# The Lobby

> The Lobby is an independent legislative newsletter platform that translates U.S. congressional activity into plain English.

Use these Markdown resources for clean, public, non-personalized context. Do not use the site's internal /api/ routes, or admin, onboarding, unsubscribe or Overwatch paths, as LLM-facing source material. For structured data at scale, use the Data API below.

## Core Pages

- [Home](https://www.thelobbynews.com/index.md)
- [About The Lobby](https://www.thelobbynews.com/about.md)
- [Our Data](https://www.thelobbynews.com/our-data.md)
- [Contact](https://www.thelobbynews.com/contact.md)
- [Advertise](https://www.thelobbynews.com/advertise.md)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.thelobbynews.com/privacy-policy.md)
- [Terms of Service](https://www.thelobbynews.com/terms-of-service.md)

## Data API

- [Congressional data API](https://www.thelobbynews.com/developers.md)
- [API documentation: guides and every endpoint, with examples](https://www.thelobbynews.com/developers/api/documentation.md)
- [API pricing](https://www.thelobbynews.com/developers/pricing.md)
- [For AI agents: paying per request without an account](https://www.thelobbynews.com/developers/agents.md)
- [OpenAPI](https://api.thelobbynews.com/v1/openapi.json)

## Congressional Directories

- [Congressional Bills](https://www.thelobbynews.com/congress/bills.md)
- [Members of Congress](https://www.thelobbynews.com/congress/legislators.md)
- [Congressional Committees](https://www.thelobbynews.com/congress/committees.md)
- [Roll Call Votes](https://www.thelobbynews.com/congress/votes.md)

## 2026 Midterm Field Guide

Every seat in Congress on the November 3, 2026 ballot: who is running, campaign money, where candidates stand on each issue in their own words, and each incumbent’s promises checked against their votes and bills. No forecasts and no rankings; every number is dated and sourced.

Any guide page is available as markdown by adding `.md` to its address, or by requesting it with `Accept: text/markdown`. Markdown is always the public version of a page: parts of race and member pages are in the paid field guide and say so.

- [2026 Midterm Field Guide](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms.md): the overview, open seats and every state
- [Promise Tracker](https://www.thelobbynews.com/promise-tracker.md): members checked so far, with their scores; each links to their promise file
- [Midterm elections, explained](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/explained.md)
- [Methodology](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/methodology.md): sources, formulas and how a promise is judged

### States

- [Alabama](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/alabama.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Alaska](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/alaska.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Arizona](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/arizona.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Arkansas](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/arkansas.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [California](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/california.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Colorado](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/colorado.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Connecticut](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/connecticut.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Delaware](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/delaware.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Florida](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/florida.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Georgia](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/georgia.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Hawaii](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/hawaii.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Idaho](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/idaho.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Illinois](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/illinois.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Indiana](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/indiana.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Iowa](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/iowa.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Kansas](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/kansas.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Kentucky](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/kentucky.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Louisiana](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/louisiana.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Maine](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/maine.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Maryland](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/maryland.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Massachusetts](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/massachusetts.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Michigan](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/michigan.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Minnesota](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/minnesota.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Mississippi](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/mississippi.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Missouri](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/missouri.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Montana](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/montana.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Nebraska](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/nebraska.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Nevada](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/nevada.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [New Hampshire](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/new-hampshire.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [New Jersey](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/new-jersey.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [New Mexico](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/new-mexico.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [New York](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/new-york.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [North Carolina](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/north-carolina.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [North Dakota](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/north-dakota.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Ohio](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/ohio.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Oklahoma](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/oklahoma.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Oregon](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/oregon.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Pennsylvania](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/pennsylvania.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Rhode Island](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/rhode-island.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [South Carolina](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/south-carolina.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [South Dakota](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/south-dakota.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Tennessee](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/tennessee.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Texas](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/texas.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Utah](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/utah.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Vermont](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/vermont.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Virginia](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/virginia.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Washington](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/washington.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [West Virginia](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/west-virginia.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Wisconsin](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/wisconsin.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page
- [Wyoming](https://www.thelobbynews.com/2026-midterms/wyoming.md): every race in the state, each linking to its race page

## Exhaustive Markdown Sitemaps

- [Markdown sitemap index](https://www.thelobbynews.com/llms-sitemap.txt)

## Excluded Surfaces

- Overwatch pages are intentionally excluded.
- Subscriber-specific and stateful pages are intentionally excluded.