2026 gubernatorial election
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 […]
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 […]
Pennsylvania lawmakers are sounding the alarm over a proposed 502-page rewrite of the state’s health regulations, arguing that changes under consideration could give health authorities broader powers during future disease outbreaks. The proposed Regulation 10-242 would update Pennsylvania’s rules governing communicable and noncommunicable diseases, including expanding the list of reportable diseases and changing language governing […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is donating $300,000 to New York Democrats and taking her campaign show to Syracuse, Utica and Buffalo ahead of the midterms. The money goes to a state fund controlled by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Ocasio-Cortez said New York has become central to the fight for a House majority and that she will go […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is putting another roadblock in front of the state’s growing data-center industry, this time urging communities to demand at least $1 million from developers for every megawatt of electricity their projects are expected to consume. The announcement comes just two months after Hochul imposed what became the nation’s first statewide […]
Pennsylvania residents could be facing another major jump in health insurance costs in 2027, with insurers seeking premium increases as high as 40% while the Shapiro administration says state regulators have limited authority to stop them. According to an investigation by Spotlight PA, insurers are seeking average individual-market increases ranging from 10% to 40%. Proposed […]
After months of pressure from Republican challenger Stacy Garrity, Gov. Josh Shapiro has agreed to take the debate stage. Pennsylvania voters will get their first televised gubernatorial debate since 2018 on October 7 at 8 p.m., when Shapiro and Garrity meet at the ABC27 studio in Harrisburg. Longtime anchor Dennis Owens will moderate. The debate […]
Gov. Dan McKee's bid for a second full term is over. Helena Foulkes, a former CVS executive, defeated the incumbent Tuesday in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to projections from the Associated Press and NBC News, making McKee the first sitting Rhode Island governor to lose a primary in more than 30 years. The race […]
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing new health regulations that would hand his Department of Health sweeping authority reminiscent of the darkest days of COVID lockdowns, and he's doing it while gearing up for re-election. The proposal, submitted by the Department of Health under Regulation 10-242, would let state officials enter homes and schools without […]
Pennsylvania's fight over AI surveillance is getting bigger. And now Gov. Josh Shapiro is joining Republicans and Democrats calling for limits on the technology. The controversy centers on automated license plate reader cameras, including those operated by Flock Safety. The cameras photograph passing vehicles and record license plates, locations and other identifying information, creating searchable […]
Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to wear a hijab during a visit to an Islamic cultural center has become the latest flashpoint in a New York governor's race that suddenly looks more competitive. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman posted a photo of Hochul in the head covering, captioning it "Hijab Hochul" and "Kathy's Latest Costume: Whatever […]
President Donald Trump is continuing his pressure campaign against Canada, and this time he’s putting a new name on the map—Lake America. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” escalating his ongoing battle with Canada and putting Hochul directly in the crosshairs. Hochul isn’t playing along. […]
Governor Kelly Ayotte has opened her largest advantage yet over Democrat Cinde Warmington, according to the University of New Hampshire's Granite State Poll released Thursday. The survey of 1,878 likely voters, conducted August 20-24 by the UNH Survey Center, found Ayotte leading Warmington 49% to 39%, with 3% backing another candidate and 9% undecided. Ayotte's […]
Dan McKee is still losing the Rhode Island governor's race, just by less than he was a few months ago. A new WPRI/Emerson College poll released Tuesday found Democratic challenger Helena Foulkes leading the incumbent governor 45% to 30%, with 25% of voters undecided. The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted August 21-22 by […]
A longtime Democratic donor is now raising money for Kathy Hochul's Republican challenger, a defection that lands as new polling shows the New York governor's race tightening with fewer than three months to Election Day. Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of the late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, has crossed party lines to support […]
Governor Dan McKee ordered a 60-day statewide pause on new Flock camera installations Tuesday, freezing state police activation of the surveillance technology as a wave of Rhode Island towns moves to tear the systems out entirely. McKee directed the R.I. State Police to pause installation and activation of new Flock Safety cameras for the next […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul still leads Republican Bruce Blakeman, but a new Siena poll shows the Republican closing the gap and exposing vulnerabilities for the Democratic incumbent. Hochul leads Blakeman 49% to 39% among likely voters, according to Siena’s first likely-voter poll of the 2026 election cycle. Her lead has been cut to 10 […]
