Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) for the Michigan Senate race. Stevens is one of several Democrats running to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI ...

Alex Asermely announced Friday he’s running in the special election for Senate District 4, making him the first Republican to ...

Several Republicans have passed on races they would have been competitive in. After major potential Republican candidates for key U.S. Senate races in 2026 passed on running, some Republicans are ...

Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading Republican Sen. John Cornyn by double digits in the 2026 Texas Senate race, according to a recent Republican primary poll. SLF, a super PAC that ...

Shortly after, Underwood announced she would not run for the Senate seat, deciding to focus on her work in the House instead. Virginia Republican plans to spend $2 million on special election ...

The best-known Republican candidate in the Senate race is former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, of White Lake, who ran a close but losing campaign last year to former U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly ...

Few policy differences have emerged among the Democrats vying to replace the retiring Senator Richard J. Durbin, while Gov. JB Pritzker’s influence looms large. By Reid J. Epstein Like the new ...

Democrat Sam Sutton has won a special election for a New York state Senate seat, repelling Republican efforts to flip the conservative-leaning district, according to Decision Desk HQ projections.

ATLANTA — Next year’s race for the U.S. Senate got another contender Monday when Republican Insurance Commissioner John King announced his candidacy. Around midday, King spoke English and ...

Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) endorsed Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) in Minnesota’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday. Warren made the endorsement in a video posted on social platform X ...

A new poll of the 2026 Texas Senate race shows Attorney General Ken Paxton, the leading candidate in the Republican primary, trailing former Representative Colin Allred, a Democrat, in the Lone ...