Democratic Atlas: U.S. House Election 2026

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P05

Rent control

Impose or expand rent regulation (rent caps, rent control or rent stabilization), at any level of government.

Support, oppose, and no stated position across tracked Democratic House candidates. Counts are candidates, not districts. Only fact-checked answers enter those three buckets. A missing cosponsorship is not an absence — candidates we have not statement-researched yet show as not yet researched and stay out of the share.

All tracked candidates

Every active Democrat on the Atlas roster for this cycle.

  • Support36 (8.3%)
  • Oppose2 (0.5%)
  • No stated position313 (72%)
  • Mixed: 0
  • Unclear: 84
  • Not yet researched: 1

436 candidates in this group · 435 in the support / oppose / no-stated share

Incumbents

Sitting House members on the November ballot.

  • Support20 (11%)
  • Oppose2 (1.1%)
  • No stated position107 (59.1%)
  • Mixed: 0
  • Unclear: 52
  • Not yet researched: 1

182 candidates in this group · 181 in the support / oppose / no-stated share

Challengers and open seats

Challengers plus open-seat candidates (everyone who is not an incumbent).

  • Support16 (6.3%)
  • Oppose0 (0%)
  • No stated position206 (81.1%)
  • Mixed: 0
  • Unclear: 32
  • Not yet researched: 0

254 candidates in this group

DSA / Justice Democrats–backed

Reviewed membership or endorsement by Democratic Socialists of America or Justice Democrats. Overlaps the groups above.

  • Support5 (71.4%)
  • Oppose0 (0%)
  • No stated position2 (28.6%)
  • Mixed: 0
  • Unclear: 0
  • Not yet researched: 0

7 candidates in this group

Preview only. Production publish waits on Peter. Mixed and unclear stay separate from oppose. No stated position means a checked statement absence only — never a missing cosponsorship — and is never counted as opposition.