Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday she will not run for reelection in 2026. CBS News political ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested Friday that open Senate seats in Michigan and Minnesota could serve as ...

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

Democrats got their second major Senate retirement in as many weeks, with Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith announcing she wouldn’t ...

Senator Smith announced Thursday that she would not run for re-election after just one full term in the chamber, scrambling ...

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Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday she won't seek re-election in 2026, forcing the Democratic Party to defend ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is considering a run for Senate next year, according to a person close to the governor who was ...

The Minnesota Democrat will leave her party defending another open seat as it confronts an uphill battle to retake the Senate ...

Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) announced she will retire from the Senate in 2026, forcing Democrats to defend another seat in the ...

Minnesota’s Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection in 2026, a decision that could ...

Wisconsin has been added to a list of six "battleground" states by the state Legislature-focused fundraising arm of the ...