As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

Minnesota’s Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection in 2026, a decision that could ...

Senator Smith announced Thursday that she would not run for re-election after just one full term in the chamber, scrambling ...

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) also announced he will not run for another term in Michigan, a perennial battleground.

Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday she won't seek re-election in 2026, forcing the Democratic Party to defend ...

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan announced Thursday that she plans to run for the state's newly open U.S. Senate in 2026, ...

The Minnesota Democrat will leave her party defending another open seat as it confronts an uphill battle to retake the Senate ...

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith will not seek reelection in 2026, setting up an open race in the blue-leaning ...

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith won’t seek a second full term next year, opening up a seat in a Democratic-leaning state that ...

While Republicans, who will be defending 22 of the 35 Senate seats up in 2026, may have the political environment working against them next year, they are still favored to retain the chamber.— Part of ...

The Mississippi House has approved a resolution that would allow five seats in the chamber to be re-decided in a November special election to comply with a federal court order.

The arm of the Democratic Party focused on state legislative races announced its initial target map for the upcoming election ...