Most of the discussion about mid-decade redistricting in Texas and California has centered around one set of numbers: the percentage of the vote that President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala ...

Democrats have scored a major recruiting victory by convincing former Sen. Sherrod Brown to run again in Ohio just months after he lost reelection.But while the political environment in 2026 may be ...

As Texas Republicans appear poised to thwart Democrats’ brief quorum break and pass a brutal new gerrymander, California Democrats’ plans to retaliate with their own aggressive map are coming into ...

Democrats’ enactment of a meticulous 2021 gerrymander has given the party total control over New Mexico’s diverse geographic landscape. They held all three of the state’s House seats last year, even ...

Amy, David and Jessica join the roundtable this week to talk about two big developments. First, as Texas Republicans appear poised to thwart Democrats’ brief quorum break and pass a brutal new ...

First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Jessica explains how the Senate map has shifted in favor of Democrats ...

In our initial 2026 Senate ratings earlier this year, we wrote that it looked like a “herculean” challenge for Democrats to flip the four seats necessary to win back the majority in next year’s ...

Republicans have won the House. The CPR popular vote tracker counts the total number of votes in the race for House control. It is updated throughout the post-election period until all 50 states have ...

About CPR House Race Ratings The CPR House Race Ratings assess the competitiveness of all 435 House elections. Competitiveness is determined by several factors, including the district's political ...

Last week, we released the 25th Anniversary edition of the Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠). The Cook PVI measures how each state and district performs at the presidential level compared to the ...