After seeing House members in Georgia, South Dakota, South Carolina and Iowa fail to make the jump to statewide office and a pair of House incumbents losing primaries in New York last week, there was increased national attention on a handful of races in Colorado to see if Washington is…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Manu Raju of CNN take an inside look at the pressure GOP leadership is facing with narrow majorities and looming elections. Manu also reveals what Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill expect to happen in November, and how he got to throw out the first…
California’s 14th District Special. State Sen. Aisha Wahab (43 percent) and BART Board member Melissa Hernandez (17 percent), both Democrats, are moving on to the August 18 special general election in the race to replace Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned. Solid Democratic.
Georgia’s 11th District. In…
By Jacob Rubashkin, Nathan L. Gonzales and Inshara Ali
Key Democratic primaries dominated the most recent round of voting in Maryland, New York and Utah while South Carolina hosted runoffs on both sides of the aisle. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America flexed their…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Pamela Wood of The Banner break down the Democratic primary to replace long-time Rep. Steny Hoyer, the bitter Democratic race between the current and former members from the 6th District and look ahead to the potential redistricting that could eliminate the state's lone Republican. Episode…
By Nicholas Demba, Jacob Rubashkin & Nathan L. Gonzales
Another Tuesday, another set of primary elections as voters in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma select nominees for key general election contests. Whether it’s setting the stage for important general election races or places where nominees will be prohibitive favorites, here are…
By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin
Even after a year and a half, it feels like the 2026 cycle is just getting started.
Up to this point, most of the evidence has pointed toward a typical midterm election in which the president’s party suffers significant losses in Congress. President…
Alabama. Special primary Aug. 11.
1st District (Mobile) Open; Barry Moore, R, running for Senate. Trump 67%. A late intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to use a new congressional map that redraws the 1st and 2nd districts. As a result the 1st District…
North Carolina.
1st District (Inland northeastern North Carolina) Don Davis, D. Trump 55%. Davis showed an ability to outrun the top of the ticket in 2024 but the GOP-controlled state legislature undercut his strength by removing his home county from the district this year. Davis outran Kamala Harris by…
Voters in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina went to the polls on Tuesday marking the halfway point in the primary season. Twenty-five states have held primaries, although a handful still have run-offs, with 25 more to go. Here’s what happened in key races this week.
Maine Senate. Marine…
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