2026 Midterm Elections

History made in the midterms

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The midterms dealt a hammer blow to a key 2028 narrative

Opinion

Kaivan Shroff

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I don’t want to say I told you so about Scott Colom. But I told you so about Scott Colom.

Opinion

Symone D. Sanders Townsend

Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks at an election night event.

Keisha Lance Bottoms just defied a devastating Trumpian narrative

Opinion

Symone D. Sanders Townsend

Abdul El-Sayed answers questions from reporters following a town hall.

Abdul El-Sayed broke new ground for the progressive left

Opinion

Zeeshan Aleem

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‘A thermonuclear event’: How Texas turned blue

News

Erum Salam

Sen. Chris Van Hollen during the What's Next conference.

As Van Hollen makes his move against Schumer, what happens now?

MaddowBlog

Steve Benen

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Marco Rubio may be flashing his most glaring 2028 signal yet

News

Felicia Schwartz

Donald Trump appears in a smartphone’s social media feed, with hands holding the phone and a finger touching the screen.

Turns out Gen Z isn’t so conservative after all

Opinion

Zeeshan Aleem

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Ro Khanna says Democrats’ midterm wins ‘made it more likely than not’ he’ll run in 2028

News

Julia Jester, Shawna Thomas, Jillian Frankel & Clarissa-Jan Lim

Sen. Cindy Holscher speaks to supporters at her final Get Out and Vote campaign event.

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 11.13.26: Democrats’ Holscher prevails for Kansas governor

MaddowBlog

Steve Benen

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Why Scott Colom’s win in Mississippi means more than any other election this year

Opinion

Jarvis DeBerry

Jackson State University students hold "Tiger Voter" signs as they march across campus on Election Day in Jackson.

‘I gotta know my options’: Scott Colom holds off on backing Schumer for Senate leader

News

Allison Detzel

Sen.-elect Scott Colom, D-Miss.

Mitch Landrieu, the former mayor of New Orleans, is considering a run for president

News

Abby Livingston

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Elon Musk and his DOGE henchmen are about to learn they’re not above the law

Opinion

Anthony L. Fisher

Photoillustration of Elon Musk along with the DOGE logo and a statue of the scales of justice.

Democrats won a lot of Senate races this year, but Colom’s win in Mississippi is different

Steve Benen

Scott Colom gestures to the crowd after his victory speech at Tougaloo College.

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 11.12.26: Ohio’s Turner tries to explain his defeat

Steve Benen

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NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill a “yes” on scrapping electoral college: “that’s not democracy”

Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King on their new book, ‘Happiness vs. Fulfillment’

Newly elected Democrat says voters gave party ‘mandate to…solve problems’ and end Iran War

Sen.-elect Scott Colom joins Morning Joe for a wide-ranging interview

Joe on lessons GOP should learn from midterm losses

‘We succeeded’: Veteran Rep. Clyburn celebrates wins in the South, says Democrats have ‘more work’ to do

Arizona governor: Voters sent ‘very strong message’ with first Democratic trifecta in 60 years

‘Elated,’ ‘surreal,’ ‘inspiring’: Mississippi reacts to historic win for Democrat over GOP incumbent

Rohde: ‘We just survived the most dangerous attempt at establishing American authoritarianism’

Mississippi college student who helped cure ballots: Worked ‘all the way to the last minute’

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