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Friday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said Democrats “absolutely” have a chance to win the Texas Senate seat because of demographic shifts.

Meta on Thursday unveiled its policies regarding how the social media giant will handle political ads and transparency ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) is vowing to support a “path to citizenship” for millions of illegal aliens in the United States if elected governor of California, going as far as to say he would lobby President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress to pass such an amnesty.

Rick Jackson, a newly announced candidate in Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary, has pledged in campaign advertising to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the state, while records show his healthcare company has promoted and implemented DEI-related programming in recent years.

What outgoing Late Show host Stephen Colbert said about CBS on Tuesday contradicts what he said on Monday. 

President Donald Trump again declined to endorse a candidate in the Republican primary for Texas’s U.S. Senate race, saying he supports “all three” competitors running for the party’s nomination.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) stated that he won’t vote for any more money for the Department of Homeland Security unless “we make sure that the Department of Homeland Security cannot rig our election

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) revealed that the SAVE America Act had 50 sponsors, adding that there were “enough votes to pass a motion to proceed” with the bill, which the House of Representatives passed.

President Donald Trump wrote in Truth Social posts that there will be voter identification requirements for the 2026 midterm elections whether Congress approves them or not, stating that he intends to present legal arguments in the form of an Executive Order.

As the congressional midterm elections approach this year, it has become apparent that just who will have the advantage in redistricting battles on the state level may very well be in the hands of the men and women in black robes.

Rick Jackson is swimming against the current by announcing he will run against President Donald Trump’s choice for Georgia governor, and the heavy baggage he is carrying might sink him.

In a Republican primary where polls show him trailing or narrowly contending with two challengers, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has secured an endorsement from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business organization.

Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson has dropped out of the race following the fatal stabbing of his 22-year-old daughter, Hallie Marie Tobler.

Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) is getting a massive boost in his U.S. Senate primary this week: Defend American Jobs, an affiliated Super PAC of Fairshake, is spending $5 million in the state to support his bid for the Senate.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has announced she is running for reelection in November as the fight for the midterms looms.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett has emerged as the frontrunner in the race for the Democratic nomination in Texas’s 2026 U.S. Senate primary, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is leading the polls in the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate, scoring several points ahead of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX).

Republican candidate Anthony DiLorenzo has entered the race in New Hampshire’s First Congressional District with a commanding fundraising lead, outpacing all Democratic contenders in his first quarter and signaling growing Republican momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms.

President Donald Trump has endorsed Clay Fuller, a prosecutor and Air National Guard officer, for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District seat, to fill the vacancy left by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose resignation took effect last month.

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN), an original sponsor of the SAVE America Act, called for the passage of the legislation to require proof of citizenship to register to vote and mandate photo ID at the ballot box.

A $250,000 campaign contribution to Iowa State Auditor and gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand (D-IA) was made by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, whose visits to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, New York townhouse, and New Mexico ranch are documented in emails released by the Department of Justice.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is partnering with Women Speak Out PAC to spend $3.2 million in the 2026 midterms to elect pro-life leaders Iowa. 

Former Senate candidate and former congressman Colin Allred endorsed Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the 2026 Texas Democratic Senate primary, criticizing her opponent, Texas State Rep. James Talarico, over a comment he viewed as racially disparaging. Allred exited the race in December, the same day Crockett filed to run.

Outgoing Sen. Tina Smith (D‑MN), who has been serving since her 2018 appointment, threw her support behind Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D‑MN) to succeed her in the Senate, an early endorsement that bypasses Rep. Angie Craig, who enters the race with deep fundraising resources and several key endorsements.

Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) introduced blockbuster legislation to restore voter confidence by implementing baseline standards for election administration as well as strengthen election integrity by making it easy to vote but hard to cheat.

A judge issued an order blocking Virginia Democrats’ efforts to have the state’s U.S. congressional lines redrawn, until after the midterm elections, according to several reports.

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), the vice chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced on Tuesday his retirement from Congress.

As the 2026 campaign season intensifies, a number of Democratic candidates are running for office in states that supported Donald Trump in 2024 — and in several cases, in earlier elections as well — despite holding records, endorsements, and affiliations that put them sharply at odds with many of their constituents’ values.

Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) announced her bid for U.S. Senate, challenging Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) after President Donald Trump backed her.

Elon Musk made the largest disclosed contribution of the 2026 midterm cycle to a super PAC that is backing pro-Trump Kentucky Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris.

A top adviser to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has severely damaged the efforts by some in Sunshine State circles to take on President Donald Trump’s pick for governor in this year’s GOP gubernatorial primary with a self-admitted lapse of judgment that has led to her saying she was offering the governor her resignation.

Late Saturday, President Donald Trump announced he was backing Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) for U.S. Senate.

Democrats in Virginia are working to gain more power via redistricting as the all-important midterm elections loom.

Rep. Craig Goldman (R-TX) has introduced the Don’t Tax the American Dream Act, which would eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the sale of primary residences for homeowners who have lived in the property for at least two years by removing existing dollar limits on exclusions.

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has made his political career portraying himself as a populist; however, FEC data reviewed by Breitbart News found that, over his career, he received nearly $400,000 in donations from lobbyists and corporate PACs that represent some of the largest health insurance companies.

Actor Matt Rogers and former Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang agreed with one another that people should not “waste your money” supporting Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)’s Senate campaign. “Any time a politician is making it too obviously about themselves, I’m