Campaigns and Elections

Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally at King's Theater on June 18, 2026, in New York City.

Darializa Avila Chevalier Wants “Babies, Not Bombs” Darializa Avila Chevalier Wants “Babies, Not Bombs”

As a critical primary approaches, we talk to the organizer and congressional candidate about Palestine, New York City, and her experience of an unexpectedly vicious campaign.

Jun 22, 2026 / Jack Mirkinson

Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY) speaks on May 27, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey, after inspecting Delaney Hall, which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Jerry Nadler Is Still Campaigning Jerry Nadler Is Still Campaigning

His name isn’t on the ballot, but the veteran congressman’s working overtime for Micah Lasher.

Jun 22, 2026 / John Nichols

Senator Bernie Sanders introduces Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on May 3, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.

Progressive Democrats Are Winning in Just About Every Corner of America Progressive Democrats Are Winning in Just About Every Corner of America

Sweet victories are fueled by demands of voters who want new leaders and authentic advocates.

Jun 22, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

New York State Senator Jabari Brisport (third from left), with New York City Council member Chi Osse (second from right), speaks at a protest against rent increases and aggressive evictions in Brooklyn in 2022.

The Battle for Black Brooklyn The Battle for Black Brooklyn

This Primary Day, New York City’s leftist insurgents and the borough’s Black political establishment are headed into their biggest face-off yet.

Jun 19, 2026 / Mark Winston Griffith

Alex Bores, Democratic candidate in New York’s 12th Congressional District, speaks during the NY-12 for Congress: Candidate Forum at 92NY, April 15, 2026, in New York.

How a New York Primary Wound Up at the Center of the AI Storm How a New York Primary Wound Up at the Center of the AI Storm

Alex Bores is engulfed in a brutal (and super-expensive) battle over how technology will change work, life, and society.

Jun 19, 2026 / John Nichols

Senator Iván Cepeda, presidential candidate for the Pacto Histórico, speaks during a closing campaign rally in Bogotá, Colombia, on Saturday, June 13, 2026.

The Man Who Could Keep Colombia’s Left in Power The Man Who Could Keep Colombia’s Left in Power

Presidential candidate Iván Cepeda talks to The Nation about US interference, his far-right opponent’s narco-paramilitary ties, and the unfinished business of the Petro government...

Jun 18, 2026 / Alex Caring-Lobel and Micah Uetricht

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and members of the Congressional Black Caucus at a May press conference denouncing the US Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

The Blatant Hypocrisy of the Congressional Black Caucus’s Out of Bounds Boycott The Blatant Hypocrisy of the Congressional Black Caucus’s Out of Bounds Boycott

The new initiative enlists Black college students and athletes to face down Jim Crow rule in the South, while the group remains silent on boycotts targeting Israel’s apartheid rul...

Jun 18, 2026 / Anthony Conwright

Representative Mike Collins (R-GA), now the Republican candidate for Senate, gives a speech during a runoff election-night party in Jackson, Georgia.

Georgia Goes MAGA in the Republican Senate Primary Georgia Goes MAGA in the Republican Senate Primary

A Trump-backed, scandal-tainted nepo baby will challenge Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in the fall.

Jun 17, 2026 / Joan Walsh

New York State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez speaks at the “New York Is Not For Sale” Rally with Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at Forrest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City.

Claire Valdez Is Making All the Right Enemies Claire Valdez Is Making All the Right Enemies

The RNC keeps attacking the popular ideas of a democratic socialist who is running for Congress in New York City.

Jun 17, 2026 / John Nichols

Maryland congressional candidate Alexis Goldstein.

“Step One, Find the Billionaire Money. Step Two, Take the Billionaire Money”: A Conversation With Alexis Goldstein “Step One, Find the Billionaire Money. Step Two, Take the Billionaire Money”: A Conversation With Alexis Goldstein

The Maryland congressional candidate is running to ban data centers, abolish ICE, and get back what the rich have stolen.

Jun 17, 2026 / Q&A / Sarah Leonard

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