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Amy Klobuchar
Abby Livingston January 19, 2026
Two days before the killing of Renee Good, news leaked that Senator Klobuchar was weighing a bid to succeed Tim Walz as governor of Minnesota. But while the chatter about Klobuchar has receded from the headlines, Democrats are quietly discussing the political impact of a second open Senate seat in 2026.
Nancy Pelosi
Abby Livingston January 12, 2026
Nancy Pelosi’s retirement in San Francisco, an Obama alum’s generational challenge in L.A., and a redrawn Orange County could end careers and launch new California stars.
Nancy Pelosi, Hakeem Jeffries
Abby Livingston January 8, 2026
The once quixotic, bipartisan crusade to ban congressional stock trading is gaining real momentum—but in the least productive Congress in history, getting Washington’s best-informed traders to give up their Robinhood accounts may be a long shot.
april McClain Delaney
Abby Livingston December 29, 2025
Ready or not, the midterm primary season is just days away. And, as analyst Jacob Rubashkin explains, just about anything can happen… including a congressional surprise in Texas and a Senate upset in Michigan.


Dan Goldman
Abby Livingston December 22, 2025
Dan Goldman, the popular resistance-lib congressman repping downtown Manhattan and much of brownstone Brooklyn, was a star on MSNBC. But in a year in which his rival was just endorsed by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Democrats fear he could be among the biggest names to fall in a Tea Party–style reckoning.
Jasmine Crockett
Abby Livingston December 8, 2025
After a string of election victories, Democrats are pondering an honest-to-god blue wave in 2026. But progressive euphoria could be the party’s undoing in Texas, where human attack ad Jasmine Crockett just launched her Senate bid, and the moderate Colin Allred bowed out.
Aftyn Behn
Abby Livingston December 1, 2025
In the final hours of the Tennessee special election, the district Trump won by 22 points has suddenly become ultra-competitive—a supermagnet for donors and a potential early warning system for a Democratic tsunami.
Donald Trump, Mike Johnson
Abby Livingston November 24, 2025
Amid Trump’s power grabs and the Epstein revolt, the G.O.P. is facing growing discontent among the House rank-and-file, whose potential retirements could endanger their slim majority and hasten the president’s lame-duckification, even before the midterms.


Gavin Newsom
Abby Livingston November 10, 2025
After an election night upset defined by major swings with Hispanic voters, some Republican operatives worry they shouldn’t have started a redistricting war with California—and that their own map may backfire.
Jack Ciattarelli
Abby Livingston November 3, 2025
A candid chat with Mike DuHaime, the veteran New Jersey Republican consultant, on the brink of the Sherrill–Ciattarelli throwdown in the Garden State.
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