Longtime thoroughbred trainer Dale Romans has entered the Kentucky campaign to succeed retiring Republican Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate

AFP Action endorses John Sununu in New Hampshire GOP Senate primary against Scott Brown. Key swing state race could help Republicans expand their majority.

The three Republican candidates may be officially courting Texas voters. But much of their attention has gone toward winning the president's approval.

Democrats face an uphill battle to recapture a U.S. Senate majority in the November 2026 midterm elections, as Republicans are defending just two seats seen as competitive by nonpartisan analysts and hold a 53-47 majority.

For nearly 90 years, the party of the nation’s president has lost seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in 20 of 22 midterm elections.

Nearly 20 years ago, the Maine Democrat drunkenly selected a skull and crossbones design while out on leave with his fellow Marines in Croatia. It wasn’t until several weeks into his campaign for a key U.S. Senate seat that Platner says he discovered that the design was recognized as a Nazi symbol.