Polling in off-year election cycles is challenging because it’s hard to know who will turn out to vote. This year, the polls significantly overestimated the Republicans in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, which both had particularly high turnout for an off year. In 2021, polls had the opposite problem, as they overestimated Democrats.

The field is now officially set for the 2026 midterm elections in North Carolina, and there were some surprises in the final days of filing. Why it matters: Voters will make picks in March primaries that shape the future of both major parties.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin has previously ensured the report on the 2024 election results would be released. Guess what isn’t being released? The full audit of the

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is killing its autopsy of the party's sweeping setbacks in the 2024 election. DNC Chair Ken Martin on Thursday said he decided against making public a report that he called for when he was first elected party chair at the beginning of the year.

The U.S. Department of State demanded that Honduras' National Electoral Council immediately begin a manual count of ballots from last month's presidential election, which has been stalled by protests and wrangling over alleged fraud.

Martin’s decision, first reported by The New York Times, spares top Democrats from more scrutiny about their campaigns, including former President Joe Biden, who withdrew from the race after announcing his second-term run, and his vice president, Kamala Harris, who became the nominee and lost to Trump.

Window for candidates closes in NC. With everyone filed, primary and general election contests for federal, state, local offices take shape.

Republican U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, will run for governor of New York in 2026, taking on incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul. While the winners focused their campaign around cost of living issues, they also embraced the core tenets of DEI and wove them into their platforms.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department sued three states and the District of Columbia on Thursday for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration.

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