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🎧 NEW pod: We just released our first official range of expectations for outcomes in House races for this fall. Listen to Amy Walter and @erincovey.bsky.social to learn what a good night for Dems and Republicans looks like: Listen on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/whats-a-go...
🎧 NEW Editors Roundtable pod: Our first official range of expectations for outcomes in House races for this fall. Listen to hear what a good night for Dems and what a good night for Republicans looks like. 👉 Find us on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/whats-a-go...
In addition, CPR is moving six House races in the direction of Democrats, including shifting Texas’ 15th District from Likely to Lean Republican.
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NEW Odd Years pod! Amy Walter talks with Carlos Odio of @equisresearch.bsky.social about what new polling reveals about Latino perceptions of Trump and the economy - and what it all means for 2026. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
🎧 Who Replaces Graham Platner in Maine and Lindsey Graham in South Carolina? Amy Walter and @jessicataylor.bsky.social discuss it on the latest Editors Roundtable pod. 👋 Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... 👋 Listen on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/who-replac...
NEW Odd Years pod! Amy Walter talks with Carlos Odio of @equisresearch.bsky.social about what new polling reveals about Latino perceptions of Trump and the economy - and what it all means for 2026. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
🔓Unlocked until Wednesday! Backlash against the party establishment has bolstered left-wing candidates. But in the primaries for districts that will decide control of the House, center-left candidates have dominated. Read @erincovey.bsky.social's latest: www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...
🎧 NEW Editors Roundtable pod: Separating the Signal from the Noise in What We've Learned from the 2026 Primaries So Far. 👉Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... 👉Listen on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/separating...
🎯 TODAY at 2pm ET: Amy Walter goes live on Substack to answer your questions about the midterms. Our monthly Ask An Expert series is available to our paid Substack subscribers. Join us! Tune in here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
The next battle over electability versus ideology is taking center stage in the August 4 Michigan Senate Democratic primary. Read more from @jessicataylor.bsky.social: www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...
🎯 Mark your calendars! The CPR team goes live tonight at 8pm ET to discuss today’s contests in New York, Maryland, South Carolina and Utah. 👋 Watch us on Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/... 👋 Watch us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@thecookpoli...
🎧 Why We Moved Seven House Race Ratings in the Direction of Democrats. Listen to our latest Editors Roundtable pod with Carrie Dann and @erincovey.bsky.social. 👉On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... 👉On Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/why-we-mov...
🎧 NEW Odd Years pod! On our latest episode, Amy talks with talks with Axios senior tech policy reporter Ashley Gold about voter distrust of AI and the pushback to data centers. 👉Listen wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
🎧 NEW Odd Years pod! Both parties' voters are freaked out by AI. So what is Congress going to do about it? Amy talks with Ashley Gold, senior tech policy reporter at Axios and co-author of the AI+ Government newsletter. 👉Listen wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
🎯Mark your calendars! We go live tonight at 9pm ET for election night analysis of today’s primary contests. Here's how to find us: 👉Watch us on Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/... 👉Watch us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@thecookpoli...
👋 The CPR team goes live TONIGHT at 8pm ET to talk primaries in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina. Where can you watch the livestream? Find us on Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/... Find us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@thecookpoli...
Voters are heading to the polls in four states today - Maine, South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota. Here's your guide to what we're watching: cookpolitical.com/analysis/202...
Polls close in Iowa, New Mexico and the rest of South Dakota at 9pm ET. Here's our hour by hour viewer's guide to today's primaries: www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/202...
🎧 NEW Editors Roundtable pod! What To Watch in California’s Primary This Tuesday with Carrie Dann, Matthew Klein, @jessicataylor.bsky.social and @erincovey.bsky.social. Listen on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/what-to-wa...
🎧 🎧 NEW Editors Roundtable pod: Why Trump endorsed Paxton and Republicans meddling in Democratic primaries. Here’s what we’re watching in today’s Texas runoffs. Listen on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/why-trump-...
Polls closed in Pennsylvania and Alabama at 8pm ET. In Pennsylvania, we're watching PA-07 and PA-03; in Alabama we're watching the Senate GOP primary. Follow along with our viewer's guide here: www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/202...
🎧 🎧 Redistricting is Scrambling Upcoming Primaries: Here’s what you need to know. Listen and subscribe to our weekly podcast Editors Roundtable: 👉 Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... 👉 Listen on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/redistrict...
Read Amy Walter's guest essay - The Midterms Ground Has Shifted - for @nytopinion.nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/o...
🎧 🎧 Redistricting is Scrambling Upcoming Primaries. Here’s what you need to know on our latest Editors Roundtable pod. 👉 Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... 👉 Listen on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/redistrict...
🎧NEW Odd Years pod: Amy talks with elections expert Sean Trende about the redistricting wars, the midterms and how he sees the battle for the Senate in 2026. 👉 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
🎧🎧 NEW Odd Years pod: "Redistricting giveth and redistricting taketh away." Amy talks with elections expert Sean Trende about tit-for-tat redistricting wars and what it means in the near and long term. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
🎧 NEW pod: "I don't think there was ever a world in which Republicans would have been able to completely insulate themselves from losing the House." 👉 Our latest Editors Roundtable on Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/this-is-a-...
🎧 🎧 “This is a nuclear war now.” @redistrict.bsky.social and the CPR team on the state of redistricting - and what's to come. Listen and Subscribe: On Substack: thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/this-is-a-...