Democrats Gain Ground in Midterms

The left of the Democratic Party scored its biggest upset of the year on Tuesday — and it did so in Florida, a state that is usually inhospitable territory for anything adjacent to socialism. State Rep. Angie Nixon (D) beat Alexander Vindman handily in the Democrats’ U.S. Senate primary. Nixon, a p

A new generation of young progressive Democrats could enter Congress next year with a deeply personal connection to the economic issues at the center of their campaigns — and a desire to make those policy items a bigger part of the party’s agenda. For many of these potential lawmakers, the inability

Republicans are trailing Democrats by about 8 points on a generic congressional ballot, according to a new poll from Emerson College and The Hill. In the survey, 50.7 percent said that they would back a Democrat if the midterm elections were that day and 43 percent said that they would back a Republ