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Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?

  • Written by Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?Hoping to preserve his narrow majority, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned alongside Matt Van Epps, who narrowly won a December 2025 special election in a strongly Republican district in Tennessee.AP Photo/John Amis

On Feb. 7, 2026, Chasity Verret Martinez won a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Louisiana House. That’s an...

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