Sooner or later, both marital and political honeymoons come to an end. It’s rare, however, for a honeymoon to end before the ...

Senate Democrats may have lost their majority this cycle, but they did something that the party had never done in the age of ...

These are the best of times and worst of times for those of us in the political analysis business. With the election now ...

The 2024 presidential election tells a clear story of a nationwide shift toward the Republican Party. President-elect Donald ...

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One week before Election Day, The Cook Political Report published a list of 13 swing counties to watch on election night that ...

The most naturally pessimistic Democratic operative could not imagine a scenario more nightmarish than what happened on ...

This may be the most misunderstood election in modern American political history, even given that it came immediately after ...

First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Erin explains how Democrats overperformed In the most competitive House ...

The quadrennial new administration musical chairs have already opened up two Senate vacancies, adding to the 2026 midterm map ...

Republicans inched closer to control of the House over the weekend after crucial races out west were called in their favor.

Every presidential election cycle, a handful of House candidates manage to defy political gravity and win reelection in seats carried by the opposing party’s presidential nominee. After the 2020 ...