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Court-Ordered Utah Map Hands Democrats an Easy Flip

Democrats notched another win in the mid-decade redistricting wars late Monday night, when a district judge approved a new ...
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Democrats Lost the Shutdown Battle, but They’re Still Winning the Affordability War

We spend a lot of time focused on how President Donald Trump has reshaped the Republican Party, but we often gloss over how ...
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Democrats Could Take the Wrong Lessons From Mamdani

The aftermath of last week’s elections serves as a crucial lesson in politics: Don’t become distracted by shiny objects. For ...
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Progressives Eye a Long-Awaited Opening as Pelosi Steps Aside

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, a liberal icon who led House Democrats through multiple wars, economic crises and impeachments, ...
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Golden’s Exit Moves ME-02 from Toss Up to Likely Republican

For the past seven years, Rep. Jared Golden has held the reddest district of any House Democrat in the country. One of the ...
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Measuring the Fight for the Senate After Tuesday’s Democratic Victories

The blue wave that crested over Tuesday’s off-year elections has Democrats newly hopeful about their chances a year from now ...
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Amy Walter: Our Big Takeaways From Tuesday's Elections

First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Amy talks about what we learned from Tuesday's elections and what she'll ...
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2026 CPR House Race Ratings

Our subscribers have first access to individual race pages for each House, Senate and Governors race, which will include race ratings (each race is rated on a seven-point scale) and a narrative ...