Texas Asks Supreme Court to Clear Way for Republican-Friendly Congressional Map

State officials are seeking to use a newly redrawn map for the 2026 midterms, part of a nationwide redistricting push by President Trump.

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Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year

Ms. Velázquez, 72, a 16-term congresswoman, said it was time for a new generation of Democrats to step forward.

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Short on Cash, D.N.C. Took Out $15 Million Loan in October

The move, unusual for a year without a midterm or presidential election, is the latest sign of financial distress for the Democratic Party.

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Congressional Republicans Begin to Look Beyond Trump

Election defeats earlier this month and the approach of 2026 have G.O.P. lawmakers cautiously asserting themselves.

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Justice Democrats Re-Emerge in New York to Try to Unseat Espaillat

The group, which powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rise in 2018, is backing Darializa Avila Chevalier’s bid to unseat Representative Adriano Espaillat.

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Tennessee House Race Rivets Democrats and Worries Republicans

Still the favorites, Republicans have grown nervous about a House special election that could show whether the political environment continues to shift leftward.

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2 Democratic Activists Join a Crowded House Race in Manhattan

Cameron Kasky is a Parkland school shooting survivor; Mathew Shurka helped form a group to pressure Congress to ban conversion therapy.

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Kamala Harris Hits Campaign Trail in Tennessee Special Election

On Tuesday, the former vice president plans to make her first campaign appearance for another Democrat since leaving office.

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Gallego Pitches Demoralized Democrats on a Midterm Message

At a health care town hall in his swing state, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, test-drove his party’s new political pitch to an audience disappointed in the outcome of the shutdown.

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Dale Romans Enters Kentucky Senate Race as Democrats’ Latest Long Shot

Dale Romans, pitching himself as an independent-minded Democrat in the mold of Joe Manchin, will try to win a seat for the party in the deep-red state.

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