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Democrats plan to introduce legislation reversing Medicaid cuts passed by Republicans the prior year

Fewer than 1,000 votes separated Democratic challenger Mary Peltola and Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan in the 2026 Alaska Senate race with roughly 75% of ballots counted

Democratic candidate Angie Nixon lost the Florida Senate race by approximately three percentage points

Prior to the 2026 midterms, Democratic Senator Brian Schatz stated that aspirational party policy goals should be deferred to 2028

Republican campaign spending exceeded Democratic campaign spending by 200 million dollars in the 2026 Texas Senate race

Democrats secured at least 54 seats in the United States Senate following the 2026 midterm election

Republican campaign spending exceeded Democratic campaign spending by 84 million dollars in the 2026 Michigan Senate race

Elon Musk contributed nearly 500 million dollars of his personal funds to the Republican candidate in the 2026 Texas Senate race

In the United States Senate, invoking cloture to end debate on ordinary legislation requires a 60-vote threshold

Under the Youngstown framework, presidential authority is at its lowest ebb when the president takes measures incompatible with the expressed or implied will of Congress

Concurrent resolutions passed by Congress do not carry the legislative force of law

Progressive groups and advocates called for Chuck Schumer to resign as Senate Democratic leader in the spring of 2026

In their first 100 legislative hours of the Congress elected in 2026, Democrats plan to restore enhanced Affordable Care Act health subsidies

Republican campaign spending exceeded Democratic campaign spending by 100 million dollars in the 2026 Ohio Senate race

In 2026, no challenger emerged to contest Chuck Schumer's reelection as the Senate Democratic leader

Progressive Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan Senate race by seven percentage points

Democratic Senate candidates campaigning as political outsiders won races in Kansas, Michigan, and South Carolina

Most federal legislation requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and pass the United States Senate

Democratic challenger Scott Colom led Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 1,100 votes with 96% of ballots counted in the 2026 Mississippi Senate race

Overriding a presidential veto requires a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate