and answers to our top questions
The Downballot's 2Q 2025 Senate and House fundraising reports roundup
Morning Digest: Gavin Newsom wants to fight fire with fire
California's plan to thwart a Texas gerrymander
Morning Digest: Everyone is waiting on Alaska's best-known Democrat to pick a race
Morning Digest: An upset may be brewing in an Arizona special election
Morning Digest: A GOP congressman wanted to run for governor. Trump had other ideas.
Wisconsin politics with Dan Shafer
Morning Digest: Democrats land first recruit for ultra-close Virginia district
Morning Digest: A one-time rising star in Florida politics seeks a comeback
Zohran's pollster pulls back the curtain on how he won
Morning Digest: Nebraska independent who spooked GOP launches another Senate bid
Morning Digest: A senior House Democrat lands a primary challenger after health scares
Morning Digest: Our top five questions we wait on second-quarter fundraising reports
Morning Digest: Democrats in two red states are eyeing bids for attorney general
Morning Digest: Colin Allred is back for a second Senate bid
Morning Digest: A Philadelphia institution calls it quits after four decades in politics
Morning Digest: Two major GOP retirements boost Democrats' midterm hopes
Bad news from SCOTUS, good news from NYC
Morning Digest: Surprise veto sparks talk of primary challenge to Connecticut's governor
Morning Digest: Scott Brown is trying another comeback
Morning Digest: Mamdani defeats Cuomo in massive upset
Morning Digest: Can Mamdani stop Cuomo?
Morning Digest: Why do GOP primaries keep getting so nasty before they even start?
Paul Krugman talks special elections with David Nir and G. Elliott Morris
Can Dems win Iowa? with Laura Belin
Morning Digest: Georgia Republicans are already gnawing at each other in the race for governor
Morning Digest: Ukraine envoy who stepped down to protest Trump launches House bid
NYC's messy primary goes down to the wire
Morning Digest: Iowa Democrat hopes third time's the charm after ultra-close loss in 2024
Morning Digest: Virginia Republicans are in disarray—just take it from them
Morning Digest: GOP congressman loathed by MAGA draws another challenge
Trump's war on immigrants has boomeranged
Morning Digest: Kansas Democrats land first major contender for governor's race
Morning Digest: Nebraska conservatives want to put a near-total abortion ban on the ballot
Morning Digest: Why Republicans think they can win the race to lead New Jersey
Oklahoma Democrat racks up 50-point overperformance in massive landslide
Morning Digest: As New Jersey votes, is Mikie Sherrill still the Democrats' frontrunner?
Morning Digest: Democrats look to expand House playing field into conservative bastion
Trump & Musk: Rapid unscheduled disassembly
Morning Digest: Why Democrats worry they might lose Texas' second-biggest city
Morning Digest: Well-known Nebraska Democrat joins race to take on Don Bacon
Morning Digest: John Cornyn explains why he's losing—and it's extremely unconvincing
Democrats just turned in a massive overperformance in a majority-Black district
Morning Digest: Joni Ernst draws major challenger after town hall outburst
Morning Digest: The most despised Republican in Georgia might run for Senate
'Big Beautiful Bill' = big ugly nightmare
Morning Digest: Why there's plenty of time for Democrats to find a challenger in Maine
Morning Digest: Tommy Tuberville will bail on the Senate after just one term
The GOP war on direct democracy
Morning Digest: The top supreme court races to watch this cycle
Morning Digest: Two new Democrats could challenge highly vulnerable Michigan Republican
Morning Digest: Why Senate Republicans won't be sad to see Tommy Tuberville run for governor
How MA AG Andrea Campbell is fighting Trump
Morning Digest: Another major Supreme Court showdown is already underway in Wisconsin
Morning Digest: The five races to watch tonight in Pennsylvania's primaries
Morning Digest: Uh-oh, MAGAworld isn't happy with the Virginia GOP's candidate for governor
Matt Gertz on Trump’s safe space: Fox News
Democrats just flipped Nebraska's biggest city
Morning Digest, sponsored by Campaign Hub: Montana's Supreme Court will be a top battleground—again
Nir & Rupar: Talking with Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard
Morning Digest: GOP finally ends push to overturn Supreme Court race won by Democrat
Democracy prevails in North Carolina
Morning Digest: With their top Georgia recruit out, the GOP's afraid MTG will run for Senate
Morning Digest: Federal judge tells North Carolina to certify Democrat as Supreme Court winner
Morning Digest: The mayor's race in Texas' second-biggest city heads to a runoff
Nir & Rupar: G. Elliott Morris on Trump’s drooping polls
Morning Digest: How Senate Republicans are trying to kneecap Ken Paxton
Democrats have already completed the first step toward taking back the House: They believe they can
Morning Digest: Campaign to end qualified immunity finally cleared to gather signatures
Democrats just turned in the biggest overperformance in a special election this year
Morning Digest: Doug Jones, famous for his historic upset, teases a comeback
Morning Digest: Congresswoman joins Minnesota Senate race, saying it's 'time to fight back'
Canada's ruling Liberals are on the verge of a stunning comeback
Morning Digest: GOP governor calls on GOP candidate for lieutenant governor to drop out
Nir & Rupar: The art of the clip
It's here: The Downballot's 2024 presidential results for all 435 House districts
Morning Digest: Dick Durbin announces retirement after four decades in Congress
Our must-have new data set is here!
Morning Digest: Candidates to replace McConnell fight over who hates him most
Morning Digest: Democrats land first candidate in race to flip Georgia's open governorship
Morning Digest: Organized labor is fighting back in deep-red Utah
Nir & Rupar: Justin Kanew of the Tennessee Holler and the fight for due process
Morning Digest: What does the first-quarter fundraising data tell us? Quite a lot!
The Downballot's 1Q 2025 Senate and House fundraising reports roundup
Morning Digest: New challenger to 12-term Democrat calls on 'next generation to step up'
WaPo's Philip Bump nerds out on data
Morning Digest: Former Democratic congresswoman launches comeback bid after narrow loss
Morning Digest: Michigan Republican who fell just short in '24 will run for Senate again
Morning Digest: In a surprise, Iowa Republican Kim Reynolds is first governor to retire this cycle
Nir & Rupar: Dems shouldn’t hand it to Trump on tariffs
Morning Digest: Don't sleep on these two major races happening in Virginia this year
Morning Digest: A powerful office is now open for only the third time this century
The Dem pollster who nailed Wisconsin
Morning Digest: Democrats land first major candidate for top 2026 Senate race
Morning Digest: North Carolina GOP comes 'one step closer to stealing an election'
Nir & Rupar: Judd Legum explains Elon Musk
Morning Digest: Democrats land first major candidate for New Hampshire's open Senate race
Morning Digest: Michigan Democrat who called on Schumer to step aside joins Senate race
The best Dem election night in ages
Morning Digest: Victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court race tops strong night for Democrats
The Downballot's live coverage of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Liberals keep grip on Wisconsin Supreme Court despite Musk onslaught
The Downballot's live coverage of the big Dem overperformance in Florida
Morning Digest: Join us tonight for our first-ever live video coverage of election night!
Nir & Rupar: Signalgate and special elections
The wildest Dem special election win … so far
Democrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shocker
Morning Digest, sponsored by Ripple On Impact: Meet the Democrats who could succeed Dick Durbin
The fallout from Schumer's capitulation
Morning Digest: With Buttigieg out, other Democrats are set to dive into Michigan's Senate race
Morning Digest: Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire institution, will retire from the Senate
Why Senate Dems should fear primary voters
Morning Digest: This Democrat who nearly flipped a tough seat in 2024 is seeking a rematch
Morning Digest: Garlin Gilchrist, who'd be Michigan's first Black governor, launches bid
Morning Digest: Paul LePage is mulling a comeback—and Republicans have reason to fear him
Fired gov't workers could be Democrats' best candidates
Morning Digest: Swingy Georgia is holding two statewide special elections this fall
Morning Digest: Like snowbirds, pols from across the country are eyeing this Florida district
Dems who don't stand up to Trump could face an insurgency
Morning Digest: 13-term Democrat could face primary after outburst at constituents
Morning Digest: Ron DeSantis uses 'officially nonexistent' clout to tout wife as successor
Morning Digest: Democrats target the Trump-esque leader of a bellwether Pennsylvania county
Watch David Nir and Aaron Rupar's live chat and Q&A
Morning Digest: Liberal candidates run up the vote in Wisconsin primaries
How Dems are fighting to save the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Morning Digest: Democrats land a major name in one of the few 'Harris-Republican' House districts
Dave Weigel on surviving the news onslaught
Morning Digest: Mitch McConnell hasn't said he's retiring, but everyone's acting like it
Morning Digest: Trump's DOJ orders prosecutors to drop Eric Adams corruption charges
Morning Digest: The campaign to restore abortion rights to Idaho faces its first big test
Morning Digest: Now both Tennessee senators are considering running for governor
Morning Digest: Parties make deal to end walkout in Minnesota House
New York Dems consider playing hardball on special elections
Morning Digest: Mark Sanford could emerge from the wilderness for one more campaign
Morning Digest: Congresswoman could make Wyoming a Freedom Caucus 'case study'
Morning Digest: Nominate me now 'or I'm going to get it later,' threatens New York Republican
Morning Digest: Why you can't run for a new office and then president two years later
Morning Digest: A friendless DeSantis struggles to find a successor who doesn't hate him
Special elections are back, baby!
Morning Digest: Gary Peters' surprise retirement sets off massive wave of interest to succeed him
Morning Digest: Twenty years after shock resignation, an ex-governor wants back into politics
Morning Digest: Why Democrats don't want this septuagenarian to run for Congress a fifth time
Morning Digest: GOP justices signal readiness to overturn election won by Democrat
Morning Digest: First major Democrat enters race for Michigan governor
PA's Austin Davis on electing more LG's like him
Morning Digest: Don't overlook the other really big state Supreme Court battle this year
Morning Digest: How the pick to replace Vance in the Senate upends Ohio's race for governor
Morning Digest: DeSantis taps replacement for Rubio, but she may not have smooth sailing
Morning Digest: A New Mexico heavyweight could see a contested primary for governor
The Minnesota GOP tries to hijack a tied House
Morning Digest: Top reformist prosecutor draws challenger seeking to roll back changes
Watch David Nir and Aaron Rupar's live chat and Q&A
Morning Digest, sponsored by 314 Action: Barbara Lee launches comeback after failed Senate bid
Dems start 2025 with big wins in Virginia
Morning Digest: How Minnesota Republicans could elect a speaker even if the House winds up tied