It’s amazing how mercurial some people get about politics, going from chronically depressed one day or week to almost ...

It’s not as simple as “all politics is local” anymore.It’s no revelation that we live in a political and media environment so ...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn once looked like a dead man walking in his GOP primary fight, down by double digits just this summer ...

The Cook Political Report redistricting tracker is following developments in every state taking up redistricting, or considering it, over the next several months — as well as the gains that each party ...

The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American ...

Three years after Republicans used redistricting to split Nashville across several seats, the party is getting its first real ...

Our subscribers have first access to individual race pages for each House, Senate and Governors race, which will include race ratings (each race is rated on a seven-point scale) and a narrative ...

First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Jessica discusses how Democrats could take back the Senate in 2026 and ...

We spend a lot of time focused on how President Donald Trump has reshaped the Republican Party, but we often gloss over how ...

Democrats notched another win in the mid-decade redistricting wars late Monday night, when a district judge approved a new ...

The aftermath of last week’s elections serves as a crucial lesson in politics: Don’t become distracted by shiny objects. For ...