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Candidate profile · TN
Republican Johnny Garrett is among 15 candidates listed in the contested 2026 race for Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District.
Candidate profile · RI
Democratic incumbent Lori Urso is running in Rhode Island Senate District 8 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
Candidate profile · PA
Democrat Sharif Street is among 19 candidates in the PA-3 contest scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.
Candidate profile · NV
Democrat Gabriel Cornejo is one of 16 candidates listed in Nevada’s contested 1st Congressional District race.
News · VT
Voters will consider constitutional proposals on collective bargaining and equal protection in November 2026.
News · OK
Oklahoma voters will decide in November whether to end party-based membership limits for the state’s judicial nominating commission.
News · MA
Anne Brensley, joined by Carlos Cesar and Pastor Manny Silva, announced an initiative seeking Portuguese-language ballots across Massachusetts.
News · MD
Maryland’s attorney general will leave closed the investigation into Tawon Boyd’s 2016 death.
News · IN
Indiana’s attorney general is challenging a race-based board quota used by a high school sports association.
News · MO
A new council will focus on human trafficking, with its structure and work now the main issues to watch.
News · NJ
Investigators found credible evidence of sexual harassment and other wrongdoing by New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell.
News · OR
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a federal voter database matter that does not affect Oregon elections.
News · ID
Idaho election officials are raising concerns about proposed changes involving mail-in ballots.
News · MO
The Supreme Court has rejected a Missouri congressional map backed by Donald Trump for the third time.
News · UT
Utah voters will decide four U.S. House contests on Nov. 3 against a backdrop of Republican presidential wins in 2016, 2020 and 2024.
Candidate profile · WY
Republican incumbent Mike Schmid is running in an uncontested 2026 general election for Wyoming House District 20.
Race preview · VT
Democratic incumbents Conor Casey and Kate McCann are running in the contested Washington-4 general election on Nov. 3, 2026.
Race preview · SD
Logan Manhart and Nick Fosness, both Republican incumbents, are running in South Dakota House District 1 in the 2026 general election.
News · WI
Emergency response and property damage account for most of Enbridge’s estimated costs from the August leak in Iron County.
News · OK
The Nov. 3 ballot includes contests for U.S. Senate, five U.S. House seats, governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
News · RI
The Nov. 3 ballot includes statewide offices, a U.S. Senate seat and both of Rhode Island’s U.S. House seats.
News · WY
Wyoming voters will decide races for U.S. Senate, governor, secretary of state and the state’s sole U.S. House seat on Nov. 3.
News · AL
Alabama’s Nov. 3 ballot includes a U.S. Senate seat, seven U.S. House seats and several statewide executive offices.
News · WV
Voters will decide a U.S. Senate race and contests for both of West Virginia’s U.S. House districts on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · AK
Alaska voters will decide races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · AL
The election entry pairs Alabama’s 2026 contests with past presidential results but does not name a race or candidate.
News · WA
The leaders discussed trade, artificial intelligence and the Iran war as some Republican lawmakers criticized Xi’s treatment in Washington.
Candidate profile · PR
Gutiérrez Colón is a PIP incumbent in Puerto Rico’s contested 2026 State House at-large race.
Race preview · ND
Ben Koppelman and Andrew Marschall are running in North Dakota’s contested District 16 State House election on Nov. 3, 2026.
Candidate profile · NM
Republican incumbent Luis Terrazas is running in the uncontested 2026 general election for New Mexico House District 39.