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On this week's DDHQ Podcast, we spoke with Patrick Svitek about the #TXSen runoff between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. Patrick argued that Cornyn kept the race close (at least until Trump endorsed) because Paxton's divorce is a different kind of scandal from his other ones.

New from DDHQ: We spoke with Chaz Nuttycombe of State Navigate about Virginia's redistricting referendum. The YES side looks somewhat favored, but Chaz laid out what needs to happen for the NO campaign to win.

This week's DDHQ podcast: Sean T at RCP joined to talk about the consequences of the Voting Rights Act's anticipated demise. We also dug into 2030 census projections. Sean noted how post-VRA redistricting could run into incumbents' preferences and complicate future redraws.

This week's DDHQ Podcast is a Redistricting Refresher. What map changes are happening? What could the Dem/GOP gains be? One wrinkle is that parties aren't always respecting the reality that the other side will eventually have a good year! Listen/watch:

On this week's DDHQ Podcast, Erin Covey from Cook Political Report joined to talk about 2026's under-the-radar House races. Cook recently rated #TX23 as somewhat competitive, so we talked about how the race between guninfluencer Brandon Herrera (R) &amp; Katy Padilla Stout (D) gets close.

Dan Osborn in Nebraska. Kevin Kiley in California. What's with all these quasi-independents running for Congress? The DDHQ Podcast dug into this trend. So far, independents running effectively as stand-ins for a major party really hasn't worked.

This week's DDHQ podcast dug into Georgia with Greg Bluestein. Derek Dooley's candidacy for #GASen caught many off guard. But his famous parents were political &amp; family is close to Gov. Brian Kemp. Kemp views Dooley's outsider bid as the GOP's best shot vs. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D).

This week's DDHQ Podcast features a close look at #NJGov with the great Steve Kornacki. Steve joined Geoffrey Skelley for a map-rich discussion of how recent trends could influence the result in New Jersey between Mikie Sherrill (D) and Jack Ciattarelli (R).

On the latest DDHQ podcast, we explored the chaotic U.S. House of Representatives. Guest Josh Huder highlighted how internal conflicts within both parties have made it harder to manage the chamber — currently Speaker Mike Johnson's problem. Watch here:

New DDHQ Podcast: Mary Radcliffe from FiftyPlusOne.news joined Geoffrey Skelley to talk about President Trump's approval rating. There's been a lot of coverage of his decline among young men, but he's been losing ground among most groups. Watch/listen here:

Maps, maps &amp; more maps. In this week's episode of the DDHQ Podcast, Geoffrey Skelley &amp; guest Nathaniel Rakich toured the 6 states that have redistricted their congressional maps. A big ? is Texas, where a federal judicial panel just blocked the new map.

On this week's DDHQ podcast, Geoffrey Skelley &amp; Scott Tranter spoke with Eli McKown-Dawson about the 2025 polls &amp; looked ahead to 2026. Polls undershot Trump in recent pres races, but were closer to the mark in midterms or even overestimated GOP. Watch/listen here:

In this week's DDHQ podcast, Geoffrey Skelley &amp; J. Miles Coleman talked Minnesota's gubernatorial race after Tim Walz's exit &amp; Virginia redistricting. In #MNGov, Amy Klobuchar's strong electoral record suggests she'd be a formidable Walz substitute.

Tomorrow is Election Day for Virginia's redistricting measure. The Decision Desk HQ Podcast dove into the race with Chaz Nuttycombe from State Navigate. He noted how No can win if independents break sharply for it, combined with solid Election Day turnout.

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the candidate filing deadline! Geoffrey Skelley discussed the ins and outs of Texas's big races with Gabby Birenbaum from Texas Tribune, including what Jasmine Crockett's candidacy means for #TXSen.

NewsNation's Leland Vittert talked to DDHQ about his new book, Born Lucky, which explores how he's navigated life with autism. Leland spoke about his experience covering the 2020 election &amp; how he ended up getting pushed out at Fox News.

This week, the DDHQ Podcast chatted 2026 governors with Louis Jacobson. One under-watched race is Georgia, where Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is term-limited. Democrats might have a real chance here, but their candidate field is hard to pin down. The GOP is likely headed to a runoff.

The 2025 election is in the books! In our post-election podcast, the DDHQ team offers its first reactions to the results, including Zohran Mamdani's win in New York, which was driven by unusually large turnout among younger voters.

Let's talk polling in 2025. Decision Desk HQ's podcast explored why polling is important, what challenges it faces, building polling averages, and what happened in the 2025 polls with FiftyPlusOne.news's Mary Radcliffe &amp; G Elliott Morris.

On the latest episode of DDHQ's podcast, Geoffrey Skelley spoke with Jessica Taylor from Cook Political Report about the 36 governorships up in 2026! She noted that the much-watched #NYGov race might be a lot of "sound and fury signifying nothing"

On this week's DDHQ Podcast, Erin Covey from Cook Political Report joined to talk about 2026's under-the-radar House races. Cook recently rated #TX23 as somewhat competitive, so we talked about how the race between guninfluencer Brandon Herrera (R) & Katy Padilla Stout (D) gets close.

This week's DDHQ podcast dug into Georgia with Greg Bluestein. Derek Dooley's candidacy for #GASen caught many off guard. But his famous parents were political & family is close to Gov. Brian Kemp. Kemp views Dooley's outsider bid as the GOP's best shot vs. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D).

Maps, maps & more maps. In this week's episode of the DDHQ Podcast, Geoffrey Skelley & guest Nathaniel Rakich toured the 6 states that have redistricted their congressional maps. A big ? is Texas, where a federal judicial panel just blocked the new map.

On this week's DDHQ podcast, Geoffrey Skelley & Scott Tranter spoke with Eli McKown-Dawson about the 2025 polls & looked ahead to 2026. Polls undershot Trump in recent pres races, but were closer to the mark in midterms or even overestimated GOP. Watch/listen here:

In this week's DDHQ podcast, Geoffrey Skelley & J. Miles Coleman talked Minnesota's gubernatorial race after Tim Walz's exit & Virginia redistricting. In #MNGov, Amy Klobuchar's strong electoral record suggests she'd be a formidable Walz substitute.

NewsNation's Leland Vittert talked to DDHQ about his new book, Born Lucky, which explores how he's navigated life with autism. Leland spoke about his experience covering the 2020 election & how he ended up getting pushed out at Fox News.

Let's talk polling in 2025. Decision Desk HQ's podcast explored why polling is important, what challenges it faces, building polling averages, and what happened in the 2025 polls with FiftyPlusOne.news's Mary Radcliffe & G Elliott Morris.