Former Rep. Mary Peltola announced her Senate campaign on Monday, making Alaska a competitive race and giving Democrats a better chance at winning the majority in November. Getting Peltola into the race was a months-long effort for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer considering the former congresswoman probably had a better chance of getting elected governor […]
The unexpected death of California Republican Doug LaMalfa is a sad reminder of the fragility of the GOP’s House majority on Capitol Hill. In 2024, House Republicans won a 220-215 majority. But that’s with all of the seats filled, and that margin has fluctuated over the past 12 months with four deaths and four departures. […]
Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis announced she will not seek re-election to a second term in Wyoming. Lummis is the fifth Republican, and ninth senator overall, to be leaving the chamber. That’s nearly double the per-cycle average of five Senate open seats, going back to at least 1930. She joins GOP colleagues Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, […]