2026 General Elections Megathread!
There's a separate thread for the Senate elections, because that's far, far easier to track than the House races and the Gubernatorial races. Consider this thread open to everything else! House, Governor, state and…
2026 Senate Elections Megathread!
Today is Tuesday, 10/20 and the general US Elections are in TWO WEEKS. As it stands right now, the current Senate composition is: 47 - Democrats 51 - Republicans 2 - Independents Looking at the numbers, we COULD see a…
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