The Downballot

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The Downballot is a unique site that covers elections in a way no one else does.


Every weekday, we bring you the Morning Digest, which covers every important development in every important race for downballot office—the thousands of critically important but often-overlooked positions below the presidency.


Whether it's the battle for control of Congress, state governments, or local office, we've got you covered. We also publish gold-standard data sets that shed unique light on these elections. And every week, our podcast takes a deeper dive into the most important stories driving down-ticket races.


We've been doing this for more than 20 years, and we hope to keep doing it for many years to come. But we can only do so with your help: We have no big corporate backers, no nonprofit sponsors. We are 100% reader-supported.


We would be forever grateful if you could help support our mission, especially with a recurring subscription—those help us best plan for the future by making our revenues more predictable. Thank you so much!


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