ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday endorsed Republican Derek Dooley in Georgia’s 2026 U.S. Senate race, arguing an outsider without congressional experience can best critique Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff’s record.

Wyo., threatened to use the nuclear option to change Senate rules to push through Trump's nominees as Senate Democrats' blockade continues.

Democrats are trying to retake the Senate majority in the midterms, but to do so, they'd need to defend 13 seats and flip four more.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called a special election for a state Senate seat that has been vacant for nearly nine months.

Iowa Democrats secured a consequential victory in a special election on Tuesday, CNN projects, breaking the Republican supermajority in the state Senate by flipping a seat in a district President Donald Trump carried last year.

The lone Democrat in a seven-way race easily advanced to a runoff in a special election that will decide who will replace former Alpharetta Republican state Sen. Brandon Beach, and the top GOP candidates battled it out for second place.

While the Texas Legislature enters the third week of 2025’s second special session, the primary battle for one of the state’s US Senate seats continues.

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's health panel will need to act following the firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, its chairman said after the White House announced her termination less than one month after she took her post.