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Election 2026: For one of the four seats, trouble brews

(The Center Square) – Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1988, Kentucky since 1992, Louisiana and North Carolina since 2008. Respectively, outgoing Republican Sens. John Cornyn, Mitch McConnell, Dr. Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis are accused of being of the party in name only, and

More Republican leaders say state party is ‘purging.’ GOP says it’s ‘vetting.’

More Republican legislators are finding themselves on the outs with the Montana Republican Party ahead of the 2026 election — even those long considered hard-liners. Last year, the state GOP disowned a group that party leaders called the “Nasty Nine,” moderate Republican senators who worked with Democrats on significant legislation

Bodnar outraises Alme in pre-primary filings, submits signatures for ballot

In pre-primary filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission, independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar outraised all candidates, including reporting three times as much in fundraising as Republican Kurt Alme. Bodnar, the former University of Montana president, reported raising $754,000 since the end of March, with a

Paxton pushes Cornyn out of longtime U.S. Senate seat

(The Center Square) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday ousted four-term incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn during a night of major upsets and a race that got national attention. Paxton won the long anticipated Republican runoff for the Senate despite Cornyn, a former Senate Republican whip, getting

Bodnar outraises Alme in pre-primary filings, submits signatures for ballot

In pre-primary filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission, independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar outraised all candidates, including reporting three times as much in fundraising as Republican Kurt Alme. Bodnar, the former University of Montana president, reported raising $754,000 since the end of March, with a

Tennessee congressman files articles of impeachment against Roberts

(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, filed six articles of impeachment against U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, saying Roberts's leadership is marked by "arbitrary, unexplained, and inconsistent decisions." The 10-term congressman's district, which includes Memphis, was carved

Congress skips town without passing $72B immigration enforcement bill

(The Center Square) – In an epic breakdown of negotiations, Congress is leaving town without voting on Republicans’ roughly $72 billion budget reconciliation bill. Senate Republicans ultimately deadlocked Thursday over whether to include restrictions on the Department of Justice’s controversial new “anti-weaponization fund” within the party-line bill, which