Paul Dans, the onetime director of Project 2025, will challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in 2026, adding his name to what could be a crowded Republican primary for Senate. Dans, who worked for the Heritage Foundation after a stint in the first Trump administration,

Democratic former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday he will seek the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who last month said he would not seek another term in the 2026 mid-term elections.

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, who was recently convicted of two burglary-related felony charges, resigned her seat on Friday. Attorneys for the Woodbury DFLer said this week that she would leave the Senate by Aug.

There are currently seven open Senate seats, above the average for an election cycle, with potentially more departures to come.

California residents will cast their votes in two separate U.S. Senate elections for the same seat – a vote on who will finish the term ending in January 2023, and a vote for the term ending in ...

Trump-backed RNC Chair Michael Whatley jumps into North Carolina's Senate race as Lara Trump declines to run, creating a battle for one of 2026's competitive seats.

In Iowa, Rep. Zach Nunn had been weighing a run for governor until his own conversation with Trump, after which he opted to seek reelection to a seat that national Republicans feel would have been more competitive without an incumbent on the ballot. Trump offered a full-throated endorsement of Nunn’s reelection after he said he spoke with him.

Georgia Republican Mike Collins said Monday that he will join the field challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the state the GOP has named as their top target to add a Senate seat in 2026. A second-term member of Congress from a district east of Atlanta,