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Jasmine Crockett ‘strongly’ considers run for Texas US Senate seat

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett could run for the Texas Senate seat next year amid the current redistricting battle over the state’s congressional map. The popular Democratic congresswoman recently shared that she is “strongly” considering hopping into the 2026 primary against current candidates former Rep. Colin Allred, State Rep. James Talarico, and others. “Every other day, there’s a poll that comes out that makes it clear that I can win the primary for the US Senate race in Texas,” Crockett told […]

todayOctober 22, 2025 4

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North Carolina’s only swing district — and a Black congressman’s seat — targeted in GOP’s new map

Republican legislators offered a redrawn U.S. House district map for North Carolina on Thursday, seeking to help President Donald Trump retain GOP control of Congress by attempting to thwart the reelection of the Democrat now in the state’s only swing seat. State House and Senate GOP leaders unveiled the proposed boundaries in advance of next week’s General Assembly session, stepping into the national fray over mid-decade redistricting that has Democrats and Republicans battling to secure electoral advantages from coast to coast, including Texas and […]

todayOctober 17, 2025 2

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Cori Bush aims for comeback after losing seat in Congress over Gaza

After devastatingly losing her congressional seat in Missouri, former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush said on Friday that she is aiming for a comeback in the 2026 midterm election. “I ran for Congress to change things for regular people. I’m running again, because St. Louis deserves leadership that doesn’t wait for permission, doesn’t answer to wealthy donors, and doesn’t hide when things get tough,” Bush says in a video announcing her re-election campaign for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, which is currently […]

todayOctober 3, 2025 1

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Florida congressional districts that eliminated a majority-Black seat upheld by state Supreme Court

Florida’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state’s current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district in north Florida that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The court, dominated by DeSantis appointees, said in its ruling that restoration of the district that previously united Black communities from Jacksonville to west of Tallahassee, or across 200 miles (322 kilometers), would amount to impermissible racial gerrymandering. That, the majority ruled, violates the Constitution’s equal protection guarantees. […]

todayJuly 18, 2025 1

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Brother and sister compete for Florida state senate seat in a sibling showdown

Randolph Bracy and LaVon Bracy Davis are taking sibling rivalry to a new level as the brother and sister run against each other in a race for a Florida state Senate seat on Tuesday. Not only that, one of their opponents for the Democratic nomination in the district representing parts of metro Orlando is Alan Grayson, a combative former Democratic U.S. congressman who drew national attention in 2009 when he said in a House floor speech that the Republican health […]

todayJune 22, 2025

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Democrat Angela Alsobrooks wins a US Senate seat in Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Angela Alsobrooks won a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday to become the first Black candidate to be elected senator in Maryland, as the Democrat prevailed in a blue state against popular Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan. The race has been widely watched with control of the Senate potentially at stake. Alsobrooks campaigned heavily on abortion rights in a year that Maryland voters approved a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. She said she heard […]

todayNovember 6, 2024

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Ferguson thrust them into activism. Now, Cori Bush and Wesley Bell battle for a congressional seat

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cori Bush and Wesley Bell both honed their leadership skills in Ferguson, Missouri, in the unrest that followed Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a police officer 10 years ago. On Tuesday, they’re opposing each other in a closely watched Democratic congressional primary. Bush is facing a big money challenge in her bid for a third term representing Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, which includes St. Louis and a portion of the suburbs that includes Ferguson. The American […]

todayAugust 6, 2024 1

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New Jersey sets special election to fill Payne’s House seat

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday set a July primary and a September general election to fill the Newark-based U.S. House seat that opened after Rep. Donald Payne Jr.’s recent death. Murphy signed a writ of election, required under state law. The July 16 primary will be about a month after the state’s regularly scheduled June 4 contest, followed by the general election Sept. 18. The special election will determine who serves out the remainder of […]

todayMay 5, 2024 1

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Watch: Daniel Cameron Eyes Mitch McConnell’s Seat | The Hill with April Ryan

This week’s edition of “The Hill with April Ryan” looks at the upcoming November general election as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump get closer to clinching the Democratic and Republican party nominations, respectively, after March’s Super Tuesday contests. A new poll conducted by BlackPAC/Cornell Belcher shows Trump is not getting more of the Black vote than previously amassed. The poll also found that, among Black voters surveyed, Trump is considered the greatest threat to African Americans if […]

todayMarch 8, 2024 1