Chase Smith

Barnes is the second Democrat to exit after absentee ballots went out, and a judge ruled this week that those votes cannot be changed.

The Democratic campaign committee added five more seats to its program, with midterm elections less than 100 days away.

El-Sayed and Stevens each told voters they were the stronger general-election candidate against Republican Mike Rogers at their final debate before Aug. 4.

Jackson’s campaign reported the haul two days after his nomination while incumbent Sen. Collins’s July filing shows $11 million on hand through June 30.

Election campaign filings through June 30 show the two parties ahead on different measures.

With hotly-contested House, Senate, and gubernatorial seats up for grabs, the two parties released agenda announcements 100 days out.

The decision is not yet final—the full DNC is scheduled to ratify the calendar at its August meeting.

Four of the six cited local defense projects and troop pay in statements, while none mentioned the Iran strikes Senate Democrats cited in blocking the bill.

Kai Newkirk centered his campaign on Stanton’s vote against cutting off U.S. aid to Israel. Unofficial results show Stanton with about two-thirds of the vote.

Cook attributes the potential GOP advantage to the redrawn district maps that favored the party nationally in 2025 and earlier this year.