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Welcome to the portal for Ballotpedia's coverage of federal politics! Our federal-level projects cover the executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch and presidential candidates. Writers on Ballotpedia's federal projects are also covering the following elections in 2018 and 2020:

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• 435 House of Representatives elections in 2018
• Special elections to the 115th United States Congress (2017-2018)
• The 2020 presidential election

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