DemDaily: Senate Landscape: Polling Update! October 1, 2026 As the US Senate races continue to shift at a historically rapid pace -- toward Democrats -- control of the upper chamber after the midterms still hangs in the balance. To keep you updated, the latest polls on our top seven toss-up contests -- in Alaska (Sullivan/R), Kansas (Marshall/R), […]

September 30, 2026 At 34 days out from the election, amid a historically rapid shift by the electorate toward Democrats, future control of the US Senate is far from decided. Of the 35 US Senate seats ...

September 25, 2026 The balance of power in the United States Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 GOP majority, rests on 10 vulnerable seats as we count down to one of the most consequential midterm...

September 22, 2026 Of the 35 US Senate seats up for election in 2026, the ultimate balance of power in the upper chamber, where Republicans hold a 53-47 GOP majority, will depend on the outcome of 10 ...

September 18, 2026 46 Days Out. Democrats need to flip a net of four Senate seats to take control of the upper chamber and those odds are increasing daily -- with the Nate Silver's Bulletin upgrading ...

September 17, 2026 At less than seven weeks out from the midterms, and the primary season officially over, Democrats' chance of flipping the US Senate is within reach -- with the Silver Bulletin upgrading the likelihood to 59% today. The Top Targets The GOP holds five of the six toss-up races, including Alaska (Sullivan), Maine (Collins), Ohio (Husted), and […]

September 11, 2023 It has been 22 years since a group of al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airplanes and, in a coordinated plan, carried out the deadliest act of terrorism in human history. The Attack At 8:46am on September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight #11 was forced to crash into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in […]

September 10, 2026 NEW HAMPSHIRE US Senate: The high-profile US Senate general election in battleground New Hampshire to replace outgoing Democratic Senator Jean Shaheen is officially on -- between Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas (CD-1) and former US Senator John Sununu. In Tuesday's election, Pappas, who has represented New Hampshire's eastern, Manchester-based First District since 2019, decisively defeated Democratic Socialist and medical scientist Karishma Manzur, 64.9%-32.8%. Sununu handily won […]

September 7, 2026  Today is Labor Day -- signaling for many the unofficial end of summer, the last trip to the beach, the start of the school year, and the beginning of the last sprint to Election Day...

September 3, 2026 Thirty-six states and three US territories will elect governors in the November elections -- now just 60 days away. With only a few state primaries left over the coming weeks, the general election opponents in this year's battleground gubernatorial contests have been decided. An unprecedented number of governors' mansions are being vacated […]

September 2, 2026 Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey was renominated for a third full term Tuesday, soundly defending his seat, 65%-35%, against primary challenger and moderate six-term Sixth District Co...

August 31, 2026 64 Days Out. Five States. It has been a particularly tumultuous primary calendar -- upended by President Trump's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting war -- with date changes as rece...

August 28, 2026 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced the three cities in final contention to host its 2028 Presidential Nominating Convention, scheduled for August 7-10, 2028. Boston, Denver, and Philadelphia made the final cut in the high-stakes political and economic contest to nominate the party's presidential candidate and kick off the three-month general election […]

August 26, 2026 As we count down the final ten weeks of the already historic 2026 midterm election, the momentum behind Democrats and their battle for control of the US House appears unabated, as anal...

August 24, 2026 To kick the week off and remind us to laugh! With love from Rosie Rosie O’Donnell kicked off hosting four nights of Jimmy Kimmel, with a greeting for President Trump: “Hi, I know you’r...

August 21, 2026 Voters in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming went to the polls this week to determine their political parties' nominees in the 2026 midterm elections -- now just 74 days away! Among them, several high-profile statewide races that could set the balance of power in the United States Senate and governors' mansions. Residents of California's 14th CD also […]

August 21, 2026 Alaska was one of four states that held elections this week as we count down to the end of the primary season. ALASKA While still reliably red in presidential elections -- awarding Tru...

August 19, 2026 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) held its Summer meeting last week in Austin, Texas -- the last before the 2026 midterms, less than three months away. Four days of state party, ...

August 14, 2026 Greetings from Austin! DemList is on the road at the Democratic National Committee's Summer meeting this week in Texas -- the country's second-largest presidential electoral state, and...

August 11, 2026 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is holding its Summer meeting this week in Austin, Texas -- just 84 days ahead of the 2026 midterms. The "Live Music Capital of the World" will ...

August 10, 2026 Last week marked the 61st anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), the most far-reaching civil rights legislation in modern US history. More than half a century after its passa...

August 7, 2026 Voters in six states went to the polls this week in Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, Washington and Tennessee to determine their political parties' nominees in the 2026 midterm ele...

August 6, 2026 Voters in Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington State went to the polls Tuesday to determine their political parties' nominees in the 2026 midterm elections -- now just 8...

August 4, 2026 The civil rights movement has had many faces throughout history, but among the lesser-known soldiers are Americans with disabilities. It was not until July 26, 1990, that the first comp...

July 31, 2026 The Democratic National Committee's release last week of its proposed 2028 presidential state nominating calendar is a stark reminder that the kickoff to the next race for the White Hous...

July 24, 2026  Eighteen months into his presidency, Donald Trump’s job approval rating sits at 36% -- a historic low. No sitting US president has sustained an approval aggregate under 38% for more tha...

July 23, 2026 In the swing state of Arizona on Tuesday, Republican primary voters ushered in a slate of Trump-endorsed candidates, affirming the president's hold on his party's conservative constituen...

July 16, 2026 Going into the last stretch of the 2026 midterm elections, in the wake of the upending of dozens of US House seats by President Donald Trump's tumultuous mid-decade redistricting battle,...

July 14, 2026  The unexpected death of South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, has further disrupted an already turbulent election cycle, while narrowing the GOP's votes in the last crucial mon...

July 12, 2026 With less than four months until the critical 2026 midterms, the dynamics of more than one Senate has been upended. In perhaps the highest-profile and most consequential US Senate race o...

July 8, 202 Despite Americans' rejection of monarchical rule, family political dynasties have long been a part of our country's history. From the storied days of the Kennedy and Bush families, who lon...

July 8, 202 Despite Americans' rejection of monarchical rule, family political dynasties have long been a part of our country's history. From the storied days of the Kennedy and Bush families, who lon...

July 1, 2026  The final opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) were announced Monday and Tuesday, marking the conclusion of its 2025-2026 term with decisions in a dozen landmark c...

June 26, 2026 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) passed down major rulings this week, including highly consequential cases involving immigration, gun rights, religious rights, and corpora...

June 25, 2026  The voters of New York, Maryland, South Carolina, and Utah went to the polls Tuesday to determine their political parties' nominees in the 2026 midterm elections -- now just 131 days aw...

June 22, 2026 Undaunted by decades of constitutional legal precedent and thousands of individual state laws, the courts have continued to pave the way for Donald Trump's tireless mid-decade redistricting war. The most devastating impact came in recent weeks, in the wake of the April 29, 2026 US Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that gutted the last voting rights […]

June 19, 2026 Today is Juneteenth Independence Day, a federal holiday signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The legislation followed a ...

June 18, 2026 Thirty-six states will elect governors in November. Now halfway through the primary season, general election opponents in many of 2026's Battleground contests have been decided -- with a...

June 17, 2026 Voters in Georgia, the District of Columbia, Alabama and Oklahoma went to the polls yesterday to elect their nominees for the 2026 midterm elections.     GEORGIA US Senate: In the key pr...

June 16, 2026 The District of Columbia is holding its primary today to decide who will be the next mayor of the nation's capital and its Delegate to the House of Representatives, as well as the fate o...

June 11, 2026 Four states went to the polls yesterday to pick their party's nominee in Maine, South Carolina, Nevada, and North Dakota. 35 of the 100 US Senate seats are up for election in 2026, with ...

June 9, 2026 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) last Tuesday cleared the way for Alabama to use a GOP-drawn congressional map in the 2026 elections that eliminates one of two existing maj...

June 4, 2025 Six states went to the polls Tuesday to pick their party's nominee in consequential primary contests in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. The results of ...

June 3, 2026  Six states went to the polls yesterday to pick their party's nominee in consequential primary contests in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. While much o...

June 1, 2026 In another threat to the voting rights of Americans, a federal judge last week refused to block President Donald Trump's latest attempt at voter suppression, clearing the way the administ...

May 29, 2026 Not surprisingly, at just six months out from the 2026 midterm elections, May brought unprecedented legal challenges and turbulent changes to the political calendar. Twelve states held pr...

May 28, 2026 In the most-watched US Senate primary runoff of 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated four-term Senator John Cornyn by 27 points to secure the Republican nomination in a resoun...