Affordability should dominate Senate campaigns after Democrats gained ground among cost-conscious voters

American campaigns and voting, from primaries and general elections to the candidates, money and rules that decide them. Covers federal, state and local contests, the machinery of casting and counting ballots, and the disputes over access that follow almost every cycle.

Contests for seats in the United States Senate, covering candidates, primaries, fundraising and the results that decide control of the chamber. Six-year terms mean only a third are on the ballot each cycle, which concentrates attention on a handful of states.