IGP Webinar Experts Discuss US Midterm Battleground States

On October 8, the Institute of Global Politics hosted a webinar titled “The 2026 Midterms: The Battleground States.” The discussion featured James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project, Jeannette Lee, former Alaska Research Director at the Sightline Institute, and Robert Shapiro, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government and IGP Affiliated Faculty member at Columbia SIPA. The conversation, moderated by Tim Naftali, senior research scholar and IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member at Columbia SIPA and a CNN contributor, included a live Q&A session with attendees.