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Political Pulse: Anthony Kathol hopes to flip historically Democratic Senate seat in District 27

Republican candidate Anthony Kathol is running to flip a historically Democratic seat in District 27.

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Oct 21 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • kotatv.com
Taking a closer look at the political landscape in Minnesota

Republicans see hope in former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya. Can a Republican win a Senate seat in Minnesota for the first time since 2002?

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Oct 21 • 8:06 AM EDT • Politics • wbur.org
Cook Political Report shifts two Senate races toward Democrats, one toward GOP

The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, on Tuesday moved Minnesota’s Senate race from likely to lean Democrat, while also moving South Carolina’s Senate seat from…

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Oct 20 • 2:44 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Can Democrats win a Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi? They’re spending like they think so
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Oct 20 • 1:24 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Political Pulse: Independent candidate Rep. Peri Pourier runs on public safety for District 27 Senate

Independent candidate Peri Pourier is running for South Dakota's District 27 Senate seat on a platform of public safety and improving state and tribal relationships.

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Oct 20 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • kotatv.com
Graham Breaks With Trump Over Russia Sanctions Law Her Brother Championed

Senator Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Lindsey, gently disagreed with the president’s decision to exempt Russia from the sanctions legislation.

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Oct 17 • 4:14 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief

U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed more than tripled the fundraising haul of his Republican challenger, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake), for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat. Online records show El-Sayed raised $30,659,157 in the reporting period from July 16 to Sept. 30, while Rogers brought in $9,662,538. Despite that, Rogers’ campaign maintains a nearly […]

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Oct 16 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • michiganadvance.com
‘Far too close for comfort’: An under-the-radar Senate race embodies Democrats’ midterm worries

An open Senate seat in Minnesota.

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Oct 16 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Democrat Charly Ray seeks open northwest Wisconsin Senate seat with focus on schools, healthcare

Charly Ray of Bayview, a member of the Bayfield County Board, is the Democratic candidate for the open 25th District Senate seat in November's 2026 election.

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Oct 15 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • wpr.org
Talarico criticizes Israel’s actions in Gaza, backs two-state solution

James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Texas’ Senate seat, addressed the nuances of a voter’s question about rising antisemitism and his stance on Israel. “I have deep love and respect for the Jewish people, for the Jewish scriptures,” noting that he learned about them from a local rabbi and not from a Christian perspective.

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Oct 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
36th House District race among Pennsylvania\'s most competitive

Democrat James Malone did the unthinkable last year when he won a state Senate seat in a bright red district against an established Republican candidate.

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Oct 14 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
Trump to fly 3,400 miles to Alaska in hopes of saving a Senate seat

With Republicans all but writing off their chances of winning Senate races in states such as North Carolina and Georgia, Alaska has become a crucial battleground this fall.

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Oct 13 • 11:37 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Exclusive | Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat

In latest sign of GOP’s Midwest angst, Senate Leadership Fund plans to pour $8 million into race to help Sen. Pete Ricketts.

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Oct 13 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
Trump holds raucous Ohio rally as he tries to shore up base voters for GOP

President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off a week of red-state campaigning with a raucous rally in Ohio, where Republicans are fighting to hold onto a Senate seat that could be key to the majority.

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Oct 12 • 10:58 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Montana Democratic Party chair steps down, endorses independent candidate

Shannon O'Brien is the latest state Democrat to endorse independent candidate Seth Bodnar over embattled party nominee Alani Bankhead for Montana's open Senate seat.

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Oct 12 • 7:29 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Feud spills onto South Carolina debate stage

Sen. Darline Graham and Democratic nominee Annie Andrews took their social media feud to the debate stage as they vie for an open Senate seat in South Carolina

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Oct 11 • 9:48 PM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Montana U.S. Senate race: Alme, Bankhead, Bodnar and Austin debate issues impacting Montanans

For the first time this campaign season, the four candidates on the ballot for Montana’s U.S. Senate seat appeared on stage together Sunday morning.

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Oct 11 • 4:07 PM EDT • Politics • ktvh.com
In Deep-Red Kansas, a Surprisingly Competitive Senate Race Takes Shape

Adam Hamilton wants to be the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there in nearly 100 years.

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Oct 9 • 7:01 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Takeaways from Michigan Senate debate between Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers

Even mothers were not exempt in a fierce debate in the race for a critical U.S. Senate seat.

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Oct 8 • 11:11 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
In Depth: A look into the politics and laws surrounding Oklahoma's open U.S. Senate seat
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Oct 8 • 9:17 PM EDT • Politics • fox23.com
Rogers and El-Sayed are set for their first debate in Michigan's Senate race after sparring online

Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, competing for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, are set for their first campaign debate Thursday after weeks of sparring both online and in advertisements that are flooding the state in one of the nation’s most closely watched races.

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Oct 8 • 3:45 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Takeaways from the Maine Senate debate between Susan Collins, Troy Jackson

The debate in a race for a critical Senate seat featured lots of talk about President Trump, high prices and the war in Iran.

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Oct 6 • 9:25 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Ohio Early Voting Begins With US Congress Control on the Line

By Richard Cowan MEDINA, OHIO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Early voting begins on Tuesday in Ohio, ⁠where ⁠the winners of November's midterm elections will help ⁠determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the US Congress for the next two years, given the state has one Senate seat and two House seats ...

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Oct 6 • 6:06 AM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
CNN’s top 10 Senate seats most likely to flip, explained
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Oct 5 • 1:03 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2026

Nearly four weeks out from Election Day, the Senate battleground map is growing after signs of improvement for Democrats in several red-leaning states.

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Oct 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
How Roy Cooper became Democrats’ best chance to flip a Senate seat

The former North Carolina governor is running in a state that for decades has more often preferred Republicans for federal office.

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Oct 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Why Ken Paxton could lose a Texas GOP Senate seat to James Talarico

Plagued by ethics allegations, the Senate candidate is unusually vulnerable for a red state Republican.

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Oct 4 • 3:01 AM EDT • Politics • patriotledger.com
Why Ken Paxton could lose a Texas GOP Senate seat to James Talarico

Plagued by ethics allegations, the Senate candidate is unusually vulnerable for a red state Republican.

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Oct 4 • 3:01 AM EDT • Politics • northjersey.com
Top Senate GOP-aligned super PAC pauses N.C. spending, in sign of deepening woes

The Senate Leadership Fund’s pulling money from North Carolina is the latest signal the Republican Party is giving up hope of holding that Senate seat.

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Oct 2 • 12:30 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
With a steel mill and campaign cash, Trump and GOP leaders launch an Iowa rescue mission

Republicans are on a rescue mission in Iowa, touting new plans for a $15 billion steel mill as President Donald Trump and the state’s GOP leaders rush to blunt the political impact of a battered economy and prevent the governor’s office, a Senate seat and three House seats from slipping into Democratic hands in November.

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Oct 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
A Democrat hasn’t won a South Carolina Senate seat since 1998. A pediatrician thinks she can change that.
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Sep 30 • 1:39 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Democrats eye Nebraska as an opportunity to take a Senate seat away from Republicans

Democrats hope they might be able to swipe both a Senate and a House seat from Republicans in this solidly red state.

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Sep 30 • 5:12 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Analysis | The 9 Senate seats most likely to flip party control in November

Democrats need to flip several in red states to win back the Senate majority. Here are their best chances.

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Sep 28 • 3:26 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Where Republicans are playing offense ahead of the midterms

The outcome of the 2026 election will be determined primarily by how well Republicans play defense across the growing list of GOP-held House and Senate seats Democrats are targeting. But the GOP is also hoping to play offense by flipping some House and Senate seats Democrats now control.

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Sep 27 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Could Republicans flip New Hampshire Senate seat? Sununu's got a shot

Republicans, some national forecasters and pundits believe that the GOP has a chance to flip the state’s U.S. Senate seat.

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Sep 27 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
The Senate map is looking even better for Democrats. Here are races to watch.

The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot. Now it's feasible.

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Sep 26 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Susan Collins hanging onto Senate seat despite heavy political gravity

The Maine Republican remains locked in a tight race with her Democratic opponent, Troy Jackson.

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Sep 25 • 3:41 PM EDT • Politics • nebraska.tv
Angry outbursts, slurs and firings: Tumult rocks a key Senate campaign

Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos.

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Sep 23 • 10:43 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Mary Peltola’s Campaign in Alaska Senate Race Is Rocked by Tumult, With Angry Outbursts and Slurs

Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos.

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Sep 23 • 8:34 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Photos: Ashley Hinson visits Crescent Health Center

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, visited the Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque, Iowa on Wednesday morning. Hinson is campaigning against Iowa Rep. Josh Turek, D-Council Bluffs, for the open U.S. Senate seat, with just six weeks until the midterm elections. Staff at the center gave a tour to Hinson and a few of her...

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Sep 23 • 1:57 PM EDT • Health • dailyiowan.com
GOP hold on South Carolina’s Senate seat is slipping

Cook Political Report reclassified the race favoring Sen. Darline Graham from “solid Republican” to “likely Republican.”

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Sep 23 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Talarico works to reach Black voters in his bid to win a US Senate seat as a Democrat in Texas

Democratic Texas U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is working to reach Black voters, a key demographic in his race against Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton

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Sep 23 • 7:19 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
As pyramid scheme past is challenged, Democrat Woodson Bradley says she was victim, not perpetrator

A key issue in a competitive race for a Mecklenburg County state Senate seat is Democrat Woodson Bradley's time in sales for a company that was shut down for being a pyramid scheme.

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Sep 18 • 2:31 PM EDT • Politics • wfae.org
Democrats aim to flip Iowa's U.S. Senate seat in an increasingly competitive race

The race for U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's open seat is getting increasingly competitive. Democrats hope it's one of the Senate seats they can flip to gain control of the chamber.

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Sep 18 • 7:05 AM EDT • Politics • iowapublicradio.org
South Dakota state senate candidate wants to give Lakota people hope

Celestine Stadnick, Oglala Lakota, seeks the South Dakota State Senate seat that serves the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

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Sep 18 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • ictnews.org
Detroit Free Press

Abdul El-Sayed takes on politics, Islamophobia and critics in Jewish, Black communities in race for U.S. Senate seat. See link below ⬇️ 📸 Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

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Sep 17 • 2:39 PM EDT • Politics • facebook.com
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Which Senate seats are most likely to flip parties? We have a new CNN analysis
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Sep 14 • 1:35 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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The 9 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2026

With seven weeks until Election Day, control of the US Senate is up for grabs as Democrats go on offense in red territory and Republicans look to make headway in a small number of blue-held seats.

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Sep 14 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Rep. Chris Pappas will face former Sen. John E. Sununu in New Hampshire Senate race, CNN projects

Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas will face Republican former Sen. John E. Sununu in the race for New Hampshire’s open Senate seat, CNN’s Decision Desk projects.

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Sep 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Deluzio Says He 'Might' Challenge Fetterman For Senate Seat

According to Merriam-Webster, the word "Might" functions primarily as a modal verb indicating possibility or uncertainty. In politics, it provides an open door to speculation for any and all political pundits. Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-17) propped that door ajar on Sunday when he indicated he 'might' mount a primary challenge…

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Sep 8 • 12:02 PM EDT • Politics • politicspa.com
New Hampshire voters choose nominees for open Senate seat with Shaheen's retirement, and more races to watch today
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Sep 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Sununu, Pappas both face tests in quest for New Hampshire US Senate seat

NH Senate primary will see contested races on both sides, the outcomes of which could affect their party’s chances in the November general election.

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Sep 8 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
No Democrat has won a Kansas Senate seat in a century. Can a megachurch pastor change that?

Adam Hamilton has spent decades trying to bring people to Jesus as founder of the nation’s largest United Methodist church. Now he wants to bring Kansas voters to the polls as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.

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Sep 2 • 5:58 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Darline Graham faces make-or-break GOP runoff in historic bid to keep brother’s Senate seat

Republican primary runoffs in South Carolina and Oklahoma put Trump's endorsement record on the line after five gubernatorial picks fell short this cycle.

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Aug 25 • 12:37 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Norman: What growing a business taught me about politics

We invited US Rep Ralph Norman and US Sen Darline Graham to explain why voters should select them in Tuesday’s GOP runoff for South Carolina’s Senate seat. Here’s Rep. Norman’s column.

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Aug 20 • 4:15 PM EDT • Politics • postandcourier.com
Norman: What growing a business taught me about politics

We invited US Rep Ralph Norman and US Sen Darline Graham to explain why voters should select them in Tuesday’s GOP runoff for South Carolina’s Senate seat. Here’s Rep. Norman’s column.

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Aug 20 • 4:15 PM EDT • Business • postandcourier.com
Backlash to data centers could cost GOP a Senate seat in Ohio, Republicans warn

Controversial data centers are playing a role in the Ohio senate race.

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Aug 19 • 9:09 PM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Live Results: Alaska midterm primaries

Alaska voters will narrow down a long list of contenders Tuesday for a competitive U.S. Senate seat that’s expected to play a pivotal role in determining which party will hold a majority in the chamber next year.

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Aug 17 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Nixon, Vindman seek Democratic nomination for Florida U.S. Senate seat

The winner is expected to take on incumbent Ashley Moody, who is the favorite in the Republican primary.

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Aug 17 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • mynews13.com
In Senate race, Flanagan and Tafoya bring vastly different politics, experience

Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Republican Michele Tafoya have come to politics from very different routes and backgrounds. As the two battle it out for an open U.S. Senate seat, analysts expect a large amount of money to flow into the race.

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Aug 12 • 5:22 PM EDT • Politics • mprnews.org
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The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized

Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things: Whether Republicans succeed in demonizing El-Sayed because he’s brown and a Muslim, and whether they succeed in demonizing him as a left-wing radical. I will defer for the now the question of whether bigotry will be effective this year, although I will address it another day. What I want to address instead is El-Sayed’s signature issue — healthcare. Yes, El-Sayed advocates Medicare for All, a position the usual suspects denounce as “socialism.” I will get to the politics of his stance soon. Today, however, I want to talk about the substance. We should be clear that El-Sayed doesn’t even call himself a socialist. On the contrary, he explicitly disavows the label, saying “I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism”. In fact, as I explained in a previous post, the policies that El-Sayed advocates qualify him as a social democrat, not a socialist. Still, El-Sayed advocates a system under which the government would pay almost all medical expenses. Isn’t that socialism? Well, if that is the criterion then much of U.S. healthcare is already socialist. In fact, the government’s role is so large that U.S. healthcare is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market. Let’s start with the raw numbers on health insurance, which pays the bulk of Americans’ medical expenses. Americans receive health insurance either from private companies or from public programs, overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid. Here’s what the breakdown of coverage and spending between private and public looked like in 2024: While a majority of Americans with health insurance get it from private companies, well over 100 million of us are covered by government programs instead. And these government programs pay more total dollars for medical bills than the private insurers do. Why do government programs that cover a minority of the population account for a majority of health insurers’ outlays? Mainly because Medicare covers seniors, and we’re expensive. Also, while Medicaid covers many younger Americans, disabled and elderly beneficiaries account for most of its spending. Even by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private. But that understates the government’s role: Private health insurance in the U.S. is both highly regulated and heavily subsidized. This is obviously true for the insurance coverage purchased by tens of millions of Americans through the exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. But employment-based health insurance, which covers 161 million Americans, is far more of a government creation than most people realize. For employment-based insurance exists largely because of huge implicit government subsidies that come with major strings attached. Here’s how that works. If your employer pays you $10,000, that’s taxable income. But if your employer pays $10,000 toward a company health insurance plan that meets certain criteria, it isn’t taxable. That’s a huge effective subsidy, running at more than $300 billion a year. Take that subsidy into account, along with the more than $100 billion per year spent subsidizing policies purchased under the ACA, as well as the outlays on Medicare and Medicaid, and net effect is that the government pays for more than two-thirds of Americans’ health insurance. Granted, there are strings attached. Roughly speaking, employment-based health plans can’t discriminate based on medical history — that is, they can’t deny coverage to employees with pre-existing conditions — and they also can’t offer the plans only to highly compensated employees — a health plan that is only for the C-suite is considered taxable income. So given the restrictions of the federal tax code, employer-based health insurance is a lot like Obamacare, which also prohibits discrimination based on medical history and provides subsidies to make insurance affordable to lower-paid workers. The fact is that virtually all of private healthcare insurance is already well under some form of government control through regulation and tax subsidies. How should we think about this system? First of all, is Medicare socialist? Don’t tell anyone, but the way Medicare operates — it covers every senior’s medical expenses, whatever they turn out to be, while being funded by taxes that depend on one’s income — could be summarized by the old Marxist slogan “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” And back in 1961, when Ronald Reagan was the face of a last-ditch effort by the American Medical Association to block the creation of Medicare, he denounced Medicare as “socialized medicine” and warned that it would destroy our freedom. In reality, American freedom survived until Jan. 20, 2025, while Medicare is immensely popular, with an 82 percent favorable rating in the most recent KFF survey. Medicaid, government health insurance for lower-income Americans, comes in at 73 percent. This is in sharp contrast to public views about private insurers, who are widely disliked if not hated and accused of denying essential care. Furthermore, if Medicare is socialism, then the whole U.S. health insurance system, with the government paying most of the bills and placing conditions on private insurers, is almost equally socialist. If you insist on calling any program the government pays for and regulates socialist, then U.S. healthcare would best be described as a partially privatized form of socialism. And one must ask, what is the point of the part that is privatized? Do private insurers add anything positive? Or are they simply parasites, skimming off money that could have been paying for care? The case for viewing insurers as parasites is strong. Many Medicare benefits are now delivered via Medicare Advantage, that is, plans paid for by the government but run through insurance companies. MedPAC, an independent advisory commission, estimates that last year Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by $84 billion, thanks to practices such as “upcoding,” in which patients’ health problems are overstated to get larger sums from Medicare. Assessing the waste from employer-based insurance is harder, but most evidence suggests that private insurers have substantially higher administrative costs than Medicare does. Furthermore, the complexity of private insurance, with multiple payers all trying to deny care when they can, is a huge burden both on providers — doctors, nurses, and hospitals — and on patients. What do private insurers offer to compensate for these costs? One must go through intellectual contortions to avoid the conclusion that they are, in fact, parasites. Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal. Admittedly, the political lift requires overcoming the opposition to higher taxes to pay for Medicare for All. Political realism rather than economics was the reason I and many other progressives supported Obamacare, with all its complexities, rather than demanding an immediate move to Medicare for All. But the political calculus may very well have shifted since the 2000s, as Americans are fed up with a system of unaffordable premiums, rampant claim denials, and byzantine claim administration. Moreover, funding healthcare insurance through taxation would allow for a much more progressive distribution of the cost. That is, compared to the present system, middle-income households would pay less as high-income households would pay more. And the U.S. would stop wasting large sums on pointless administrative costs. So let’s be clear: El-Sayed’s healthcare platform is perfectly reasonable on the merits of cost, fairness and health efficacy. And with private insurers never more hated, while millions of Americans are losing their health insurance, 2026 may be its time. MUSICAL CODA

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Aug 11 • 6:33 AM EDT • Health • paulkrugman.substack.com
How Troy Jackson went from Maine logger to the Democratic nominee for Senate

Troy Jackson's path to politics started during his time as a logger in Maine's north woods. Now he's the Democrat challenging five-term Republican Susan Collins for a Senate seat that could determine control of the chamber in November.

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Aug 10 • 7:58 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
The 9 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2026

With less than three months until Election Day, the general election fight for control of the US Senate is in full swing after a summer of upheaval and decisions in Democratic contests.

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Aug 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Darline Graham has Donald Trump in her corner. Will it be enough to win her brother’s Senate seat?

Tuesday’s special GOP primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on the November ballot is likely heading to a runoff, despite Trump’s endorsement and his popularity with the base.

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Aug 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Post-Primary Recap: The Electability Argument Falls Flat

Kingmaking isn’t what it used to be in Democratic politics.In Democratic primaries for governor of Kansas, Michigan’s 7th district, and Michigan’s open Senate seat, battle-tested and popular Democratic elected officials urged voters to select the candidates they said would be stronger general election choices. Instead, Democratic primary voters picked candidates who were more progressive, despite warnings that those nominees could tank the party’s chances of clawing back control of Congress.

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Aug 5 • 7:21 AM EDT • Politics • cookpolitical.com
Democrat U.S. senate candidate Stevens campaigns at Detroit church

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., campaigns for the U.S. Senate seat on the. eve of the primary election at Wendell Anthony's church in Detroit, Sunday.

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Aug 2 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
‘Trump threw us all a curveball’: South Carolina Republicans are stewing about Lindsey Graham’s old Senate seat

When President Donald Trump helped orchestrate Darline Graham’s appointment to finish Sen. Lindsey Graham’s term, many Republicans in South Carolina saw it as a fitting tribute to her late brother.

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Aug 1 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Why Mitch McConnell isn’t giving up his Senate seat

McConnell is just the latest senator to be absent for an extended period. But demands regarding his tenure have intensified.

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Jul 31 • 10:50 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Obama makes one of his first midterm endorsements with a basketball video

The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.

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Jul 29 • 9:05 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Can a Democrat buck history and win a Mississippi Senate seat for the first time in 44 years?
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Jul 29 • 1:36 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Obama Endorses Josh Turek in Iowa Senate Race With Basketball Video

The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.

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Jul 29 • 12:02 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Former SC governor to challenge Darline Graham for late brother’s Senate seat

Mark Sanford will challenge the late Graham’s sister, Sen. Darline Graham, who was sworn in to serve out the remainder of her brother’s term.

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Jul 23 • 2:14 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Troy Jackson puts health care front and center

Troy Jackson already appears to be leaning into health care as one of his key talking points in the battle to win one of Maine's Senate seats this November.

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Jul 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • politico.com
'I'm in.' Darline Graham says she will run for a full term in Lindsey Graham's Senate seat

The entrance of Darline Graham into the Republican scramble to select a new Senate nominee further complicates an already rushed process following Lindsey Graham's death earlier this month.

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Jul 20 • 3:40 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Sen. Darline Graham will seek full term to her late brother’s seat

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) appointed her last week to temporarily fill the Senate seat of her brother, Lindsey Graham.

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Jul 20 • 3:05 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Republicans defy Trump, jump into South Carolina Senate race despite his handpicked successor

Trump endorsed Darline Graham for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat, but Ralph Norman and Russell Fry are jumping into the GOP primary race anyway.

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Jul 20 • 10:46 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Beacon Hill lawmakers are mostly poised for a relaxing summer — excerpt in parts of Boston

Most House and Senate seats on Beacon Hill won't see competition in the Sept. 1 primary elections. But that's not the case in two Boston-area Senate districts.

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Jul 20 • 6:42 AM EDT • Politics • wbur.org
Why has Lindsey Graham’s sister inherited his Senate seat after his death?
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Jul 15 • 7:39 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
WATCH: GOP senators rally behind Lindsey Graham's sister as successor, remember late senator's legacy

GOP senators rallied behind Darline Graham Nordone after Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her to fill her late brother's South Carolina Senate seat.

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Jul 14 • 1:14 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Darline Graham Nordone to join Senate. Who is Lindsey Graham's sister?

Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, will take his U.S. Senate seat moving from helping people with disabilities to high-profile politics.

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Jul 14 • 12:12 PM EDT • Politics • greenvilleonline.com
For Whom the Strait Tolls | WSJ Politics Newsletter for July 14

Plus, Lindsey Graham’s sister to fill his Senate seat, and how China’s Xi Jinping now manages Russia’s Vladimir Putin

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Jul 14 • 7:08 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
Trump Backs Lindsey Graham’s Sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to Fill His Senate Seat

Darline Graham Nordone would serve as interim replacement for several months to finish her brother’s term

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Jul 13 • 11:22 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
Trump makes surprise pick to fill Graham's Senate seat

Trump recommended Darline Graham Nordone as interim senator for South Carolina, while Tim Scott pushes for a placeholder ahead of the special election.

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Jul 13 • 11:18 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
What happens next with Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat

South Carolina's Republican governor is tasked with naming a replacement to serve out the rest of Graham's term, and a special primary is set for August.

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Jul 12 • 10:39 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Special Report: Looking back on the political legacy of Sen. Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who had held his Senate seat since 2003 and was seen as a war hawk and significant voice on defense and foreign policy, has died at the age of 71 from a “sudden illness.” NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin and Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker report on Graham’s rise in Congress, his relationship with President Donald Trump, and his views on the wars in Iran and between Russia and Ukraine.

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Jul 12 • 7:14 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Michigan Democrats are angry at their party. Abdul El-Sayed thinks he knows why

Key Democratic establishment figures believe Abdul El-Sayed will blow the party’s chances of holding onto a critical Senate seat this fall. He is out to prove them wrong — and to show that they misunderstand what voters really crave.

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Jul 11 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Patrick Dempsey for Senate? Pop culture colonized electoral politics long ago.

Patrick Dempsey won’t be running for the Maine Senate seat Graham Platner wanted. But had he entered the race, it wouldn’t have come as a shock: Pop culture colonized electoral politics long ago.

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Jul 11 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com
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Haley Stevens knows how to win in Michigan. Dems must decide if that's enough to win the Senate

Holding Michigan’s Senate seat is essential to any Democratic path back to the Senate majority this fall.

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Jul 9 • 3:30 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Who will replace Graham Platner on the Maine ballot?

Democrats in Maine are beginning a sprint to nominate a new candidate for a pivotal U.S. Senate seat, This, after progressive nominee Graham Platner announced he's withdrawing from the race after a sexual assault allegation.

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Jul 9 • 2:21 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Ocasio-Cortez endorses in Michigan’s fraught Democratic Senate primary

The race for the open Senate seat in Michigan has split Democrats ahead of the Aug. 4 primary.

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Jul 2 • 10:33 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
The 9 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2026

Four months into the primary calendar, most of the battlefield is set in the race for control of the US Senate. Now the real fight begins.

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Jul 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Soros network targets deep-red Mississippi in bid to flip Senate seat

Scott Colom challenges Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in deep-red Mississippi and is backed by George Soros' top advisor and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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Jul 1 • 9:27 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Trump gets the complete domination he wanted in Louisiana

Rep. Julia Letlow, his preferred candidate, won the GOP runoff for his longtime rival Bill Cassidy’s Senate seat.

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Jun 28 • 12:34 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Texas Democrats meet for convention amid questions about party unity

Democrats see state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, as the best opportunity to flip the long-held Republican U.S. Senate seat and want to see how he will win over Black voters.

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Jun 26 • 9:54 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Democrats’ Great Alaskan Hope

Mary Peltola, the Democrat most likely to win a red-state Senate seat this year, is largely unknown outside her home state. That’s not a coincidence.

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Jun 22 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • theatlantic.com
Four GOP US Senate candidates face off at Casper’s Politics in the Park

CASPER, Wyo. — Four Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis met in Casper on Wednesday for the second Politics

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Jun 18 • 12:06 AM EDT • Politics • capcity.news
Four GOP US Senate candidates face off at Casper’s Politics in the Park

CASPER, Wyo. — Four Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis met in Casper on Wednesday for the second Politics

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Jun 17 • 11:59 PM EDT • Politics • oilcity.news
Rep. Kevin Hern wins Oklahoma GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, governor's race heads to runoff

The primary had Republicans picking their preferred successor to outgoing Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt and a nominee for the Senate seat once held by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

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Jun 17 • 1:44 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Live results: Alabama midterm primary runoffs

Alabama voters will return to the polls Tuesday to finalize nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat and a handful of other contests in which no candidate received a majority of votes in the May 19 primary.

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Jun 16 • 3:15 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Oklahoma begins choosing a new US senator and governor in crowded primary

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma is hoping to win the Republican nomination for the Senate seat once held by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin

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Jun 16 • 12:15 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com