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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti on Tuesday announced a bid for Congress in Pennsylvania, adding yet another competitive Democrat to the 2026 midterm election lineup in a state that gives her party perhaps its best chance to gain multiple seats without redrawing congressional lines. The ranks of Democrats now running for Congress in Pennsylvania include a prominent …

Trump has fired a Democrat on a federal railroad board. He’s the latest to refuse to leave his post.  Politico Trump railroad regulator was fired by White House after Amtrak Acela event  CNBC White House says it fired transportation regulator in latest move to reshape Trump’s government  NBC News Exclusive | Trump Fires Board Member of Regulator Weighing Rail Merger  The Wall Street Journal …

Democrat wins Iowa Senate race, upending Republican supermajority  The Washington Post Democrats break GOP’s supermajority in Iowa after flipping state Senate seat  Fox News Joni Ernst Issued Warning After Democrats Flip Iowa Seat  Newsweek Iowa Democrat Appears to Flip State Legislative Seat in Upset Victory  The New York Times Key takeaways from Tuesday’s special elections in Iowa and Georgia  The Hill Source link

Facebook Tweet Email Link Democrat Catelin Drey will win an Iowa state Senate special election, CNN projects, flipping the seat and breaking the Republican supermajority in the chamber. President Donald Trump won the Sioux City-area 1st senate district by 11 percentage points in November, so Drey’s margin of victory, currently about 10 points, represents a significant overperformance for Democrats. An …

Iowa Democrat Appears to Flip State Legislative Seat in Upset Victory  The New York Times Democrats flip Iowa state Senate seat, breaking GOP supermajority  The Hill Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority  The Des Moines Register A special election could undo Republicans’ Iowa Senate supermajority  Iowa Public Radio The senate race in Iowa that could signal a blue wave …

Texas redistricting already took out 1 longtime Democrat. Here’s how.  Politico U.S. Rep. Greg Casar announces run for redrawn Austin-based congressional seat  KUT ‘We’re not going anywhere’ | US Rep. Greg Casar announces reelection campaign  KVUE U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas says he’ll bow out if redistricting stands  Axios Opinion: Lloyd Doggett: Pass the Torch to a New Generation  The Austin Chronicle Source link

Donald Trump has “manufactured a crisis” to justify the notion of sending federalized national guard troops into Chicago next, over the heads of local leaders, a leading Democrat said on Sunday, as the White House advanced plans to militarize more US cities. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and a New York Democratic congressman, accused the US president of “playing …

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Democratic state lawmaker bowed out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary race on Monday and endorsed a fellow legislator as the “best hope” to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, who has yet to formally announce her bid for a third term. Rep. J.D. Scholten said in a statement he was suspending his …

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.  The escorts for all House Democrats who left the state of Texas last month — preventing a vote on …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown officially launched his campaign Monday to return to the U.S. Senate next year, brushing aside his bitter loss to Republican Bernie Moreno last fall and expressing confidence his pro-working class message can continue to resonate with the state’s voters. The state’s best-known Democrat, Brown is seeking the seat held by Republican U.S. …