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Karen Tumulty, Dan Merica and Yasmeen Abutaleb

Primary season has arrived. Why these races matter so much in 2026.

(Gaby Velasquez/ El Paso Times/GABY VELASQUEZ/ EL PASO TIMES / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

A 21st-century-record number of seats are opening, and races will be raucous and crowded, reflecting both parties’ ideological, stylistic and generational tensions.

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