Politics
Which Senate Seats Are Up in 2026
The 2026 map puts 35 Senate seats on the ballot, and both parties' paths to the majority run through a handful of contested states.
Alexandria Lucas
Politics
Politics examines how power is won and constrained: election results and the coalitions they permit, party discipline, the arithmetic of a working majority, and the bargaining that precedes any significant vote. Analysis explains why an outcome was available rather than predicting the next one. Written for readers following government as a system.
Analysis of how majorities are assembled and held: election results, coalition bargaining, party discipline and the limits on any government's mandate.