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This page contains links to all stories about 2026 battleground elections and statewide primary election previews that have appeared in Ballotpedia's Daily Brew. For more information on how Ballotpedia identifies battleground elections, click here.

Stories by month

November 2025

• November 11: Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 8th Congressional District on March 3, 2026
• November 17: Three candidates running in the Democratic primary for Texas' 29th Congressional District on March 3
• November 21: Incumbent Dan Crenshaw and state Rep. Steve Toth to face off in Republican primary for Texas' 2nd Congressional District on March 3
• November 25: A look at who’s running for U.S. Senate in Texas

December 2025

• December 3: Thirteen Democrats running in primary for Illinois' open 7th Congressional District on March 17

January 2026

• January 5: Inside the Democratic primary for one of Illinois’ five open U.S. House seats this year
• January 6: Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 19th Congressional District on March 3

Stories by state

Illinois

• Thirteen Democrats running in primary for Illinois' open 7th Congressional District on March 17
• Inside the Democratic primary for one of Illinois’ five open U.S. House seats this year

Texas

• Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 8th Congressional District on March 3, 2026
• Three candidates running in the Democratic primary for Texas' 29th Congressional District on March 3
• Incumbent Dan Crenshaw and state Rep. Steve Toth to face off in Republican primary for Texas' 2nd Congressional District on March 3
• A look at who’s running for U.S. Senate in Texas
• Eight candidates are running in the Republican primary for Texas' 19th Congressional District on March 3

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Federal elections

Congressional Competitiveness Report • New members elected to Congress • Comparison of state delegations to the 119th and 120th Congresses • Congressional elections decided by 10 percentage points or fewer • Third-party candidates who won more than the margin of victory • Incumbents who did not run for re-election • U.S. House elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate • Results of elected officials seeking other offices • U.S. House districts represented by a Democrat in 2026 and won by Donald Trump in 2024 • U.S. House districts represented by a Republican in 2026 and won by Kamala Harris in 2024 • Wave election analysis • Party committee fundraising

State legislatures

Competitiveness report • Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2026 • Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections, 2026 • Contested state legislative primaries, 2026 • Primary election competitiveness in state government, 2026 • State legislative incumbents without general election challengers, 2026 • Major party competition in state legislative elections, 2026 • Open seats in state legislative elections, 2026 • State legislative incumbents in contested primaries, 2026 • State legislative veto-proof majorities • State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes • Margin of victory analysis for the 2026 state legislative elections

State executives

Competitiveness report • States with two or more statewide offices up for election in 2026 • Trifecta vulnerability in the 2026 elections • Impact of term limits on state executive elections in 2026 • Number of Democratic and Republican candidates on the ballot for state offices, 2026 • Veto-proof state legislatures and opposing party governors in the 2026 elections

Ballot measures

Ballotpedia's top 10 ballot measures to watch, 2026 • Ballot measure readability scores, 2026 • Ballot measure signature costs, 2026 • Ballot measure campaign finance, 2026 • Analysis of the 2026 local ballot measures in the largest U.S. cities and state capitals