Bloomberg.com • 20th May 2026

Trump’s Massie Smackdown May Cost Him in November

President Donald Trump’s GOP revenge tour reached a new level on Tuesday with the expensive defeat of Congressman Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican who dared to challenge the president over his abandoned campaign promises. It was a commanding win for a president who is epically unpopular with most Americans, yet retains a vise-like grip on his party. But it was a devastating blow for democracy. The total cost of the takedown: $33 million.

Bloomberg.com • 19th May 2026

Georgia’s Primary Offers an Early Midterms Preview

It’s primary day in Georgia. The results, perhaps more than in any other state, will give us a glimpse of what’s likely to come in November. With an open race for governor, a high-profile US Senate contest, and a slew of down-ballot races, this swing state could be an early referendum on the president and his second term. No state is closer to the epicenter of America’s political pendulum than Georgia.

Bloomberg.com • 16th May 2026

A Fix for Gerrymandering Both Parties Could Love

America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess. More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away the power of their voters. But we don’t have to hold our noses any longer — there’s a fix in sight. And it doesn’t even require a constitutional amendment. It’s time to shift to the system most of the world’s advanced democracies use: proportional representation. It’s a power-sharing arrangement in which parties get seats according to their vote share. America’s...

Bloomberg.com • 14th May 2026

Of Course the South’s Redistricting Rush Isn’t ‘Race-Neutral’

Until South Carolina tapped the brakes on the redistricting rush on Tuesday, it seemed that throughout much of the old Confederacy, the Republican Party had decided it was finished with representative democracy. Within hours of the US Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, southern states lined up to erase decades-old congressional districts that had given voice to minority communities.

Bloomberg.com • 11th May 2026

Ossoff’s Corruption Message Goes Beyond Trump

More Democrats should sound like Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff. Considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats in Congress, he’s cast aside caution and is delivering a message that cuts to the core of American grievance. He’s now leading in the polls.

Bloomberg.com • 7th May 2026

Voters, Gerrymandering Steals Your Power. Don’t Let It

Republicans in Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana rushed to gerrymander congressional districts this week. Mississippi scheduled a special session for May 20 to revise its maps, and lawmakers in South Carolina are talking about extending their legislative session to do the same.

Bloomberg.com • 2nd May 2026

Florida Betrays Its Own Constitution to Draw New 2026 Maps

Florida this week joined the growing list of state legislatures to pass a gerrymandered map that favors the party in power. Lawmakers had to violate the state constitution to do it. Under the Fair Districts amendments, approved by 63% of the state’s voters in 2010, the Florida Constitution prohibits redistricting plans “with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent.”

Bloomberg.com • 17th April 2026

Can a Republican Defy Trump and Survive? We’re About to Find Out

Can a Republican congressman criticize President Donald Trump and still win his primary? We will get an answer in about a month. On May 19, Kentucky voters will decide between incumbent Representative Thomas Massie and his Trump-recruited opponent Ed Gallrein.

Bloomberg.com • 10th April 2026

Florida’s Embrace of ICE Has Come at a Cost

Florida is dramatically — but quietly — changing the way immigration enforcement is practiced. The state’s Republican leaders have made it a testing ground for the aggressive immigration enforcement tactics championed by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. And although arrests have soared, the heavy-handed approach has had little measurable effect on crime — and is destabilizing communities across the state.

Bloomberg.com • 3rd April 2026

Florida Woman Could Blow Up Democrats’ Anti-Corruption Message

The House Ethics Committee last week found US Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of 25 ethics violations, concluding that the Florida Democrat had misused millions of Covid relief dollars to fund her 2022 special election. The unanimous, bipartisan vote followed a seven-hour hearing which the normally secretive panel held in public. Cherfilus-McCormick has denied the allegations and said she will be exonerated.

Bloomberg.com • 31st March 2026

A Crackdown on Dreamers Is a Crackdown on the American Dream

As a high-achieving college kid, Alex Vallejo wasn’t surprised by the kind of young people he met at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ national conference in Salt Lake City three years ago. Like him, there were other computer-science students who were in their school robotics clubs. Like him, there were other web developers and students who worked two jobs while getting top grades. All predictably impressive.

Bloomberg.com • 20th March 2026

Trump’s Voting Crackdown Could Cost the GOP Votes

Senate Republicans started debate this week on the SAVE America Act, an unprecedented voting overhaul that President Donald Trump says will “guarantee the midterms” for his party. But despite the president’s pressure campaign, the bill is unlikely to pass — at least in its current form.That’s partly because Senate Republicans don’t seem to have the 60 votes to end a filibuster and overcome Democratic opposition.

Bloomberg.com • 31st January 2026

The FBI’s Georgia Ballot Raid Is About 2026, Not 2020

The FBI raid on the Fulton County elections center outside Atlanta on Wednesday looked to many like the latest attempt by the Trump administration to sow doubt on the 2020 presidential election. In fact, the goal is likely far more nefarious. It looks like a dress rehearsal for taking control of ballots in key states in November — when the Republican Party’s control of Congress will be at stake and the president’s ability to fend off accountability in jeopardy.

Bloomberg.com • 25th January 2026

Cassidy’s Louisiana Senate Race Is a Test of the GOP’s Courage

What was Bill Cassidy thinking? The Louisiana senator and medical doctor ignored his doubts about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the president’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, and cast the deciding vote to confirm him. Now the same president has knifed Cassidy by endorsing his primary opponent. What was Bill Cassidy thinking?

Bloomberg.com • 14th January 2026

The White House Push to Undermine the Midterms Is Gathering Steam

The Department of Justice is assembling a first-ever national voter database. It has demanded that states turn over their complete voter registration lists — loaded with private information such as driver's license and Social Security numbers linked to names, home addresses and dates of birth. It has also turned the federal immigration database into what it calls a national “voter verification” tool to remove large numbers of voters from the rolls. Each of these moves evades federal privacy prot...

Bloomberg.com • 11th January 2026

What My Trump-Supporting Friends Won’t Say

Let’s resolve to have the courage to speak up more in 2026. I realize this is easy for me to say; I’m a columnist. But I live in Florida, where I have many friends who have been Trump supporters and who are privately queasy about what they see as brazen corruption coming from President Donald Trump and his administration. While there is widespread support for the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, many wanted more transparency about the threat to our national interest. Yet, they don’...

Bloomberg.com • 14th December 2025

Can Jasmine Crockett's TikTok Campaign Win Texas?

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s last-minute entrance into the Texas Senate race last week suggests that the most valuable political currency in this attention economy may be viral videos. But can she bank on them to win?

Bloomberg.com • 11th December 2025

What Miami’s Mayoral Election Says About 2026

Odd-year elections are not always reliable predictors of future events. But in Miami, where voters have increasingly moved right, progressive Democrat Eileen Higgins’ victory Tuesday over a Trump-endorsed rival is the latest warning sign for Republicans that, especially in communities with heavy immigrant populations, voters are frustrated with the GOP’s approach. And their frustration is leading to action. There are three main takeaways:

Bloomberg.com • 10th December 2025

Cuellar’s Pardon Shows the Art of the Unsealed Deal

For the latest bit of proof that President Donald Trump has lost his political mojo and that his era is one of political rot, look no further than the curious case of Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat. Here’s the timeline:

Bloomberg.com • 3rd December 2025

Another Warning Sign for the GOP: This Tennessee House Race

Aftyn Behn, a Democratic state representative from Nashville, tried to flip a Tennessee congressional seat President Donald Trump won by 22 percentage points on Tuesday. She failed; Republican Matt Van Epps won with a 9-point margin. But the magnitude of the shift was another sign that even reliably Republican districts could be at play in the 2026 midterms, giving Democrats a good chance to regain control of the US House next year.