House News & Analysis

Georgia Results: Primary Voters Narrow Their Choices

by Nicholas Demba May 20, 2026 · 11:49 AM EDT

In battleground Georgia, many marquee races of the night proceeded to runoffs to be decided on June 16. While the Peach State is not set to host any competitive House races this fall and any post-Callais redistricting will not take effect until 2028, primary voters selected nominees in a handful…

Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Oregon Primary Results

May 20, 2026 · 9:47 AM EDT

Alabama Senate. The race to replace Sen. Tommy Tuberville is headed to overtime after no candidate received a majority of the vote. Rep. Barry Moore had Trump’s endorsement and backing from the Club for Growth but finished with around 40 percent. Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson and state Attorney General…

Podcast Episode 71: Which Nebraska Republicans Might Lose? w/ Aaron Sanderford of Nebraska Examiner

May 15, 2026 · 2:52 PM EDT

Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Aaron Sanderford of Nebraska Examiner take a fresh look at the Senate race in the Cornhusker State, where Democrats are rallying behind independent candidate Dan Osborn against Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts. Osborn came up short in 2024, but the conditions might be right for an…

Virginia Caps Off Wild Week of Redistricting Ratings Changes

by Jacob Rubashkin May 8, 2026 · 11:35 AM EDT

The Virginia State Supreme Court struck down Democrats’ ambitious redistricting plan in the Old Dominion on Friday. The map, which was designed to elect 10 Democrats and just one Republican, was approved by voters in a statewide referendum last month. 

The decision is an exclamation point on a madcap week…

Tennessee Redistricting: Republicans Seek 9-0 after SCOTUS goes 6-3

by Jacob Rubashkin May 8, 2026 · 1:04 AM EDT

Wasting little time after the Supreme Court defanged what remained of the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee Republicans passed a map designed to elect nine Republican members of Congress this fall. The Volunteer State’s delegation is currently split 8-1 in favor of Republicans, with Democrat Steve Cohen of Memphis as the…

Virginia 2: A Rematch at the Beach

by Jacob Rubashkin May 7, 2026 · 2:30 PM EDT

Republican Jen Kiggans’ 2026 re-election was always going to be her hardest race yet. But after Democrats muscled through an aggressive redraw of Virginia’s congressional map, the two-term representative is one of just a handful of GOP incumbents to begin the summer as a clear underdog.

Kiggans’ experience as a…

Texas 34: New Flores, New District, Same Gonzalez

by Jacob Rubashkin May 7, 2026 · 2:29 PM EDT

President Donald Trump’s gains among Hispanic voters in 2020 and 2024 helped him keep Texas red and return to the White House. But despite significant swings at the presidential level, that newfound strength has been slower to translate down ballot, where the GOP holds just two of South Texas’ four…

Ohio & Indiana Primaries: Republicans Choose Challengers in Key House Races

May 5, 2026 · 11:37 PM EDT

The redistricting battle continued on Tuesday as voters in Ohio and Indiana went to the polls for a slate of primaries.

Early in the cycle, Republicans were determined to gain as many as three House seats in the Buckeye State. But with six months to go before the general election,…

Florida House: Redistricting Boosts GOP prospects

by Bradley Wascher May 5, 2026 · 1:49 PM EDT

Florida’s new congressional map could net House Republicans as many as four additional seats this fall, though it could also result in much smaller gains for the GOP. 

The plan, approved by the Florida state legislature and signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, comes in the wake of…

Podcast Episode 70: O-H I-O primaries w/ Henry J. Gomez of NBC News

April 28, 2026 · 4:57 PM EDT

Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Henry J. Gomez of NBC News break down all of the upcoming primaries in Ohio. The trio also analyzes whether incumbent Democrats Marcy Kaptur, Greg Landsman and Emilia Sykes or Republicans representatives Max Miller and Mike Turner will be returning to Congress, takes an early…