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CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. — Republican congressional candidate Kevin Lincoln is making his case for California’s 13th Congressional District with a message built around affordability, water rights, rural health care, faith and public service — arguing that the concerns facing Central Valley families are bigger than partisan labels. Capitol Times Scott Shields interview with Kevin Lincoln Speaking exclusively with Capitol Times Media in California’s Central Valley, Lincoln said h

Democratic gubernatorial candidate’s record on the Green New Deal, immigration and social policy comes under renewed examination ahead of November election DES MOINES, Iowa — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand is facing renewed scrutiny over political positions and statements stretching back more than two decades as Iowa voters prepare to choose their next governor in November. Sand, Iowa’s state auditor and the only Democrat currently holding statewide office in the

Missouri’s congressional redistricting battle is once again before the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court revived a Republican-backed map that could help the GOP capture seven of the state’s eight U.S. House seats, setting up another high-stakes legal confrontation just weeks before the November midterm elections. The dispute has already moved through state and federal courts multiple times, leaving election officials, candidates and more than a million Missouri

WASHINGTON — A growing group of Republican candidates in some of the most competitive races of the 2026 midterm elections is publicly calling for the war with Iran to end more quickly, as soaring fuel costs and mounting voter frustration turn the nearly seven-month conflict into an increasingly important domestic political issue. The shift is particularly visible in Michigan, Iowa and Ohio, where Republican Senate candidates are arguing that Washington must protect U.S. secur

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are narrowing their focus to a critical group of battleground states as the 2026 midterm campaign enters its final weeks, directing money and organizational muscle toward races that could determine whether the GOP preserves its 53-seat Senate majority and keeps President Donald Trump’s legislative and judicial agenda moving through Congress. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, delivered a

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s congressional redistricting battle is racing back toward the U.S. Supreme Court at perhaps the most difficult possible moment: ballots are already moving, voters have begun participating in the election process, and control of the U.S. House could depend on a handful of seats. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Missouri’s plan to conduct the November general election under its older 2022 congressiona

Michigan’s open U.S. Senate contest is becoming more than another expensive battleground race. It is emerging as a test of whether Republicans can expand their coalition beyond reliable GOP voters while maintaining strong support from President Donald Trump’s political base. Republican nominee Mike Rogers is facing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the November election for the seat held by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. Rogers, who came within fewer than 20,000 votes of winn

WASHINGTON — The 2026 midterm elections have moved from campaign rallies and polling averages to actual ballots, opening the final stretch of a national contest that will determine control of Congress and shape the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. In-person early voting began in Virginia on September 18, while voters in Minnesota, Idaho and South Dakota are among those able to cast absentee ballots ahead of Election Day. Virginia’s early-voting period runs th

The 2026 midterm campaign is entering its decisive stretch, and Washington’s ideological theater is colliding with something much harder to manipulate: the everyday experience of American voters. For years, political elites have treated elections as battles over personalities, slogans, cultural grievances and partisan outrage. But with November approaching, Americans are again asking stubbornly practical questions. What does a trip to the grocery store cost? Is housing afford

DALLAS — President Donald Trump has transformed the 2026 midterm elections from a conventional fight over congressional seats into something much larger: a referendum on whether voters want his political and economic agenda to continue with a Republican Congress behind it. Speaking Wednesday night at the Republican National Committee’s first midterm convention in Dallas, Trump told supporters to effectively treat November as though his own name were back on the ballot. Then h

CONCORD, N.H. — September 8, 2026 — New Hampshire voters headed to the polls Tuesday in one of the most consequential Senate primaries of the 2026 midterm cycle, choosing nominees for a rare open seat that could ultimately help determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. The retirement of Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has transformed what might otherwise have been a routine state primary into a nationally watched battle. On the Republican side, two familiar political fig

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri reached a critical election deadline Tuesday with one of the most consequential congressional-map battles in the country still unresolved, leaving state officials waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court as preparations for the November midterms move deeper into the calendar. September 8 is Missouri’s deadline for finalizing changes to the November 3 ballot. But the larger question — which congressional districts voters will actually use — remains caug

Americans heading into the 2026 midterm elections are confronting a political force that barely existed on this scale during previous election cycles: billions of dollars potentially changing hands based on who wins and loses at the ballot box. Online prediction markets including Kalshi and Polymarket have rapidly transformed political forecasting into a financial marketplace where traders can buy contracts tied to Senate races, gubernatorial contests, control of Congress and

With less than two months before Americans vote in the 2026 midterm elections, what once looked like a relatively comfortable Republican path to retaining the U.S. Senate has turned into one of the most consequential political fights of President Donald Trump’s second term. Democrats need a net gain of four seats to take control of the chamber. Their challenge remains formidable: even if they successfully defend every Democratic-held seat, they would still have to win multipl

MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire voters are preparing to deliver one of the most consequential verdicts of the 2026 primary season Tuesday, with an open U.S. Senate seat potentially determining whether Republicans preserve their majority or Democrats find a path back to control of the chamber. At the center of the Republican contest are two familiar political heavyweights: former Sens. John E. Sununu and Scott Brown. Sununu enters the final hours as the Republican frontrunner

Tennessee’s governor’s race is beginning to look less like a toss-up and more like a warning to national Democrats: the Volunteer State is not eager to trade its red-state direction for the politics of Washington’s progressive class. A new Beacon Center poll finds Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn leading Democrat Jerri Green by a wide 55 percent to 34 percent margin among likely Tennessee voters, a 21-point advantage with just two months left before Election Day. The survey w

House Republicans are turning socialism, election security, voter ID, and citizenship verification into central midterm battle lines as Democrats face new pressure in Washington.

WASHINGTON — America’s 2026 midterm elections are entering their decisive phase, and the battle lines could hardly be clearer: Republicans are preparing to make the Democratic Party’s increasingly influential socialist wing a defining issue as Democrats fight to break GOP control of Washington. With the primary season largely behind them, both parties are pivoting toward the November general election and a national fight over control of Congress. Republicans currently hold na

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s push to tighten safeguards surrounding mail-in voting is gaining ground ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, triggering a fresh legal offensive from Democratic-led states determined to stop his administration’s election reforms. The confrontation intensified this week after the Supreme Court removed an important procedural obstacle facing Trump’s election executive order and a federal judge subsequently dissolved an injunction that had pr

WASHINGTON — The SAVE America Act has become one of the clearest dividing lines of the 2026 midterm campaign, with President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans pushing for tougher federal election safeguards while Democrats continue to block the legislation in the Senate. The fight is no longer theoretical. Senate Democrats have repeatedly voted against Republican efforts tied to the SAVE America Act, including a stripped-down federal photo-ID proposal that came before the c

ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s 2026 Senate race is heading toward November with an extraordinary complication: Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is not only facing former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, but another candidate carrying almost exactly the same name. Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher from Petersburg, advanced from Alaska’s August 18 open primary and is positioned to appear alongside incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan in the general election. The unusual ballot situation immed

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will headline the Republican Party’s major 2026 midterm convention in Dallas next month, putting the administration’s record directly at the center of the battle for control of Congress. The Republican National Committee event is scheduled for September 9 and 10 and is being built as a national showcase for the party’s message heading into the final stretch before November. Trump and Vance are expected to appear