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Scott and Riggleman Float Virginia Governor Bids, But Face Long Odds
In our first look at the 2025 Virginia Governor’s race last month, the key off-year contest looked all but settled as a ...
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Recent Migration Patterns Spell Trouble for Democrats
Every year, the Census Bureau releases fresh data detailing patterns of migration within the United States. Since 2020, those ...
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Why This Senate May Not Be a ‘Cooling Saucer'
We have just turned the corner, entering a new year (2025), a new Congress (119th), a new election cycle (2026), and in 2028, ...
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Can a GOP Congress Deliver for Trump?
The good news for President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda is that his party has unified control of Congress. The ...
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Episode 21: What Surprised Us About 2024
Exclusively for CPR subscribers, the Editors Roundtable features Cook Political Report analysts discussing the most critical ...
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Checking In on the State of State Governments
The lengthy leadership standoffs and historic gridlock that paralyzed the 118th Congress have reinforced state legislatures’ status as the nation’s primary laboratories of public policy. That ...
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Episode 20: Off-Year Governors Races Could Be Harbingers
Exclusively for CPR subscribers, the Editors Roundtable features Cook Political Report analysts discussing the most critical developments and trends driving political coverage. You don't have to wait ...
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Seven Things We Learned From the 2024 Presidential Election
Republicans’ success at the ballot box in 2024 was decisive but not overwhelming. The GOP owes its continued control of the House to a mere 7,309 votes spread across three districts. At the ...
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Toppling Senators in 2026 Primaries Won’t Be Easy — With the Exception of Cassidy
It’s been more than a decade since an incumbent senator was felled in a primary challenge. While allies of Donald Trump are threatening repercussions for any Republicans who step out of line and don't ...
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Jessica Taylor: An Early Look at Which Senators Could Face a Primary in 2026
First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Jessica assesses which Republican senators could be vulnerable to ...
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Twelve Things We Learned From the 2024 House Elections
In an era of narrow majorities and subsequent legislative gridlock, every single U.S. House race matters. Ultimately, Republicans maintained their majority by the skin of their teeth, winning 220 ...
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For Democrats, the Next Two Years Are All About the House
The 2026 midterm-election prospects for the two major political parties in the House and Senate are as different as night and day. The Republican majority in the House today is as precarious as either ...