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Celebration, shock and scepticism follow Colombia’s presidential election

race, in Bogota, Colombia, June 1, 2026. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/reuters_6a1e20e7-1780359399.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Colombian presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda of the Historic Pact party holds a news conference in Bogota, Colombia, on June 1 [Enea Lebrun/Reuters

Sen. Brian Schatz offers first show of support for scandal-ridden Graham Platner

Senate, at a campaign event on June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine.](https://static.politico.com/7c/f6/84f72188471b9c87601c4027a176/election-2-26-maine-senate-57992.jpg) At a pre-planned Friday rally alongside Khanna, Maine 2nd District candidate Matt Dunlap and gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson

Graham Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary

2026 midterm elections. Platner will face the [senator Susan Collins](https://www.collins.senate.gov/), a Republican running for a sixth six-year term, in November. The race is seen as a must-win for Democrats

What to know ahead of the Ohio primary election

main candidates? We answer those questions and more in this brief explainer. ## When is the Ohio primary? The Ohio primary will take place on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. ## When do polls open and close? Polls

2026 Senate races to watch: From most likely to flip to Democratic long shots

2026, leading a pack of Democrats who outraised Republicans in several key Senate matchups.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3736x3736+1104+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff0%2Fa7%2F71b762b84678bc805585ec04893d%2Fap26064063253402.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5795841/democrats-senate-fundraising-republican-maga-cash-on-hand-campaign-finance) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [4 charts show where money is going in the midterms

Democrats dominate midterm fundraising, but Republicans have a huge cash advantage

Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Alaska, Florida, Iowa and Texas. In the last quarter, Democrats also reported matching or exceeding Republican fundraising totals in several Senate races, too. Loading... Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico reported

‘True Maga warrior’ takes on old-guard Texan in key test of Trump’s GOP grip

candidate, Talarico has a shot. That wouldn’t just change the political outcome of our state for an election cycle; that would start to change the political outcome and possibilities for our country

Primary elections in Ohio, Indiana offer latest temperature check on Trump popularity

2026 Senate races to watch: From most likely to flip to Democratic long shots](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5806271/2026-midterm-elections-control-senate-race) At the same time, Trump's unpopular second term agenda and record-low approval ratings

As voters prioritize cost of living, focus on abortion evolves in midterm elections

races spent more on campaign ads mentioning abortion than on any other issue, according to data from AdImpact. [![The skyline in Seattle is visible in the background as a crowd of people stands

Midterm primaries 2026 live: results and reaction after six states including California and Iowa cast ballots

candidates vying to advance in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic governor **Gavin Newsom**. The race for **Los Angeles** mayor is also on the ballot, along with a series of high-stakes US House

Georgia's GOP Senate primary is a mess. Republicans are blaming each other.

Senate candidates have been jockeying for Trump’s blessing — an endorsement that could be pivotal in deciding the future of the race. All three candidates have engaged with the White House directly. In an interview

A dozen battleground Dems send Swalwell’s campaign donations to charity

Maine’s swingy 2nd District. And former Gov. Roy Cooper, who's making a bid for the North Carolina Senate seat that could swing control of the chamber, rejected an endorsement from Swalwell’s Remedy

This Republican voted to convict Trump. Now he's up for reelection. Can he survive?

candidate tops 50% of the vote. A former college administrator, Letlow [won a special election](https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/978015222/louisiana-to-hold-2-special-elections-saturday-to-fill-congressional-seats) in 2021 for the House seat her late husband, Luke, was set to assume before he died

‘A trend that can’t be ignored’: Dems have made up ground in nearly every election since Trump took office

2026, and we are outpacing Democrats where it counts in the battlegrounds that will decide the majority.” But Democrats’ improvements compared to 2024 extend across races and districts that are very different from one another

Susan Collins brings federal dollars to Maine. She's hoping that's worth it to voters

races to watch: From most likely to flip to Democratic long shots](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5806271/2026-midterm-elections-control-senate-race) The incumbent Republican has already signaled that continuing to send federal dollars directly to Maine will

Right-wing candidate pulls ahead in first round of Colombia's presidential vote

senator who has promised to carry on a fraught plan to achieve "total peace" by negotiating peace pacts with guerrillas and criminal gangs. He was consistently leading polls in the run up to the Sunday

4 states head to the polls. And, global conflicts are on the rise, new report says

Maine's Senate race, where political newcomer Graham Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who has held the seat for 30 years. Platner faces allegations published by *The New York

Forced out of the military — and into the redistricting wars

race from the left against Rep. James Walkinshaw, a six-month incumbent who slid into the seat held by Rep. Gerry Connolly, his former boss, after Connolly died in May 2025. Fram’s candidacy highlights