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Candidate profile · PR
Incumbent Christian Muriel is the Partido Nuevo Progresista candidate in Puerto Rico House District 34 for the 2026 general election.
News · NY
Attorney General Letitia James will lead a criminal investigation into allegations that a former Cornell student was drugged and assaulted.
News · CA
The new California laws are intended to protect workers from risks associated with artificial intelligence.
News · CA
The new state law is intended to prevent abusers from using legal proceedings to continue harming survivors.
News · SD
Bryon Noem spoke publicly two days after his wife of 34 years, former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, filed for divorce.
News · PA
The measure would allow independent and third-party voters to participate in Pennsylvania primary elections.
News · SC
South Carolina voters will decide three statewide offices and elections for all seven U.S. House districts on Nov. 3.
News · ND
Voters will choose a U.S. House member, secretary of state and attorney general in North Dakota’s Nov. 3 election.
News · ME
Maine expanded mail voting during a closely watched Senate race, a year after 250 mail ballots ended up in an Amazon package.
News · NV
The Nevada senator’s resolution targets financial benefits for top federal officials and their families when the government trades private-company stakes.
News · MA
The Nov. 3 election includes contests for U.S. Senate, all nine U.S. House seats and statewide constitutional offices.
News · OH
Ohio’s next governor will help shape how, when and under what rules about 8 million registered voters cast ballots.
News · NJ
The statewide map identifies operating and proposed data centers, as well as about 100 towns that have banned AI facilities.
News · MD
Maryland’s 2026 ballot includes races for governor, attorney general and all eight U.S. House seats.
News · KS
Political spending is drawing attention to Kansas as the national Senate map moves toward Republicans despite worsening conditions for the GOP.
News · OR
Oregon’s 2026 ballot includes races for governor, U.S. Senate and all six of the state’s U.S. House seats.
News · VA
Virginia voters will choose a U.S. senator and representatives for all 11 congressional districts on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · TN
Tennessee voters will choose a governor, a U.S. senator and representatives for all nine congressional districts on Nov. 3.
News · OH
After losing his Ohio Senate seat in 2024, Brown is looking to union voters to help return him to Washington.
Race preview · ND
Republican incumbents Nels Christianson and Steve Vetter are running in the contested District 18 general election.
Candidate profile · NM
Republican incumbent Catherine Cullen is running in New Mexico House District 57 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
Candidate profile · NJ
Democratic incumbent Mikie Sherrill is among 18 candidates listed in the contested 2026 race for New Jersey’s 11th District.
Explainer · NE
A plain-language checklist for confirming election dates, registration, ballot choices and voting instructions in Nebraska.
Candidate profile · MT
Democratic incumbent Tyson Running Wolf is running in Montana House District 16 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
Candidate profile · MS
Lane Taylor is a Republican incumbent who is not currently linked to a specific race or election.
Candidate profile · MI
Republican incumbent John James is among 14 candidates listed in Michigan’s 10th District race for the 2026 election.
Candidate profile · ME
Republican incumbent Jim White is running in Maine House District 30 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
Race preview · MD
Three Democratic incumbents are running in the contested District 28 State House general election on Nov. 3, 2026.
Candidate profile · KS
Republican incumbent Sandy Pickert is running in the 2026 general election for Kansas House District 88.
Race preview · IL
Sean Casten, Skylar Duensing and Niki Conforti are listed for the 2026 general election in Illinois' 6th Congressional District.