Georgia Democrats hope a recent special election win in a deep-red state Senate district means their party could make gains in 2026

A new memo from the GOP polling firm 1892 and first reported by Punchbowl News shows Sununu in a statistical dead heat with Pappas in a hypothetical general election matchup, with Pappas leading 45-43 percent in a survey of 500 likely voters with a 4.4 percent margin of error.

A Democratic former school board member who garnered attention for defeating a future cofounder of Moms for Liberty announced her 2026 bid for the U.S. Senate in Florida on Wednesday. Jennifer Jenkins made headlines when she unseated Tina Descovich on the Brevard County School Board in 2020 in a southeast Florida county

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Wednesday he believes U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson is qualified to take the U.S. Senate seat following Sen. Joni Ernst’s exit from the race.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jason Esteves resigned his Georgia Senate seat Wednesday as he launches his campaign for governor in 2026.

U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver waits to enter the Missouri Senate chamber on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, as lawmakers gaveled in a special session to take up the GOP bill on redistricting. Cleaver, who represents a significant portion of Kansas City, stands to lose his seat under the new district map.

Texas State Representative James Talarico will be entering the U.S. Senate race and try to flip the seat currently held by Sen. John Cornyn.