The 2026 primaries taught us a lot about what’s to come in the midterms

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Published 16 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST1 min read

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The 2026 primary season featured the rise of democratic socialist and anti-Israel candidates on the left, a host of incumbents losing primaries, President Donald Trump getting revenge but also seeing his hold on his base waver, and a bare-knuckle redistricting push by Republicans that could reverberate for years to come.

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