Campaigns

Mary Peltola, a Democrat running for the Senate seat in Alaska, addresses supporters at an election watch party

Peltola again claims victory in Alaska Senate race as vote count drags on

Claire Carter · November 14, 2026 10:43 am

California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, right, stands on stage with Gov. Gavin Newsom during a campaign event on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)

How do Gavin Newsom and Xavier Becerra differ on certain issues?

Gov.-elect David Crowley (D-WI) and Lieutenant Gov.-elect Sarah Godlewski (D-WI) celebrate their win on Nov. 3 at an Election Night event in Milwaukee; Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras holds the MVP trophy after the team won the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Oct. 28. (Nam Y. Huh/AP; Ashley Landis/AP)

From Democrats’ midterm romp to the MLB, many victors come out of the blue

California Gov. Gavin Newsom points a finger in the air as he speaks with an American flag behind him.

Newsom’s 2028 announcement puts Democrats on notice, but rivals aren’t rushing to follow

Pundit Predictions

Richard Fowler wins Washington Examiner election contest

Buttigieg, O'Rourke test South Carolina black outreach messages ahead of party confab

Naomi Lim June 17, 2019 1:09 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg arrives for a grassroots event on Friday, June 14, 2019, in Alexandria, Va.

Buttigieg raises $7 million in one month

Caitlin Yilek June 17, 2019 12:49 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg delivers remarks on foreign policy and national security during a speech at the Indiana University Auditorium in Bloomington, Ind., Tuesday, June 11, 2019.

Buttigieg: It’s ‘almost certain’ we’ve had a gay president

Caitlin Yilek June 17, 2019 12:12 pm

Vice President Joe Biden speaks with Dr. Matthias Gromeier, left, Dr. A. Eugne Washington, middle, and Dr. John Sampson, right, in a laboratory at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Vice President Joe Biden visited Duke University Medical Center to speak about his Cancer Moonshot initiave.

The facts about Biden’s sweeping, incautious promise to end cancer

Kimberly Leonard June 17, 2019 11:44 am

Protesters hold signs in a crosswalk in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019.

Majority of Texas independents say they wouldn’t vote for Trump

Caitlin Yilek June 17, 2019 11:39 am

Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke tours monuments to slave and civil rights leaders before a town hall meeting with members of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Friday, June 14, 2019 in Beaufort, S.C. In South Carolina on Friday, the Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman met with leaders of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, a culture of slave descendants along the Southeast coast.

Beto O’Rourke to black leaders: We need to protect ‘people from their country’

Naomi Lim June 15, 2019 5:31 pm

Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., appears at an event in 1974.

Biden in 1974: Roe v. Wade ‘went too far’

Ellie Bufkin June 13, 2019 6:34 pm

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper speaks during a media availability at the National Press Club, Thursday, June 13, 2019, in Washington.

Hickenlooper declines to back any restrictions on abortion

Joseph Simonson June 13, 2019 6:05 pm

Donald Trump, Eric Swalwell.

Swalwell breaks rank, calls for Trump to be impeached

Dominick Mastrangelo June 13, 2019 3:12 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Washington.

Trump explains away bad polling: ‘I’m actually a very honest guy’

Julio Rosas June 13, 2019 12:44 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a town hall meeting, Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Ottumwa, Iowa.

2020 Democrats should start attacking Joe Biden before it’s too late

Philip Klein June 12, 2019 4:17 pm

Beto O'Rourke, left, and Bill de Blasio, right.

Beto on whether he’d vote for de Blasio: ‘Probably not’

Caitlin Yilek June 12, 2019 2:19 pm