Lisa Kashinsky

NEW: Thomas Massie is facing his toughest reelection yet. It’s not just because of Trump. Trump lit the fuse for local Rs who’ve long wanted Massie gone and now see their best chance to do it. But Massie could very will win. My #KY04 dispatch politico.com/news/2026/04/2… @politico

“It is an unmitigated shit show fever dream.” Read @liz_crampton on Louisiana's Callais-induced election chaos. politico.com/news/2026/05/0…

Trump tells Congress the Iran war has ‘terminated’ as legal deadline hits dlvr.it/TSKTfM

New: A top GOP super PAC is warning “the Republican Senate majority is at risk” because Dems are winning the affordability argument. The Koch-aligned Americans for Prosperity Action is calling on the GOP to fix their cost-of-living message, and fast. politico.com/live-updates/2…

New: Chuck Schumer’s critics are using Janet Mills’ faceplant to argue he needs to get out of the way in other races. Martin Heinrich on whether the DSCC should drop involvement in remaining contested primaries: “I think the math and polling would indicate that that would be a good idea,” Heinrich told us. W/ @lisakashinsky + @jordainc politico.com/news/2026/04/3…

NEWS: House Minority Leader HAKEEM JEFFRIES tells me he’s eyeing at least 4 states for Dems to redraw maps ahead of 2028, post-Callais. “We will be prepared to respond in states like New York, Illinois and Maryland, as well as in Colorado.” w/@andrewjfhoward @politico

From my interview with @RepJeffries on redistricting: — He’s looking at NY, IL, MD, CO for possible new maps for ‘28 — He thinks Republicans are limited in their ability to redraw before midterms — Still bullish on Dems retaking the House politico.com/news/2026/04/3… @politico

NEW: Maine Gov. Janet Mills has ended her Senate bid, setting up Democrat Graham Platner as the likely challenger to GOP Sen. Susan Collins. politico.com/news/2026/04/3…

!! Maine Gov. Janet Mills ends her Senate bid. “While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else – the fight – to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources.”

They were once rising Democratic stars who could shape the future of their party. Now, their political futures hinge on a bizarre circumstance of Republicans’ making. On the strange TX-33 runoff: politico.com/news/2026/04/2…

New: The Supreme Court just triggered a second wave of the redistricting wars — and Republicans are on the march. Rs across the south are demanding redraws after VRA ruling. Dems are promising to respond in kind. w/ @erinpdoherty + @AlecAHernandez politico.com/news/2026/04/2…

The Voting Rights Act still exists on paper after today's Supreme Court ruling. But protections in the law were so dramatically weakened as to render them effectively useless, the court's liberals and others argue, a decade-plus goal of conservatives My latest:

Sewell tells me after that “It’s really dangerous that you can protect a political right and not a protected class. … [but] if SCOTUS is going to open the gate to partisan gerrymandering and that's what we have to do to make sure that we have fair elections, then go for it."

🚨The Supreme Court has narrowed the Voting Rights Act in a 6-3 decision. First cut here w/ @joshgerstein politico.com/news/2026/04/2…

Barney Frank, from hospice care in Ogunquit, weighs in on #MEpolitics politico.com/news/2026/04/2… via the great @Jasper_Goodman

many hours later realizing the typo in this 😔 could very well* win

NEW: Thomas Massie is facing his toughest reelection yet. It’s not just because of Trump. Trump lit the fuse for local Rs who’ve long wanted Massie gone and now see their best chance to do it. But Massie could very will win. My #KY04 dispatch politico.com/news/2026/04/2… @politico

The security upgrades at Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro's privately-owned home fuel push for more oversight and accountability. Read our latest here: spotlightpa.org/news/2026/04/p…

Former Rep. Barney Frank has entered hospice care at his home in Maine. And as one of his last acts, he is preparing to release a book repudiating his party’s left flank. politico.com/news/2026/04/2…

NEW: Battleground voters say their health care costs are soaring. They’re choosing b/w insurance or rent. In @NavigatorSurvey focus groups, some voters blame GOP, others blame both parties/insurance industry. Dems have a clear opening, but some work to do landing the message. First in @politico politico.com/news/2026/04/2…