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Graham Platner
Abby Livingston October 30, 2025
What was once a sleepy Democratic primary for a winnable Senate seat has transformed into a raging morality play between a way-too-online oysterman and a 77-year-old safe bet. “This is a layup Senate seat,” said one Democratic strategist. “Instead, our choices are a loose cannon and a grandmother.”
Kevin McCarthy
Abby Livingston October 22, 2025
The Republican campaign to prevent Democrats from redrawing California’s congressional lines seems, increasingly, like a losing effort—and insiders are angrily pondering the whereabouts of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who stirred hopes of raising $100 million to save the map.
John Cornyn
Abby Livingston October 6, 2025
News and notes on two Republican power struggles: Cornyn’s tightening Texas Senate race, Corey Lewandowski’s New Hampshire mischief, and their implications for 2026.
Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill
Abby Livingston September 29, 2025
Political soothsayers see diverging polling in Virginia and New Jersey, the two off-cycle states that Democrats are watching for signs of electoral life heading into the midterms. Jessica Taylor, the peerless Cook Political Report analyst, surveys the shifting 2026 map—and explains how this week’s shutdown blame game could play out in November.


Hakeem Jeffries
Abby Livingston September 22, 2025
Once again, House Democrats appeared scrambled after a split vote on a ceremonial resolution honoring Charlie Kirk. But the simmering frustration, which spilled into Monday, largely underscored frustrations surrounding House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Jerry Nadler
Abby Livingston September 15, 2025
Amid enduring party anger over Biden’s decision to stand for reelection despite his decline, Democrats are trying to figure out what to do with well-funded, institutionally coddled elderly members who have no intention of stepping aside.
Zohran Mamdani
Abby Livingston September 8, 2025
Pressure is mounting on Democratic leaders to suck it up and endorse Zohran Mamdani, even as the consultant class frets that he’ll hurt their candidates in the midterms. Of course, Republicans are gearing up to make the mayoral candidate the face of ’26 either way.
Marc Veasey
Abby Livingston September 4, 2025
Until recently, conventional wisdom held that Democrats would almost certainly retake the House in 2026. Now, amid the political wreckage of the redistricting arms race, they’re no longer so sure.


David Wasserman
Abby Livingston August 25, 2025
A scintillating conversation with redistricting wiz Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report on the fate of the current mid-decade arms race and its effects on the midterms and beyond.
Nancy Pelosi kevin mccarthy
Abby Livingston August 18, 2025
As the gerrymandering battle shifts to the West Coast, two fading California political heavyweights, Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy, are being drawn back into the ring for another round.
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