Sen. Mark Kelly, D-AZ, faces a challenge from venture capitalist Blake Masters for his Senate seat. This campaign marks Kelly’s first reelection bid after winning the seat in 2020’s special election.  Following the trends seen elsewhere in key Senate races, earlier this year it looked like the former astronaut would win easily. Now the two…

In the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats won the Hispanic vote by 40 points nationally. Two years later, Democrats carried the vote by an estimated 33 points against Donald Trump himself, though in nationwide campaigns, the party’s margin against GOP candidates shrank to 27 points. With the midterm elections just around the corner, a recent Axios-Ipsos…

Ohio was once one of the most important states on Election Day, attracting national attention and seen as a swing state. But in the last two presidential elections, former President Donald Trump easily won the state over Hilary Clinton and President Joe Biden.  Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman is now giving Democrats an opening to…

The 2022 election is expected to be the most expensive midterm election in history for state and federal races, according to OpenSecrets. The nonpartisan group projects spending will surpass $16.7 billion by Election Day.  Federal candidates and outside groups are expected to spend $8.9 billion, well beyond the inflation-adjusted $7.1 billion spent in 2018. State…

The party of the president has traditionally endured significant losses in midterm elections. Since 1946, the only time the party controlling the White House gained seats was in 2002, when Republicans added eight representatives under President George W. Bush. If that trend continues following Tuesday’s election, current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will become the…

Democrats are losing the momentum they had during the summer in the immediate wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade. Republicans have been able to gain ground on the back of strong messaging on the economy and inflation. Republicans are heavily favored to win the House. In…

House Republicans released a report detailing whistleblower allegations of FBI misconduct and politicization at the highest levels of the Department of Justice (DOJ).  Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said Friday’s report is “the first comprehensive accounting of the FBI’s problems to date, which undermine the FBI’s fundamental law-enforcement mission.” “The Federal Bureau of Investigation,…

Wisconsin is a battleground state during the 2022 election cycle. Voters will choose a governor’s seat open, a Senator and eight House representatives. “In a divided state like that, I think it’s all going to come down to red or blue,” said Reid Ribble, a former republican Representative for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. He said Republicans are…

Former Presidents Trump and Obama are campaigning in key battleground states where the balance of power in the Senate could be decided. They are both appearing at events through the weekend, hoping to give their party’s candidates a push over the finish line in a multiple toss-up contest. Trump will be in Iowa Thursday night…

The fact that the economy is the top issue for voters this election comes as no surprise. The rise in consumer prices and the Federal Reserve’s efforts to fight inflation spare no American. While hot button issues usually divide the political aisle, 79% of respondents in a Pew Research survey list the economy as being…