Candidates faced off in heated debates Thursday night in two of the country’s most competitive Senate races, showing how bitter — and personal — each contest has become.

Texas Democrat James Talarico on Wednesday took questions from voters in a town hall hosted by CNN and Jubilee, appearing on stage solo as he calls for rival Republican Ken Paxton to debate in their closely watched Senate race.

James Talarico fired back when pressed Wednesday night on the 'crazy' health conspiracies that rattled his campaign and admitted he was being 'provocative' when he said God was non-binary.

South Carolina has emerged as perhaps the most surprisingly competitive Senate race late in the 2026 midterm elections. And on Sunday night, appointed GOP Sen. Darline Graham, Democrat Annie Andrews and Libertarian nominee Kasie Whitener took part in the only debate currently scheduled in the race.

After watching the California gubernatorial debate, a veteran reporter said that "if the California governor's race were a contest of ideas, Steve Hilton would win. But it's not." Hilton and Democratic standard-bearer Xavier Becerra faced off Wednesday night in what will likely be their only debate,

Republican Senator Susan Collins trailed her Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a new poll of the Maine Senate race released just ahead of the fourth and final debate.

Rep. Andy Harris clashed with audience members during a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz and later tried to have a student journalist removed from a press gaggle after questioning the reporter's right to record him.

Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa (D) spoke next to an empty lectern in front of the state’s governor’s mansion on Thursday after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) did not accept her debate

Europe has been conspicuously absent from high-level talks about how to use artificial intelligence safely, despite crafting the world’s first comprehensive set of rules to govern the technology.