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September 10, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democrats Are One Step Closer to Unsealing Epstein Files
A Democratic victory in a special election will give efforts to release the Epstein files a boost.
June 4, 2025
Tori Otten
Democrat Sweeps to Stunning Victory in South Carolina Special Election
Keishan Scott celebrated a landslide victory in his campaign for a state House seat.
April 1, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Shocking Reason Some GOPers Hope They Lose the Special Elections
Hint: It has to do with how much they hate Elon Musk.
March 26, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democrats Just Flipped a Massively Pro-Trump District
Democrats scored key victories in Pennsylvania.
May 1, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
House Republicans Suffer Major Loss as They Hurtle Toward More Chaos
A special election in New York has narrowed the party’s already thin House majority.
September 27, 2017
Clio Chang
Alabama wasn’t the only special election last night that was bad for Republicans.
June 12, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Selling Republican Lite in Massachusetts
Gomez to the voters: My party is crazy, but I'm not

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