Daniela Altimari

Donald Trump’s strength in solidly blue states was one of the election’s most surprising stories. According to unofficial results from The Associated Press, Trump came within about 5 percentage points of winning New Jersey — a state that hasn’t backed […]

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Dozens of Democrats crammed into a side room at a restaurant here last week and, over burgers, fries and cauliflower cakes, laid out their plan to retake the deep-purple 3rd District. At this point in

OMAHA – Republican Rep. Don Bacon stood in his campaign office tucked behind a busy commercial stretch on the city’s outskirts and pondered his place on the political spectrum. Democrats say he’s a committed member of former President Donald Trump’s

NELIGH, Neb. — Melvin Woods has voted a straight Republican ballot for at least three decades.  But next month, the 77-year-old supporter of former President Donald Trump, who lives on a farm in northeastern Nebraska, says he just might reject

Democrats are expressing increasing optimism that regaining control of the House is within the party’s grasp. “We have opportunities everywhere,” said Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Democrat from Washington state and chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “We’re making sure

Even in an era of declining rates of violent crime nationwide, Republicans continue to bash Democrats on the issue. But a former federal prosecutor campaigning in a purple-tinged district in Southern California is striking back. Democrat Will Rollins, making his

As he seeks to flip a competitive House district in southern California, Republican Matt Gunderson is leaning into his identity as a “girl dad” to convince voters that he backs abortion rights. “I don’t want politicians dictating health care for

The economic agenda put forth by the Democratic Party’s progressive flank has made its way from the margins to the mainstream. From calls to lower health care costs and address rising rents to fully embracing organized labor and promising to