“10 Candidates Who Could Make History in the Midterms”

Key points

• The 2026 midterms feature record ad spending, surpassing $11 billion.
• States redraw maps at unprecedented frequency since the 1800s, per NCSL.
• The election may produce historic firsts in gender, religion, and ethnicity.
• Abdul El-Sayed could become the first Muslim U.S. Senator from Michigan.
• Keisha Lance Bottoms could become Georgia's first Black, and first female, governor.