The battle for control: Latest headlines

The Democrats’ majority in Congress is razor-thin: The Senate is a 50-50 split (with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote giving them the advantage) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s control of the House rests on a slim margin. In 2022, all 435 House seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats are on the ballot. Additionally, 36 out of 50 states will elect governors.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt speaks to supporters after securing the nomination during a runoff against Mo Brooks on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala.
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4 takeaways from Tuesday's elections in Alabama, Virginia, Georgia and DC
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - JUNE 21: A voter casts her ballot at a polling station at Rose Hill Elementary School during the midterm primary election on June 21, 2022 in Alexandria, Virginia. In two of the most competitive districts in the U.S., Virginians will be choosing Republican nominees to take on Democratic incumbents Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).
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Georgia Republican voters reject more of Trump's primary picks
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Rep. Henry Cuellar will defeat progressive primary challenger Jessica Cisneros, CNN projects
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Mayra Flores becomes the first Mexican-born woman sworn in to Congress
US Rep. Moe Brooks and Republican challenger Katie Britt
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Mo Brooks faces a monstrous climb in Alabama runoff against Trump-backed Katie Britt
Al Gross, an independent seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. In all, 48 candidates are seeking to replace the late U.S. Rep. Don Young who died in March. The top four vote-getters from the June 11 special primary advance to the special election for the seat in August, where ranked choice voting will be used. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Independent candidate Al Gross drops out of Alaska special House race
Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., questions IRS commissioner Charles Rettig during a hearing of the Oversight Subcommittee about the 2022 tax filing season, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
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GOP impeachment backers wrestle with their own political survival after Tom Rice's loss
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US is worried about Russia using new efforts to exploit divisions in 2022 midterms
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Could House Democrats lose 70 seats this fall?
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and former President Donald Trump
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Mo Brooks has finally figured out Donald Trump
Voting booths at the Ames Public Library on primary Election Day in Ames, Iowa on June 7, 2022. Federal and state and local officials are preparing for a hybrid threat of domestic and foreign interference this fall.
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Election officials worry about their safety ahead of midterms
Jim Marchant was the Nevada Secretary of State GOP primary winner on June 14, 2022.
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Election deniers are winning political nominations across the country

Guide to the 2022 midterms

See what races are coming up on the calendar.

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A roadmap to the 2022 midterm elections
The dome is seen at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on November 5, 2021.
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The 4 most interesting kinds of House primaries in 2022
Clockwise from top left: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, California Rep. Karen Bass, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake
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20 state and local elections to watch this year
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 29.
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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022

Redistricting

Updates on proposed congressional maps – and whether they might benefit Democrats or Republicans in the 2022 midterms and beyond.

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2021 file photo, Areeqe Hammad, of Cleveland, testifies at the first public hearing of the Ohio Redistricting Commission at Cleveland State University in Cleveland. A new voter-approved commission in Ohio that was supposed to reduce partisanship in the once-a-decade process of political map-drawing has already become a flop. Similar commissions meeting for the first time in New York and Virginia have devolved into partisan finger-pointing, undermining their intent. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)
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A fair maps success story or 'multi-layered stages of Dante's Hell'? Where redistricting commissions worked -- and didn't work -- this cycle
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Federal court blocks Louisiana's congressional map
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at Miami's Freedom Tower, on Monday, May 9, 2022, in Miami. A congressional map approved by DeSantis and drawn by his staff is unconstitutional because it breaks up a district where Black voters can choose their representatives, a state judge said Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
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Florida Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to congressional map backed by DeSantis
Voters cast ballots at an early voting polling location for the 2020 Presidential election at Madison Square Garden in New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. With eight days until the election, 59.4 million people have cast ballots in-person at early voting centers or by mail, according to the U.S. Elections Project. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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New York court releases new congressional map after Democratic-drawn lines were blocked

Voting rights: Expansion vs. restriction

Many states are changing their voting rules ahead of the midterms.

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The GOP drive to install thousands of poll workers sets off alarms
Cleta Mitchell speaks at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Friday, April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Inside the push that landed a Trump legal adviser on a federal election advisory board
State Rep. Cord Byrd speaks during debate on HB 1, known as the "anti-riot bill" during a House session at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fl.a, Friday, March 26, 2021. (Tori Lynn Schneider/Tallahassee Democrat via AP)
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DeSantis taps self-described 'Florida gun lawyer' to oversee elections
Mesa County, Colo., clerk Tina Peters, who was indicted in March on 11 felony and misdemeanor charges related to allegations she and others tampered with secure voting equipment and software, talks to well-wishers at a rally staged to voice concerns about free and fair elections on the west steps of the State Capitol Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in downtown Denver. Peters and Mike Lindell, MyPillow chief executive officer, spoke at the rally, which drew several hundred attendees. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Colorado county bars indicted pro-Trump official from overseeing 2022 elections
Voters enter Burton Barr Central Library to cast their ballots on November 3, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Jail is the new threat facing election workers
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DeSantis signs bill creating new Florida election police force
Rep. Tray McCurdy, D-Orlando and Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville sit on the Florida Seal in protest as debate stops on Senate Bill 2-C: Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State in the House of Representatives Thursday, April 21, 2022 at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.
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Florida is losing two Black-led congressional districts
A person holds up signs during a voting rights rally at Liberty Plaza near the Georgia State Capitol on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Atlanta.
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Voting rights advocates warn of fresh threats to ballot access in Georgia

Early eyes on 2024

The top 10 Democratic presidential contenders in 2024
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Ranking the 2024 Democratic field
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the University of Miami Health System Don Soffer Clinical Research Center on May 17, 2022 in Miami, Florida.
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112 million reasons why Donald Trump should be nervous about Ron DeSantis
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 09: President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before departing from the White House on the south lawn before he boards Marine One on August 09, 2019 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump spoke to reporters about gun background checks and the escalation of the US-China trade war. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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Moderate-turned-MAGA Rep. Elise Stefanik's stock is rising in Trump world
DES MOINES, Feb. 3, 2020 -- Democratic voters attend the caucus at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, the United States, Feb. 3, 2020. Iowa, a state in the Midwestern United States, is holding Democratic and Republican caucuses Monday night, kicking off the 2020 U.S. presidential primary. (Photo by Li Muzi/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Li Muzi via Getty Images)
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20 state and territorial Democratic parties intend to apply for early 2024 presidential calendar slots
GREENWOOD, NEBRASKA - MAY 01: Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the I-80 Speedway on May 01, 2022 in Greenwood, Nebraska. Trump is supporting Charles Herbster in the Nebraska gubernatorial race. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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The Trump 2024 puzzle is about to get some answers
UNITED STATES - JUNE 22: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, testifies during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled Examining Federal Sentencing for Crack and Powder Cocaine, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Arkansas GOP governor says he's considering 2024 bid and would run even if Trump does

Retirements

Retirements are not a perfect indicator of future midterm outcomes, but they’re a sign. A wave of retirements has hit the House Democratic Caucus this election cycle. The party that has had more elected officials retiring from public office has lost seats in eight of the last 12 midterm cycles since 1974, according to CNN’s Harry Enten.

UNITED STATES - JUNE 10: Kai Kahele, Democrat running for Tulsi Gabbord's House seat in Hawaii's 2nd District, speaks with Roll Call on June 10, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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Democratic Rep. Kai Kahele will retire from Congress, source says
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., speaks during the Problem Solvers Caucus press conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020.
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Fred Upton, Republican who voted to impeach Trump, retiring from House seat
Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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Ohio GOP lawmaker announces retirement citing redistricting 'circus'
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Here's why Democrats' chances of winning in November are slipping
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, talks to reporters at his Nashville office, Feb. 16, 2018.
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Tennessee lawmaker becomes latest House Democrat not to seek reelection
Two long-serving Democratic congressmen announce they won't seek reelection in 2022
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Representative Trey Hollingsworth, a Republican from Indiana, speaks at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve coronavirus pandemic response on Capitol Hillon September 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Treasury secretary this week warned in a letter to congressional leaders that her department will effectively run out of cash around Oct. 18 unless Congress suspends or increases the debt limit. (Photo by Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)
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GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth announces he won't seek reelection to Indiana seat
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 27: Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus news conference in the Capitol on Black priorities in the infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better agenda on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Rep. Brenda Lawrence adds to growing number of House Democrats retiring at end of this term

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