A closely watched special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District has turned into a test of voter sentiment, party strength, and President Trump’s coalition, placing what some observers are calling a potential Music Miracle at the center of national political attention.
Rebecca Cooke, the Democrat challenging Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin’s Third District, has built her campaign on being “somewhere in the middle.” But her endorsement of New York City socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani raises sharp questions about that image and her political alignment.