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Takeaways from primaries featuring Spencer Pratt, a missing congressman and a rare Trump setback

The Senate race in Iowa is one of the most closely watched this year and the general election matchup is now set, with Democrats hoping for a gain.

 

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Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: Massie’s loss leaves no doubt about Trump’s power over the GOP

President Donald Trump has scored another win against a Republican rival, purging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill.

 

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Takeaways from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan: Trump’s flex pays off and Democrats win special election

President Donald Trump is having some success in his latest attempt to politically punish Republicans who stand in his way.

 

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Where big spending won – and lost – in the Illinois primary

Illinois Democrats ushered in a new generation of lawmakers Tuesday night, picking five new nominees for Congress in open seats that are favored to remain in Democratic hands this fall.

 

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The first midterm primaries of 2026, by the numbers

The first primaries of the year weren’t short on drama. Much of it centered around Tuesday night’s marquee races, the primaries for the U.S. Senate in Texas.

 

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Why Texas’ redistricting plan isn’t a sure bet

State Republicans redrew their congressional map over the summer to make five Democratic-held seats winnable, in line with the explicit expectation set by President Donald Trump. Republicans pursued that goal largely by “cracking” Democratic-leaning voters across multiple districts. That means voters in Democratic-leaning parts of Texas, like denser areas around Dallas and Austin and communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, are now spread across districts that include larger numbers of Republican-leaning voters. The new map is more likely to deliver those five seats to the GOP if Texans vote the same way they did in the 2024 presidential election, but it’s not a sure bet.

 

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Tracking U.S. House retirement announcements

Legislators are announcing they won’t run for reelection earlier in the cycle, putting Congress on track for record turnover, according to an Associated Press analysis.

 

These are Americans’ biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are more likely to prioritize health care than they were last year.

 

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One issue is uniting Americans in a time of polarization, according to a new poll

A new survey from the American Communities Project shows that pessimism about the country’s future has risen in cities since last year, but rural America is more optimistic about what’s ahead for the U.S.

 

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Takeaways from the 2025 general election, in charts

After voters swung toward Republican Donald Trump during last fall’s presidential election, states like Virginia and New Jersey swung back towards Democratic candidates at nearly the same velocity as 2024’s shift, an Associated Press analysis of election data from this week found.