Elections

HUDSON, N.H. (AP) — Five weeks before Election Day, Democratic enthusiasm is reaching a fever pitch. With Republicans struggling to overcome President Donald Trump's low standing, Democrats are on the offensive in Republican strongholds like Texas and Florida, and even eyeing contests in deeper-red Kansas and Mississippi. Many Democratic leaders predict that the House majority is all but […]

Vandals spray-painted Sen. Susan Collins' Biddeford constituent office Monday, and her staff kept it open for business. State Sen. Matt Harrington, R-Sanford, posted a photo showing the words "Trump whore" in red capital letters on the doors of the Main Street office. The doors were scrubbed clean by mid-afternoon, and Biddeford police Chief JoAnne Fisk […]

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. said for the first time Sunday night that he opposes an ICE facility in Roxbury, drawing a clear line in his only debate against Democrat Rebecca Bennett. "My focus is to make sure we don't have an ICE facility in Roxbury," Kean said. Bennett noted it was the first time he […]

Rep. Mike Lawler used Monday night's first televised debate to put Democrat Cait Conley on the defensive over where she lives and who pays her. Lawler told viewers Conley lives in Virginia, holds no-show" jobs with artificial intelligence and Big Tech firms, and will head home if she loses in November. He also pressed her […]

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is facing renewed scrutiny over campaign contributions tied to the data-center industry, with Republican gubernatorial nominee Stacy Garrity accusing the Democratic incumbent of taking millions of dollars from out-of-state interests connected to the rapidly expanding sector. Garrity campaign spokesperson Matt Beynon said that the campaign's figures show Shapiro received more than $5 […]

Republican Mike Minogue has posted his strongest showing yet against Gov. Maura Healey, trimming her lead to 16 points in a new University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll just over a month before Election Day. The Boston Herald reported that Healey remains favored, while UNH polled likely voters at 54% to 38%. The New Boston […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) spent the weekend in Buffalo and Ithaca building a political footprint far beyond her Queens and Bronx base, and her own words suggest a 2028 Senate run is a live option. The New York City Democrat met privately with Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan, held a joint press conference with him, and […]

Republican John Loughlin has pulled even with Democratic Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos in Rhode Island's most competitive statewide race this fall, according to a new University of New Hampshire poll that shows Democrats cruising everywhere else on the ballot. The UNH Survey Center's Ocean State Poll, released Thursday, surveyed 598 likely general election voters from […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. The court's three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Department of Homeland Security program, called […]

A pro-Trump seniors group named four northeastern lawmakers to its first-ever class of congressional honorees, recognizing their records on issues affecting older Americans. Seniors Matter for America announced this week that Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Rep. Mike Kelly (PA-16), and Rep. Nick Langworthy (NY-23) have each earned its Champion for America's […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul still leads Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman heading into November, but her advantage has been steadily eroding for months, according to the latest Siena poll of likely New York voters. The survey shows Hochul at 50 percent to Blakeman's 41 percent, a nine-point race that continues a clear downward trend for the incumbent […]

Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas has backed out of a scheduled U.S. Senate debate at New England College, months after accusing Republican opponent John Sununu of arrogance for skipping a debate of his own. "I can confirm that Congressman Pappas has declined to participate," debate organizer Josh McElveen told NH Journal. The withdrawal comes after Pappas […]

Sen. Susan Collins has pulled back into the lead in Maine's marquee Senate contest, according to a new survey that breaks with weeks of polling showing her Democratic challenger ahead. The Times/Siena poll marks the first independent survey since Democrat Troy Jackson entered the race in July to show the five-term Republican back on top, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Earlier in the month, President Donald Trump warned voters that democratic socialists — extreme, crazed, lunatics, he called them — were threatening to transform America into “a communist country.” This week, a smiling Trump patted on the shoulder one of the nation's best known democratic socialists, shook his hand, and said he was […]

Defending America PAC has launched a new television ad accusing Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie of raising property taxes twice while quietly voting himself a pay bump, as he challenges Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick for Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District. The 30-second spot, titled "Done," pairs footage of Harvie snapping at a colleague with audio of him […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is claiming a new poll shows Democrat Matt Dunlap in a "dead heat" with Republican Paul LePage in Maine's open 2nd Congressional District, a race both parties consider one of the country's top pickup opportunities this fall. The DCCC's press release claims President Trump is 13 points underwater in the district […]

In a move that stunned Capitol Hill and infuriated House Democratic leadership, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) for re-election on Monday, marking one of the most consequential bipartisan breaks of the midterm cycle. Golden, who announced last November he would not seek re-election, made his case in an op-ed published […]

Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan Boyle is leaving the door open to a 2028 U.S. Senate campaign, telling voters he has "major concerns" about fellow Democrat John Fetterman's fitness to lead the party's ticket again. Speaking on "This Week in Pennsylvania," Boyle said he plans to seriously weigh a Senate run in 2027, after this fall's midterms. […]