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1 week ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Savannah Behrmann
The Latino vote remains a top target for both parties on next year’s Senate map after Republicans made inroads with this key group in the past two election cycles. In battleground states like Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina, a couple thousand votes could make or break an election.
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2 weeks ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Kirk Bado |James Downs |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Savannah Behrmann
Nine new senators and 63 new representatives came to Washington as President Trump returned to the White House. These members hail from wide-ranging backgrounds, contributing to what is the eighth consecutive Congress in a row to break diversity records.
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3 weeks ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Natalie Jackson |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Charlie Cook
Expect a torrent of new polls coming out over the next week in advance of President Trump’s 100th day in office next Wednesday. Most are likely to present numbers that should cause heartburn for party strategists and operatives. The partisan spin will be predictable: Republicans will point to the Democratic Party’s favorability ratings being so badly underwater as to almost be in Titanic territory.
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2 months ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Kirk Bado |Zac Weisz
President Trump’s campaign is once again soliciting donations from supporters and stockpiling cash, even though he won’t be on the ballot in 2026. As the Republican Party approaches its third midterm cycle with Trump—who doesn’t face another race or any major legal cases—as its de facto leader, the president has fewer reasons to hold onto his campaign money this time around.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
nationaljournal.com | Kirk Bado |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio
With 2024 in the rearview mirror, the money race is already underway for next year’s midterms. Year-end campaign finance reports filed Friday show vulnerable incumbents starting the 2026 cycle with millions in their war chests, including GOP senators leveled with primary threats. In-cycle Democratic senators entered the new year with an average of $3.5 million on hand, slightly more than the average GOP senator’s $3.4 million on hand.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio |Mary Frances McGowan
The election of Donald Trump for a second term holds many implications for the future of health care in the U.S.While policy experts and advocates are watching what a potential Republican Congress could deliver for the president, there are several areas of regulation that the future Trump administration could reverse or reform on its own.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio
After underperforming expectations two years ago, Republicans avoided bruising primaries earlier this year and are primed to take advantage of a favorable map to crack Democrats’ 51-49 majority in the Senate. This year, Senate Democrats are again on the defensive, fighting to keep 23 seats—including three in states former President Trump won twice and five in presidential battlegrounds. Republicans are defending 11 seats—all in states Trump won twice.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Savannah Behrmann |Katherine Swartz |Cristina Maza |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio
Democrats capped off a historic convention Thursday as Kamala Harris accepted her party’s presidential nomination. In a month's time, she was able to unify the party behind her even amid fractures over Gaza and immigration. Democrats set forth a broad policy agenda as well.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Erika Filter |Nicholas Anastacio |Nicholas Anastácio
CHICAGO—Uncommitted delegates remain steadfast in pushing Vice President Kamala Harris to meet their demands on stopping Israel’s war in Gaza, even if their party wants to present a united front. These roughly three dozen delegates at the Democratic National Convention have repeatedly called on the vice president to back an immediate cease-fire of the war in Gaza and support an arms embargo against Israel during the party’s convention this week.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Nicholas Anastacio |Savannah Behrmann |Ledyard King
MILWAUKEE — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has been one of former President Trump’s most stalwart allies on Capitol Hill. A like-minded millionaire businessman who became governor of the Sunshine State, Scott was the first major politician to promote Trump’s candidacy in 2016. Since then, both men have shared a common interest—challenging the GOP establishment.
