The good news for President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda is that his party has unified control of Congress. The ...

Exclusively for CPR subscribers, the Editors Roundtable features Cook Political Report analysts discussing the most critical ...

The lengthy leadership standoffs and historic gridlock that paralyzed the 118th Congress have reinforced state legislatures’ status as the nation’s primary laboratories of public policy. That ...

Exclusively for CPR subscribers, the Editors Roundtable features Cook Political Report analysts discussing the most critical developments and trends driving political coverage. You don't have to wait ...

Republicans’ success at the ballot box in 2024 was decisive but not overwhelming. The GOP owes its continued control of the House to a mere 7,309 votes spread across three districts. At the ...

First Person is a series of quick videos from the Cook Political Report editors exclusively for our premium members. This week, Jessica assesses which Republican senators could be vulnerable to ...

The 2026 midterm-election prospects for the two major political parties in the House and Senate are as different as night and day. The Republican majority in the House today is as precarious as either ...

In an era of narrow majorities and subsequent legislative gridlock, every single U.S. House race matters. Ultimately, Republicans maintained their majority by the skin of their teeth, winning 220 ...

It’s that time of year when the losing party goes into finger-pointing mode. Party insiders are eager to give off-the-record quotes about wrong-headed decisions made by key operatives. Copious ink is ...

With nearly every state’s vote count certified, Donald Trump captured about 77.3 million votes (49.81%) to Kamala Harris’ 75 million votes (48.33%) — a 1.48-point margin that’s less than half the 3.12 ...

With one particularly stark exception, this year’s 11 gubernatorial races largely flew under the radar. It was the first presidential cycle in history in which no governorships changed partisan hands, ...