US POPULISTS

2026 cycle

2026 Midterm Elections

Nationwide inventory of 35 Senate, 36 governor, and 435 House contests with qualitative research dossiers. Inventory completeness is not audit completeness—and no endorsement slate is published.

Active research guide Research checked October 8, 2026 | Edition 10

Proposed institutional framework and research dossiers. Not an adopted platform, endorsement slate, or complete national numeric scorecard. The nationwide inventory covers 35 Senate contests, 36 governor contests, and 435 House districts. Equal-depth platform and ballot audits remain unfinished (68 active source-recovery entries).

How to use these dossiers

  1. Read the candidate’s current proposal in the race summary.
  2. Separate declared position from selected official record.
  3. Match public preference only to the exact proposition asked—national polls are not district majorities.
  4. Treat missing evidence as unscored. Party platforms stay in the compare matrix, not imputed to nominees.

Read race dossiers for current positions, selected records, preference context, and stated gaps. Unknown is not zero. Party platforms are context, never a candidate score.

U.S. Senate races

35 contests · 111 candidate entries in the research inventory.

Alabama

U.S. Senate research dossier

AL

Alaska

U.S. Senate research dossier

AK

Arkansas

U.S. Senate research dossier

AR

Colorado

U.S. Senate research dossier

CO

Delaware

U.S. Senate research dossier

DE

Florida

U.S. Senate research dossier

FL

Georgia

U.S. Senate research dossier

GA

Idaho

U.S. Senate research dossier

ID

Illinois

U.S. Senate research dossier

IL

Iowa

U.S. Senate research dossier

IA

Kansas

U.S. Senate research dossier

KS

Kentucky

U.S. Senate research dossier

KY

Louisiana

U.S. Senate research dossier

LA

Maine

U.S. Senate research dossier

ME

Massachusetts

U.S. Senate research dossier

MA

Michigan

U.S. Senate research dossier

MI

Minnesota

U.S. Senate research dossier

MN

Mississippi

U.S. Senate research dossier

MS

Montana

U.S. Senate research dossier

MT

Nebraska

U.S. Senate research dossier

NE

New Hampshire

U.S. Senate research dossier

NH

New Jersey

U.S. Senate research dossier

NJ

New Mexico

U.S. Senate research dossier

NM

North Carolina

U.S. Senate research dossier

NC

Ohio

U.S. Senate research dossier

OH

Oklahoma

U.S. Senate research dossier

OK

Oregon

U.S. Senate research dossier

OR

Rhode Island

U.S. Senate research dossier

RI

South Carolina

U.S. Senate research dossier

SC

South Dakota

U.S. Senate research dossier

SD

Tennessee

U.S. Senate research dossier

TN

Texas

U.S. Senate research dossier

TX

Virginia

U.S. Senate research dossier

VA

West Virginia

U.S. Senate research dossier

WV

Wyoming

U.S. Senate research dossier

WY

Governor races

36 state contests · 124 candidate entries. Territorial governors appear in critical-election research notes.

Alabama

Governor research dossier

AL

Alaska

Governor research dossier

AK

Arizona

Governor research dossier

AZ

Arkansas

Governor research dossier

AR

California

Governor research dossier

CA

Colorado

Governor research dossier

CO

Connecticut

Governor research dossier

CT

Florida

Governor research dossier

FL

Georgia

Governor research dossier

GA

Hawaii

Governor research dossier

HI

Idaho

Governor research dossier

ID

Illinois

Governor research dossier

IL

Iowa

Governor research dossier

IA

Kansas

Governor research dossier

KS

Maine

Governor research dossier

ME

Maryland

Governor research dossier

MD

Massachusetts

Governor research dossier

MA

Michigan

Governor research dossier

MI

Minnesota

Governor research dossier

MN

Nebraska

Governor research dossier

NE

Nevada

Governor research dossier

NV

New Hampshire

Governor research dossier

NH

New Mexico

Governor research dossier

NM

New York

Governor research dossier

NY

Ohio

Governor research dossier

OH

Oklahoma

Governor research dossier

OK

Oregon

Governor research dossier

OR

Pennsylvania

Governor research dossier

PA

Rhode Island

Governor research dossier

RI

South Carolina

Governor research dossier

SC

South Dakota

Governor research dossier

SD

Tennessee

Governor research dossier

TN

Texas

Governor research dossier

TX

Vermont

Governor research dossier

VT

Wisconsin

Governor research dossier

WI

Wyoming

Governor research dossier

WY

House and critical elections

All 435 regular voting House districts are inventoried (1104 candidate entries). Selected official field checks cover 442 entries across 9 states and 134 House contests. Publishable House pages stay qualitative until equal-depth release gates are met—see coverage limits.

Alaska ballot measures

Alaska Ballot Measure No. 2 (24ESEG)

Would replace top-four primaries and ranked-choice voting with party primaries and a single-choice general election, and repeal specified 2020 campaign-finance limits and disclosures.

Stated administrative cost $2,630,958 (not a perpetual annual cost). Voters cannot split the election-system and finance components.

Alaska citizenship exclusivity measure (25USCV)

Makes citizenship exclusivity for voting explicit and would not change the underlying citizenship requirement.

Stated administrative cost $114,050. A “no” vote must not be portrayed as authorizing noncitizen voting.

Preference evidence Assessment method

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