Senate Democrats pursue candidates like Roy Cooper and Sherrod Brown while facing competitive primaries in Michigan and Texas for 2026 midterm battle for the chamber's majority.

On this day 60 years ago, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. Its protections have been rolled back in recent years — ...

Legislators of one political party crossing state lines to avoid arrest happened here in Rhode Island 101 years ago – only it ...

California is eyeing a ballot initiative this fall to redraw its House map for 2026 — only if Texas Republicans redistrict to ...

Since Trump clearly loves gerrymandering and loves putting his name on hotels, resorts, golf courses, hats, steaks and other things, perhaps it’s time to retire the name “gerrymandering” and honor our ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate’s rules to speed up the confirmation of approximately 140 Trump nominees. Changing the ...

From redrawing the maps to demanding that Republicans be seated after contested elections, Trump has many tools to get his ...

Republican US Sen. Marsha Blackburn announced on Wednesday that she is entering the open Tennessee governor’s race in 2026, ...

Sen. Mike Cierpiot, a Lee’s Summit Republican, told The Star last week that any redistricting effort would have to be ...

Republicans hold seven of Indiana's nine U.S. House districts. Will state lawmakers try to squeeze out another GOP seat ahead ...

This is not the first time lawmakers have fled the Texas State Capitol avoid voting on a measure they disagreed with.