The Latest Breaking News from US Senate

In the 2022 elections, at least 56 minor party or independent candidates received more votes than the margin of victory in their election. There were five such candidates in elections for federal office and 18 in elections for statewide offices.

Some may remember what happened the last time Feinstein announced her retirement from politics

MINNEAPOLIS — Dave Durenberger, who served 16 years in the U.S. Senate as a moderate Republican and championed affordable health care, the Boundary Waters and the Americans with Disabilities Act, died Tuesday. He was 88.

Thomas B. Adams, Jr. was found guilty of entering a restricted building and obstructing an official proceeding.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial, is entering the 2024 California U.S. Senate race

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a decadeslong fixture in San Fernando Valley politics who rose to national prominence as a top Democratic foe to then-President Trump, announced Thursday that he is joining a contest for U.S. Senate that is quickly shaping up to be highly competitive.

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is jumping into the U.S. Senate race, declaring a run on Monday for the seat currently held by newly independent Sen. Krysten Sinema.

"The rich and powerful don't need any more advocates in Washington," Gallego said as polls show Sinema in trouble

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is running for Senate. Incumbent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an independent, hasn't said if she's running again.