Iowa’s rightward trend over the past decade has continually crushed Democrats’ hopes. In 2022, Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne’s ...

While Democrats’ odds of taking back the Senate are long, an announcement Monday afternoon should remind us why we can’t ...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will not run for Senate in 2026, leaving Republicans without a clear frontrunner to challenge ...

It was a big week for race ratings changes at The Cook Political Report and Amy, Jessica and Erin dive right in. We had two ...

A slew of “First 100 Days” polling found President Donald Trump and his economic policies to be broadly unpopular. Trump’s ...

First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Erin discusses two House race rating changes we made — one favoring ...

The CPR Governor Race Ratings assess the competitiveness of all gubernatorial elections in 2023 and 2024. Competitiveness is determined by several factors, including the state's political makeup, the ...

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