Initial 2026 House race ratings show more Republicans in Toss-up seats
Even though the midterms are 20 months away, it’s not too early to project that the headliner of the 2026 elections will be ...
How Congress could vote to avert – or allow – a government shutdown
A Republican-sponsored continuing resolution to keep the government operating was approved by the House. It faces a close ...
Opinion
The House’s Republican edge is gone. But the gerrymander lives.
How do we know the House’s pro-Republican skew has disappeared? One common measure of bias, the efficiency gap, compares the parties’ respective shares of “wasted” votes: those cast either for losing ...
Special elections in Florida could help sway balance of power in US House of Representatives
This year, it’s also election day in Florida for a special election. Some people say this special election could be as ...
Pew Research Center20d
Women account for 28% of lawmakers in the 119th Congress – unchanged from the last Congress
Women make up 28% of voting members in the 119th Congress – on par with their share in the last Congress, but a considerable ...
How Trump's push for Canadian statehood would hurt the GOP
President Donald Trump's assertion that Canada should become the 51st state would likely lead to major Democratic electoral ...
Democratic Congressman Sylvester Turner of Texas Dead at 70
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston, who was sworn into office ...