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2026 House Vote Tracker (Subscriber Version)

The Cook Political Report’s 2026 House Vote Tracker follows the national House popular vote as ballots are counted after the ...
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Five Midterm Takeaways from The Cook Political Report Team

As we wrote in the hours after the election this week, the 2026 midterms represented a stunning rebuke of the president’s ...
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As Michigan Moves to Lean Democrat, Here Are Our Final Senate Ratings — and What Else We're Watching

Election Day is finally upon us — and while Senate control could still swing either way, Democrats have the momentum in the ...
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Post-Election Analysis: The Annihilation of the Trump Coalition

Ten years ago, Donald Trump shocked the political world with an Electoral College victory that hurled defiance at the polls, ...
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GOP Is Losing Control of Events—and Trump Owns It All

President Trump will own this election—not in the sense that many of his MAGA supporters use the word "own," expressing their ...
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We Know Democrats Will Have a Good Night on Tuesday. But Will It Be a ‘Once in a Generation’ Win?

The question for Tuesday night isn’t whether it will be a good night for Democrats (it will be), but whether it will be a historic one.We expect Democrats to handily win control of the House, with the ...
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An Hour-by-Hour Election Night Guide to the Race for the House

Although Democrats are in a strong position to win control of the House, the magnitude of the expected blue wave is still in ...
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Episode 80: Everything We're Watching on Election Night

Amy, Carrie, Jessica and Erin join the Roundtable this week. They went live on Monday, November 2 to discuss what they will be watching for on Election Night. And they took questions. The Cook ...
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CPR Live: Everything We're Watching on Election Night

On November 2, 2026, the Cook Political Report team went live to discuss what they're watching for on Election Night and to answer audience questions. Well, here we are. On the eve. My coffee. Yes.