







Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has won the Massachusetts Democratic primary for his seat. The veteran progressive fended off a challenge from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who had called for a new generation of leadership.
Trump-backed Mike Lindell loses primary for Minnesota governor to Lisa Demuth
Lindell had President Trump's endorsement but he lost to Lisa Demuth, the speaker of the state house. She'll face Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar in the fall for governor.

Ed Case wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House, fending off challenge from the left
See the latest results in the Hawaii House primaries.

Maine's Senate Polls Disagree by Seven Points. The Governor's Race in the Same Polls Doesn't.
Coral's new "Maine Senate Race" cluster (Maine, Susan Collins, Obama, Senate) is active on the same day Barack Obama endorsed Troy Jackson in a video, per the...

David Crowley wins Democratic primary for Wisconsin’s governor in upset over progressive Francesca Hong
Crowley pulls off last-minute victory in tight race after polls had shown Hong as the clear Democratic frontrunner

Burhan for Massachusetts — State Senate 2026
Burhan Azeem is running for State Senate in Massachusetts' 2nd Middlesex district to create more housing, better transit, and opportunity for working families.

Michigan Senate debate: Fact-checks of El-Sayed, Rogers
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, and his Republican opponent Mike Rogers, a former U.S. House representative, met for the first time in an Oct. 8 debate, with each candidate trying to drag down the other through a series of personal attacks that have become the trademark of their nasty campaign. In […]

El-Sayed responds after Vance calls him a "weasel" as Michigan Senate race grows contentious
Abdul El-Sayed told Michigan voters the state's U.S. Senate race could go down "as one of the ugliest campaigns in modern history."
Join Team Talarico · Talarico for Texas on Mobilize
James is running for U.S. Senate to take his fight against corruption to Washington and win power back for working people.

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Former Pennsylvania Congressman Conor Lamb Joins Raw America
Lamb talks about John Fetterman’s dereliction of duty, and why Pennsylvania could be key to Democrats winning back control of Congress in November

Kentucky governor demands that McConnell prove he is fit to serve or resign
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell to prove he is fit to continue serving in office or resign.
ALP continues to hold an election winning lead; One Nation is highest in Western Australia and Queensland, Labor is strongest in New South Wales and South Australia - Roy Morgan Research
Over the past fortnight the ALP maintains an election winning lead with 26% (unchanged from two weeks ago) of the primary vote, ahead of One Nation on 24% (down 1.5%). The L-NP Coalition primary is 21.5% (down 1%): (18.5% Liberal, 3% Nationals); Greens 15% (unchanged) and Independent/Others 13.5% (up 2.5%).

Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Crucial Michigan Senate Race
The endorsement is the first in a contested Senate primary by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this year, in a state that Democrats believe they must hold this fall to win a Senate majority.

Maine Democrats select Troy Jackson as Senate candidate
Former state senator Troy Jackson will now take on longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins after Graham Platner’s campaign in scandal. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin reports.

What happened to Bernie Sanders
"Using uncovered documents and other primary sources, Beck shows that Bernie Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton because he never had a chance to win. He illustrates how a web of forces, emanating from elite interests through the mainstream media and Democratic political establishment, and fronted by the Democratic National Committee, operated to ensure that Clinton would secure the nomination. The story of the 2016 Democratic primaries is not one of being "stronger together" or "making America great again"; it is one of how corruption has critically eroded America's political institutions to the point of crippling democracy itself."--Back cover

Really feels like the open Internet is falling apart, with bsky as a rare bright spot.
Ashton Pittman
The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).