The Return of Anything-Can-Happen Elections
New York's Intelligencer interviews Cook Political Report's Amy Walter on 2026 midterms in which Democrats won a Senate seat in Mississippi, swept every Texas statewide race with Talarico's win over Greg Abbott, and broke through in Trump country and previously unreachable statehouses. Walter calls them the first real incursion into the other side's territory in 50 years, closest to 2010 but with a popular-vote margin likely more like 1974, and exit polls showing voters blaming Trump for the economy.
