2018 ELECTIONS

BOSTON, MA - MAY 1: House minority leader Nancy Pelosi speaks during an interview at The Boston Globe in Boston on May 1, 2018. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Can Anyone Take Down Nancy Pelosi?
By Matt Fuller
There's an internal Democratic effort to stop Pelosi from being speaker again, but will it matter?
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) arrives for a classified members of Congress only briefing on election security held by the Director of the FBI, the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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POLITICS
Trump 'Hero' Devin Nunes Cashes In On Campaign Against Russia Probe
By Ryan J. Reilly
The congressman tells donors that a Democratic “cabal” targeted him for standing up for “the truth and the Constitution."
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JUNE 22: Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama discusses her forthcoming memoir titled, 'Becoming', during the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference on June 22, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Michelle Obama Teams Up With Tom Hanks, Lin-Manuel Miranda For Voter Registration Campaign
By Marina Fang
The former first lady has launched When We All Vote, with co-chairs including Janelle Monáe, Chris Paul, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
Democrat Suneel Gupta is running in a suburban Detroit district where ties to the manufacturing-heavy automotive industry run deep
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POLITICS
Democratic Candidate Critical Of Trade Deals Advised Companies On Outsourcing
By Daniel Marans
Suneel Gupta touts his record as a job creator in Michigan but not the time he hired overseas workers.
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: Sacha Baron Cohen onstage at the Friars Club Honoring Martin Scorsese With the Entertainment Icon Award at Cipriani Wall Street on September 21, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Sacha Baron Cohen's New TV Show Rattles This 2018 Race
By Sara Boboltz
A California congressman appeared to show his support for a (fake) school program arming young children.
This statue can be found in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
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POLITICS
A Democrat (!) Has A Decent Chance Of Becoming Texas' Next Attorney General
By Eliot Nelson
Justin Nelson is benefiting from a motivated base and an indicted opponent.
BISHOPVILLE, SC - JUNE 19: Democratic congressional candidate Archie Parnell stands in the Lee County Democratic campaign offices June 19, 2017 in Bishopville, South Carolina. Voters will choose between Parnell and Republican candidate Ralph Norman tomorrow in a special election for South Carolina's 5th Congressional District House seat. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Democrat With Domestic Abuse Past Created Hostile Work Environment, Ex-Aides Say
By Daniel Marans
South Carolina U.S. House candidate Archie Parnell has a temper problem, the ex-staffers say.
West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (R), who broke ranks to vote with Republicans for Jeff Sessions to become U.S. Attorney General, looks towards U.S President Donald Trump during a Supreme Court listening session at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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POLITICS
Red State Democrats In Hot Seat Over Trump's Supreme Court Pick
By Igor Bobic
“Red-state Democrats are going to have a very hard decision," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.
US President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during the Salute to Service dinner at the Greenbrier resort on July 3, 2018 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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OPINION
Trump Is Giving Democrats Everything They Need For The Midterms
By Robert Kuttner, Columnist
Blue wave, here we come.
The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 5, 2018. President Donald Trump said he's narrowed his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to four people and that he expects to make a decision by Sunday. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Republicans And Democrats Flip Views On The Supreme Court
By Ariel Edwards-Levy
Trump's foes could give greater weight to the high court in this year's elections, a new poll suggests.
UNITED STATES - JUNE 23: Jennifer Lewis, Democratic candidate for the 6th congressional district of Virginia, speaks during the Women's Summit in Herndon, Va., on Saturday June 23, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
This Progressive Is Betting Her Populist Platform Can Win In Trump Country
By Daniel Marans
Democrat Jennifer Lewis is running in a Virginia district Trump won by about 25 percentage points.
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 26: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrats' news conference at the Capitol with disability advocates to oppose the Republicans' Graham-Cassidy health care bill on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
For The First Time, Democrats Are Outspending Republicans On Obamacare Ads
By Amanda Terkel
Democrats have always been on the defensive about the health care law. Not anymore.
MEET THE PRESS -- Pictured: (l-r) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic Nominee for New York's 14th Congressional District, appears on 'Meet the Press' in Washington, D.C., Sunday, July 1, 2018. (Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC NewsWire via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Driving New Energy And Money To Progressive Candidates
By Daniel Marans and Kevin Robillard
After defeating a Democratic Party boss, she’s a new kingmaker -- and even the establishment wants in.
Blankenship for Senate
POLITICS
Our Ongoing List Of 2018's Worst Campaign Ads
By Eliot Nelson
The things we do for democracy.
An immigration activist holds up a sign calling for the abolishment of ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during rally to protest the Trump Administration's immigration policy outside the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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POLITICS
Abolishing ICE Isn't Very Popular (Yet)
By Kevin Robillard and Daniel Marans
Progressives hope the hot leftist idea of the summer can open up the immigration debate.
DNC
ASIAN VOICES
Indian-American Woman, Seema Nanda, Appointed To Head DNC
By Alanna Vagianos
“This position is the opportunity of a lifetime, for which I am incredibly honored and humbled.”
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Conservative TV Host Saying She's Not From Bronx
By Jenna Amatulli
John Cardillo tried to discredit the congressional candidate and Twitter went wild.
UNITED STATES - APRIL 14: Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks during the House Democrats' news conference to discuss the post-9/11 GI bill at the Capitol on Thursday, April 14, 2016. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
As Democrats Look Left, A Massachusetts Congressman Doubles Down On Biography
By Daniel Marans
Rep. Seth Moulton says his strategy is nonideological. What does that even mean?
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants Ayanna Pressley To Be The Next Triumphant Underdog
By Hayley Miller
“Vote her in next, Massachusetts,” the 28-year-old House candidate tweeted about Pressley.
Jennifer Mason
POLITICS
These Candidates Could Make History In November
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may become the youngest woman ever in Congress and Stacey Abrams the first black female governor.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 26: Progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is joined by New York gubenatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon at her victory party in the Bronx after upsetting incumbent Democratic Representative Joseph Crowly on June 26, 2018 in New York City. Ocasio-Cortez upset Rep. Joseph Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Bronx and Queens. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Made The Democratic Party Safe For Democracy Again
By Zach Carter
She broke Big Money's stranglehold.
Flats Fix
POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Went From Bartender To History-Maker In Just Months
By Jenna Amatulli
She won her primary in New York's 14th Congressional District, and is now poised to be the youngest congresswoman ever.
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She Would Support Trump Impeachment
By Hayley Miller
“I think that we have the grounds to do it,” the 28-year-old House candidate said.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 26: Progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrartes with supporters at a victory party in the Bronx after upsetting incumbent Democratic Representative Joseph Crowly on June 26, 2018 in New York City. Ocasio-Cortez upset Rep. Joseph Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Bronx and Queens. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants To Bring Grassroots Organizing To Washington
By Daniel Marans
"This is a movement candidacy. And I am just one of many," the Democratic nominee for New York's 14th Congressional District said.
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 26: Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm speaks to reporters after voting on primary day June 26, 2018 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. Grimm is running in the Republican Congressional primary for the 11th Congressional District against incumbent Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY). (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Michael Grimm Loses New York GOP Primary For His Old House Seat
By Eliot Nelson
The candidate resigned three years ago to serve time in prison for tax evasion.
A 2018 Election Vote button on a pile of other buttons
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POLITICS
Immigration Gains Steam As A Midterm Issue
By Ariel Edwards-Levy
Voters heard candidates talking more about immigration than any other issue last week, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll found.
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