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2026 Is the ‘Back to the Future’ Midterm

In 2018, during Trump 1.0, voters in what I coined as “Whole Foods suburbs” — upper-income, white-collar districts that had ...
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A Unicorn Election in Red America

Next Tuesday will be a unicorn election, certainly unlike any of the 11 midterm and 11 presidential elections I have covered.
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter

Two States Shift Toward Democrats In Final Governors Ratings

Democrats are in a prime position to pick up between two and four governor’s seats this cycle, potentially giving them a ...
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter

Voters Are Furious About Corruption. But What Does ‘Corruption’ Actually Mean to Them?

The issue of corruption has rocketed to the top of voters’ priority lists, with broad majorities citing it as a top election ...
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Democrats’ Projected Majority Grows as 19 More House Races Shift Away From the GOP

Republicans’ path to keeping control of the House has all but evaporated. The outstanding question is how large Democrats’ ...
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Amid Ad Uproar, Ohio Governor’s Race Moves From Toss Up to Lean Democrat

The trajectory of Vivek Ramaswamy’s odds in the Ohio governor’s race has been clear to us for the last few weeks. But the campaign’s decision this week to air a deeply personal attack ad against ...
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Senate Battleground Project: October 2026 Toplines

New River Strategies and GS Strategy Group statewide Senate survey of likely 2026 voters in Iowa (n=602), Ohio (n=959) and ...
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Candidate Quality Shifts the Senate Map: South Carolina and Mississippi Toward Democrats, Minnesota Toward GOP

In Senate races, the quality of individual candidates can be magnified in ways that defy national trends, especially in midterm years. That’s the impetus behind three moves we are making today: two in ...
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Episode 78: Red House Districts Keep Moving Towards Dems. Here's Why.

Carrie, Jessica and Erin join the Roundtable this week. We are just two weeks out from Election Day and we have another round ...
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter

On Demand: CPR Pre-Election Briefing

On October 21, 2026, the CPR editorial team hosted an in-person midterm briefing in Washington, DC. With control of the House and Senate on the line, Amy Walter, Carrie Dann, David Wasserman, Jessica ...