Window for candidates closes in NC. With everyone filed, primary and general election contests for federal, state, local offices take shape.

Look for wild vote count fluctuation for days after polls close. Counteroffensives include an executive order by President Trump, followed by a challenge to Mississippi's counting process that has not reached the U.

Polling in off-year election cycles is challenging because it’s hard to know who will turn out to vote. This year, the polls significantly overestimated the Republicans in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, which both had particularly high turnout for an off year. In 2021, polls had the opposite problem, as they overestimated Democrats.

Way-to-early betting odds for the 2028 Presidential Election has Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gavin Newsom and JD Vance in a tight race.

When examined by per capita spending, the state's 2025 governor election was the priciest in the nation's history, data shows.