Three leaked recordings in two weeks have put a spotlight on the Nebraska Senate race and on the research operations that dig up this kind of material.
California's top-two primary brings DSA-backed Democrats face-to-face with the party's moderate wing before the entire electorate. Steve Peace, who authored the law, discusses whether his system is working as designed.
Illinois independent gubernatorial candidate Collin Corbett is demanding access to a debate forum with the Democratic and Republican nominees, facing the same polling-based exclusion rules that have kept independent and third-party candidates off debates for decades.
A closed Republican primary, a weak Democratic Party, and a wide gap between how Idahoans register and how they identify have produced an unusually deep bench of independents.
Every week, Unorganized Territory is talking to voters, with a special focus on the issues, emotions, perceptions and personal challenges shaping their views of the candidates in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, a crucial contest in the battle for control of Congress.
Nearly 90% of House seats are already decided before Election Day, with most contested only in partisan primaries that exclude independent voters and limit meaningful participation to just 9.4% of the voting-age population.
While Rhode Island’s major parties emerge from bruising primaries, Ken Block enters the general election arguing that a state dominated by unaffiliated voters is ready for something beyond partisan politics.
Election reform can open the door to independent candidates. But without donors, data, staff, and campaign infrastructure, most are still starting from zero.
A federal judge blocked mandatory USPS rules for mail ballots through the November election, but the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn that decision. Here's what voters need to know about the fast-changing legal battle.
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand, an independent-turned-Democrat, is running for governor on a platform to replace closed party primaries with an open "people's primary" where all voters can participate regardless of party affiliation.