* According to the Federal Election Commission, the RNC raised $172 million in 2025; the DNC raised $145 million for the year.
* “I think it will be part of every single campaign, up and down the ballot.”—Brad Woodhouse, executive director of Protect Our Care, on the critical role of health care in the mid-terms.
* National Newsom News: “Louisiana’s request is denied.” That was California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s high-profile response to an extradition request for a doctor charged with providing abortion pills in Louisiana.
* Political reality: According to a recent Gallup poll, 45% of Americans identify as political independents. This is in sync, however, with long-held political science theory that such “independents” are often partisans in disguise—with most leaning one way or the other, as opposed to third-party yearnings.