The field is now officially set for the 2026 midterm elections in North Carolina, and there were some surprises in the final days of filing. Why it matters: Voters will make picks in March primaries that shape the future of both major parties.

Polling in off-year election cycles is challenging because it’s hard to know who will turn out to vote. This year, the polls significantly overestimated the Republicans in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, which both had particularly high turnout for an off year. In 2021, polls had the opposite problem, as they overestimated Democrats.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is killing its autopsy of the party's sweeping setbacks in the 2024 election. DNC Chair Ken Martin on Thursday said he decided against making public a report that he called for when he was first elected party chair at the beginning of the year.

Martin’s decision, first reported by The New York Times, spares top Democrats from more scrutiny about their campaigns, including former President Joe Biden, who withdrew from the race after announcing his second-term run, and his vice president, Kamala Harris, who became the nominee and lost to Trump.

The U.S. Department of State demanded that Honduras' National Electoral Council immediately begin a manual count of ballots from last month's presidential election, which has been stalled by protests and wrangling over alleged fraud.

Window for candidates closes in NC. With everyone filed, primary and general election contests for federal, state, local offices take shape.

A top Justice Department attorney argued in court on Friday that President Donald Trump’s inflammatory rally speech before the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was at least partially aimed at furthering the broader interests of the United States.

The Democratic Party said on Thursday it would not release an internal review of its loss to Republican President Donald Trump in 2024, saying that a public airing of its failures would distract from focusing on winning future elections.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the State Department has refused the visa application of Marlon Ochoa, a member of the Honduran National Electoral Council, and revoked

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