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How the biggest swings from 2024 will decide the Senate (opens the original)
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Episode 45: Could Talarico Really Turn Texas Blue? With Gabby Birenbaum from The Texas Tribune (opens the original)
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Just two years after voting for President Trump by nearly 14 percentage points, Texas has become an unexpected frontline swing state. The Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton has drawn national attention, with polls and the DDHQ forecast both showing Talarico with a lead. Dem
📈 Peltola is a slight favorite to flip Alaska (opens the original)
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2026 could set a modern record for congressional turnover (opens the original)
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Episode 44: SCOTUS Blocks Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Order + Missouri’s Map Mess, with Nathaniel Rakich from Votebeat (opens the original)
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With all primaries done and dusted, it is now indisputably general election time. But we have two late developments that will affect the 2026 electoral picture. First, Republicans had drawn a new gerrymander in Missouri, but a series of federal and state court decisions appear likely to restore the state’s old, less GOP-leaning congressional lines. Second, the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting. Decision Desk HQ Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey
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