Short, timestamped items on elections in progress: filings, withdrawals, certified counts, recount triggers, registration deadlines and emergency court orders affecting how a vote is run. Context is limited to what changed. Built for campaign teams, election officials and reporters working against a deadline.
Short, timestamped items on elections in progress: filings, withdrawals, certified counts, recount triggers, registration deadlines and emergency court orders affecting how a vote is run. Context is limited to what changed. Built for campaign teams, election officials and reporters working against a deadline.
California, New Jersey and New Mexico voted June 2; Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina followed June 9 — with California's open governor's race the cycle's largest contest to date.
Alexandria Lucas · June 16, 2026
Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania shared the cycle's biggest primary date so far, running the same democratic function through a closed-primary, all-mail and hybrid system respectively.
Alexandria Lucas · May 25, 2026
Ohio's open governor's race — Republican Mike DeWine is term-limited — tops a two-state primary slate that begins the competitive core of the 2026 midterm calendar.
Christopher Lee · May 2, 2026
Court of Appeals Judge Chris Taylor defeated Judge Maria Lazar in the April 7 election, moving the court's balance from 4–3 to 5–2 as county canvasses certify the spring results.
Alexandria Lucas · April 9, 2026
The March 17 primary — the nation's first partisan contest of the midterm year — set November's House fields in the state and gave both parties their first read on the 2026 electorate.
Alexandria Lucas · March 17, 2026