TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The field of candidates has been set for two special elections in Florida to replace members of Congress nominated for positions in President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration. Trump’s reliance on Florida lawmakers for his new Cabinet is setting off a political chain reaction that’s opening up new possibilities in the state in 2026 and beyond. The special …
DETROIT — State Rep. Shri Thanedar won Michigan’s 13th Congressional Democratic primary, topping a field of nine candidates in a district that covers most of Detroit and potentially leaving the predominantly Black city next term without Black representation in Congress for the first time since the early 1950s. “Michigan’s 13th Congressional district is one of the poorest in the country, …
POJOAQUE, N.M. — Former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s bid for a congressional seat in northern New Mexico fell flat at a statewide Democratic convention Saturday where she failed to win enough local delegate votes to automatically qualify for the primary ballot. Candidates for an open congressional and Senate seat in New Mexico underwent the first test of their political might …
MINNEAPOLIS — Candidates in a southern Minnesota congressional district that represents one of the best opportunities for Republicans to flip a Democratic-held House seat clashed Friday about health care, trade and President Donald Trump. “Are we going to go the direction of the resistance, the people that want to replace President Trump, the people that want to take us back …
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti arrives at a meeting with the Asian and Latino Coalition at the statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa, in April. The Democratic Midterm Victory Fund — Garcetti’s most ambitious fundraising endeavor yet to help his party — is boosting the mayor’s national profile and allowing him to forge alliances with party leaders as he considers a …
