Jessica Taylor

2 weeks ago | cookpolitical.com | Jessica Taylor

We’re almost halfway through 2025, and the Senate landscape is beginning to come into focus. But there are plenty of outstanding questions for both parties as the off-year rolls on. Both sides are focused on recruitment, and many candidates could announce after the next fundraising quarter wraps at the end of the month. Both parties still need top-tier recruits in some of the key races. But there are also already consequential primaries that are becoming crowded.

3 weeks ago | cookpolitical.com | Jessica Taylor

To have a feasible shot at winning back the Senate majority, Democrats must put red states in play. Democrats had already been eyeing Iowa as one of those potential pickup opportunities, believing that the state will be especially sensitive to tariff fights and trade wars, and banking on Iowa’s history of Democratic overperformance in midterm years with Donald Trump in the White House. Now, Iowa Sen.

1 month ago | cookpolitical.com | Jessica Taylor

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s announcement on Tuesday that he will run for governor in 2026 instead of seeking a second term in the Senate creates a wide-open opportunity for Republicans. And even though the former Auburn football coach has been telegraphing his gubernatorial play for some time now, not a lot of candidates have been huddled at the line of scrimmage to run just yet — so it may take some time for the full field of play to come into view.

1 month ago | cookpolitical.com | Jessica Taylor

Just over four years ago, Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy committed a cardinal sin for the GOP in the age of Donald Trump — voting to convict the then-former president on impeachment charges after the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. That vote — and a change in Louisiana’s primary rules — has thrown the once comfortably reelected senator into his toughest race yet. He will face at least one GOP challenger and is in real danger of being ousted.

1 month ago | cookpolitical.com | Jessica Taylor

Back in December, it looked like Arizona Republican Karrin Taylor Robson was on a glide path to winning the gubernatorial nomination she was denied in 2022 and then taking on Gov. Katie Hobbs, seen as the most vulnerable Democratic governor in the country. President Donald Trump had just praised Robson at a Turning Point USA event, pledging his support. “Karrin, are you running for governor?” Trump asked. “Because if you do, you're going to have my support.”But once Rep.