Category: 2026 elections
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One top-100 mayor has left office early this year, and proceedings are underway to remove another from office
A hearing to remove Mayor Paulette Guajardo (Nonpartisan) is underway in Corpus Christi, Texas, the 58th largest city in the country by population. One other mayor in the 100 largest cities, Vi Lyles (D-Charlotte, N.C.), has left office early this year. The Corpus Christi City Council voted 5-3 on March 24 to begin the removal…
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Sand and Lahn on their visions for Iowa: "better and truer, not redder or bluer" and "the safest, freest, most family-centered state in America"
Rob Sand (D) and Zach Lahn (R) are running in the general election for governor of Iowa on November 3, 2026. Incumbent Kim Reynolds (R) is not running for re-election. The last Democrat to win election as governor of Iowa was Chet Culver (D) in 2006. As of July 2026, major election forecasters call the…
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Nebraska set to have a second straight U.S. Senate election without both major parties on the ballot
Nebraska's U.S. Senate general election will not feature a Democrat after nominee Cindy Burbank (D) withdrew on July 17 — the 17th regular or special U.S. Senate election we identified since 2000 with no Democratic candidate, compared to four with no Republican candidate. Two of those elections with no Republican candidates were due to California's…
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Riley, Oberacker face off in NY-19 general election on Nov. 3; district decided by fewer than three points in each of the last two elections
Incumbent Josh Riley (D/Working Families Party) and Peter Oberacker (R/Conservative Party) are running in the general election for New York's 19th Congressional District on November 3, 2026. Riley defeated then-incumbent Marcus Molinaro (R/Conservative Party) 51.1%–48.8% in 2024. Molinaro defeated Riley 50.8%–49.2% under different district lines in 2022. In 2024, Kamala Harris (D) defeated Donald Trump…
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Seventy members of the U.S. Congress are not running for re-election this year — the most in at least 26 years
Seventy members of Congress — 11 Senators and 59 Representatives— are not running for re-election this year, the most since at least 2000 and 32% more than the 53 who did not run in 2024. These figures are likely final — 49 of 50 state filing deadlines have passed, and all members of Louisiana's Congressional…
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Mark Lamb defeats Daniel Keenan in the Republican primary for Arizona's 5th Congressional District on July 21, 2026
Mark Lamb (R) defeated Daniel Keenan (R) in the Republican primary for Arizona's 5th Congressional District on July 21, 2026. Incumbent Rep. Andy Biggs (R), who was first elected in 2016, ran for governor of Arizona rather than for another term. Keenan led in fundraising, while Lamb led in noteworthy endorsements. As of July 1, 2026, Keenan raised $1,851,302 to Lamb's $1,222,217. In terms of noteworthy endorsements,…
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Rep. Miller-Meeks and Bohannan to meet for third consecutive election in Iowa's 1st District on November 3, 2026
Incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R), Christina Bohannan (D), and Michael Bridgford (Independent) are running in the general election for Iowa's 1st Congressional District on November 3, 2026. Reuters' David Morgan said, "Miller-Meeks is one of the most vulnerable House Republicans at a time when high prices for gasoline and other consumer products and an unpopular war…
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Denise Powell (D), Brinker Harding (R), and Eric Michael Foreman (L) are running for open U.S. House seat in Nebraska's 2nd District
Denise Powell (D), Brinker Harding (R), and Eric Michael Foreman (L) are running in the general election for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District on November 3, 2026. Incumbent Don Bacon (R), first elected in 2016, is not running for re-election. Bacon won re-election 51.3%–48.7% in 2022 and 50.9%–49.1% in 2024. That year, Kamala Harris (D) defeated…
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Nunn, Trone Garriott, and Battaglia are running in Iowa's 3rd District, decided by fewer than four points in each of the last two elections
Incumbent Zach Nunn (R), Sarah Trone Garriott (D), and Marco Battaglia (L) are running in the general election for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District on November 3, 2026. Iowa Public Radio's Isabella Luu said the 3rd District "hasn’t been held by any incumbent for more than two terms since 2010." Nunn defeated then-incumbent Cindy Axne (D)…
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Three candidates are running in Nevada's 3rd District, where the last two elections were decided by fewer than four points
Incumbent Susie Lee (D), Marty O'Donnell (R), and Jon Kamerath (Independent American Party) are running in the general election for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District on November 3, 2026. The Nevada Independent's Gabby Birenbaum said, "The district, which last elected a Republican in 2014, has been something of a white whale for House Republicans. Because it…