The battle for control: Latest headlines

The Democrats’ majority in Congress is razor-thin: The Senate is a 50-50 split (with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote giving them the advantage) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s control of the House rests on a slim margin. In 2022, all 435 House seats and 34 of the 100 Senate seats are on the ballot. Additionally, 36 out of 50 states will elect governors.

Dave McCormick, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania , greets supporters during a campaign event with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays in Coplay, Pa., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.
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Dave McCormick concedes Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary to Trump-backed Mehmet Oz
UNITED STATES - JUNE 17: Rep. Chris Jacobs, R-N.Y., walks down the House steps at the Capitol after the last vote of the week on Thursday, June 17, 2021.
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Buffalo-area GOP congressman won't run again after losing party support for backing gun control measures
LEMONT FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 10: Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman campaigns for U.S. Senate at a meet and greet at Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport on May 10, 2022 in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania. Fetterman is the Democratic primary front runner in a field that includes U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb and state Sen. Malcolm Kenyatta in the May 17 primary vying to replace Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, who is retiring. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Fetterman's cardiologist says Democrat, who had stroke, suffers from atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy
John Fetterman, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and Democratic senate candidate, speaks during a campaign event in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Fetterman, the only candidate who has run statewide, leads the Democratic field with 33% in an Emerson College poll last month. Photographer: Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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John Fetterman has told two very different stories about his health
A sign calls for gun regulation instead of abortion restrictions during a demonstration outside the Supreme Court on May 25.
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Republicans are confident about recapturing well-educated suburbs in the 2022 midterms. But these issues could change that
Kevin Rinke, a Republican candidate for governor, meets with people on Monday, May 2, 2022, at Fleetwood Diner in Lansing, Mich. Rinke launched a 10-day bus tour across Michigan three months before the August GOP primary. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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Fact check: Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Rinke falsely claims 'dead people always vote Democrat'
A customer pumps gas into their car at a gas station on May 18, 2022 in Petaluma, California. Gas prices in California have surpassed $6.00 per gallon for the first time ever. The average price per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in California is at $6.05 and $6.29 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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High gas prices complicate Democrats' hopes of picking up US House seats in California

Key races

Votes are still being counted in some key primary races across the country.

Senate: Pennsylvania Primary Results (R) Key Race

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Guide to the 2022 midterms

See what races are coming up on the calendar.

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A roadmap to the 2022 midterm elections
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 29.
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The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022

Redistricting

Updates on proposed congressional maps – and whether they might benefit Democrats or Republicans in the 2022 midterms and beyond.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at Miami's Freedom Tower, on Monday, May 9, 2022, in Miami. A congressional map approved by DeSantis and drawn by his staff is unconstitutional because it breaks up a district where Black voters can choose their representatives, a state judge said Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
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Florida Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to congressional map backed by DeSantis
Voters cast ballots at an early voting polling location for the 2020 Presidential election at Madison Square Garden in New York, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. With eight days until the election, 59.4 million people have cast ballots in-person at early voting centers or by mail, according to the U.S. Elections Project. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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New York court releases new congressional map after Democratic-drawn lines were blocked
At left, J. Alex Kelly, deputy chief of staff to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, answers questions about the new congressional district lines his office developed during a state legislative meeting at the Capitol in Tallahassee on April 19, 2022.
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DeSantis-appointed judge signals Florida's congressional map is unconstitutional for diminishing Black representation
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New York's highest court blocks Democratic-drawn congressional map over gerrymandering

Voting rights: Expansion vs. restriction

Many states are changing their voting rules ahead of the midterms.

Cleta Mitchell speaks at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference in Camp Hill, Pa., Friday, April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Inside the push that landed a Trump legal adviser on a federal election advisory board
State Rep. Cord Byrd speaks during debate on HB 1, known as the "anti-riot bill" during a House session at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fl.a, Friday, March 26, 2021. (Tori Lynn Schneider/Tallahassee Democrat via AP)
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DeSantis taps self-described 'Florida gun lawyer' to oversee elections
Mesa County, Colo., clerk Tina Peters, who was indicted in March on 11 felony and misdemeanor charges related to allegations she and others tampered with secure voting equipment and software, talks to well-wishers at a rally staged to voice concerns about free and fair elections on the west steps of the State Capitol Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in downtown Denver. Peters and Mike Lindell, MyPillow chief executive officer, spoke at the rally, which drew several hundred attendees. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Colorado county bars indicted pro-Trump official from overseeing 2022 elections
Voters enter Burton Barr Central Library to cast their ballots on November 3, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Jail is the new threat facing election workers
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DeSantis signs bill creating new Florida election police force
Rep. Tray McCurdy, D-Orlando and Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville sit on the Florida Seal in protest as debate stops on Senate Bill 2-C: Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State in the House of Representatives Thursday, April 21, 2022 at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.
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Florida is losing two Black-led congressional districts
A person holds up signs during a voting rights rally at Liberty Plaza near the Georgia State Capitol on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Atlanta.
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Voting rights advocates warn of fresh threats to ballot access in Georgia
People vote in the primary election at a polling center on June 30, 2020 in Denver, Colorado.
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Democratic-run states move to protect election workers

Early eyes on 2024

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Moderate-turned-MAGA Rep. Elise Stefanik's stock is rising in Trump world
DES MOINES, Feb. 3, 2020 -- Democratic voters attend the caucus at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, the United States, Feb. 3, 2020. Iowa, a state in the Midwestern United States, is holding Democratic and Republican caucuses Monday night, kicking off the 2020 U.S. presidential primary. (Photo by Li Muzi/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Li Muzi via Getty Images)
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20 state and territorial Democratic parties intend to apply for early 2024 presidential calendar slots
GREENWOOD, NEBRASKA - MAY 01: Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the I-80 Speedway on May 01, 2022 in Greenwood, Nebraska. Trump is supporting Charles Herbster in the Nebraska gubernatorial race. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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The Trump 2024 puzzle is about to get some answers
UNITED STATES - JUNE 22: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, testifies during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled Examining Federal Sentencing for Crack and Powder Cocaine, on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Arkansas GOP governor says he's considering 2024 bid and would run even if Trump does
Governor Ron DeSantis signs Florida?s 15-week abortion ban into law at Nacion de Fe church in Kissimmee. on April 14. The law, which goes into effect July 1, bans the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy without exemptions for rape, incest or human trafficking, but does allow exemptions in cases where a pregnancy is ?serious risk? to the mother or a fatal abnormality is detected if two physicians confirm the diagnosis in writing. (Photo by Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
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DeSantis amplifies 2024 chatter with trip to Nevada to campaign for Senate candidate Laxalt
President Joe Biden speaks about the war in Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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A frustrated Joe Biden will go on the attack against Republicans in the midterms -- and into 2024
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RNC unanimously votes to withdraw from commission that sponsors presidential debates
Delegates are seated at the opening of the first day of the Republican National Convention, meeting in the Richardson Ballroom, Charlotte Convention Center on August 24, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina, to renominate Donald Trump to be President of the United States and Mike Pence to be Vice President. (Photo by Chris Carlson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS CARLSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Republicans may decide this year on host cities for 2024 and 2028 conventions

Retirements

Retirements are not a perfect indicator of future midterm outcomes, but they’re a sign. A wave of retirements has hit the House Democratic Caucus this election cycle. The party that has had more elected officials retiring from public office has lost seats in eight of the last 12 midterm cycles since 1974, according to CNN’s Harry Enten.

UNITED STATES - JUNE 10: Kai Kahele, Democrat running for Tulsi Gabbord's House seat in Hawaii's 2nd District, speaks with Roll Call on June 10, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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Democratic Rep. Kai Kahele will retire from Congress, source says
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., speaks during the Problem Solvers Caucus press conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020.
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Fred Upton, Republican who voted to impeach Trump, retiring from House seat
Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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Ohio GOP lawmaker announces retirement citing redistricting 'circus'
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Here's why Democrats' chances of winning in November are slipping
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, talks to reporters at his Nashville office, Feb. 16, 2018.
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Tennessee lawmaker becomes latest House Democrat not to seek reelection
Two long-serving Democratic congressmen announce they won't seek reelection in 2022
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Representative Trey Hollingsworth, a Republican from Indiana, speaks at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve coronavirus pandemic response on Capitol Hillon September 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Treasury secretary this week warned in a letter to congressional leaders that her department will effectively run out of cash around Oct. 18 unless Congress suspends or increases the debt limit. (Photo by Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)
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GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth announces he won't seek reelection to Indiana seat
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 27: Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus news conference in the Capitol on Black priorities in the infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better agenda on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Rep. Brenda Lawrence adds to growing number of House Democrats retiring at end of this term

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