You’re the campaign manager. Can you take your candidate the distance?

School board to Congress, including the 2026 House wave.

A front page from a Head to Head race: The Post, Colorado’s 8th, CO-08 still a coin flip with 6 weeks to go
Play solo1
A campaign manager reading a poll in a campaign office

Start with The Primary.

About 10 minutes.

Play The Primary ►
Play together2
Friends on a couch playing Who’s Your Mayor? on their phones, with the race on the TV

Party games on one TV.

3 to 6 players, each on a phone.

See the party games ►Join a game
Challenge a friendComing Nov 16
Two friends in different places, each playing the same Head to Head race on a phone

Head to Head on a real seat.

You and a friend, each on a phone.

Opens Nov 16
The RacesA2

Pick your race.

Official Sample Ballot16 races
U.S. House10 races
The Committee NewRun your party’s House committee through the 2026 wave. Beat what really happened. Best on a computerPlay ► The PrimaryWin your party’s nomination, territory by territoryPlay ► The IncumbentHold a swing seat in a bad year for your partyPlay ►
The Real DistrictsSeven real House seats, by name. Pick one: NC-11AZ-06MT-01NE-02CO-08IA-01WA-03
Ballot Measure1 race
The InitiativeNo candidate, just an idea on the ballotPlay ►
Statewide3 races
The IndependentGovernor. Run with no party behind youPlay ► The Ranked ChoiceU.S. Senate. Win on second choicesPlay ► The ChairState party chair, either party. Recruit and fund a whole slatePlay ►
Local2 races
The MayorCity hall. Out-hustle the machinePlay ► The School BoardRun a slate, precinct by precinctPlay ►
Party GamesA3

Your friends are running against you.

Yard signs for four mayoral candidates on a small-town main street 3 to 6 players

Who’s Your Mayor?

Everyone runs a campaign for mayor of the same town.

Host a game ►Join a game
Friends at a backyard watch party playing The Primary live, with the district map on a projector 2 to 6 players

The Primary, live.

Everyone runs a campaign for the same nomination. Two players can duel.

Host a game ►Join a game
What you need 1A TV or laptop everyone can see 2A phone for each player 33 to 6 people, or 2 for the duel Over a video call? ►
Head to HeadA4
Coming Nov 16

One seat. Two phones. You against a friend.

You run the Democrat, your friend runs the Republican. Play it in one sitting or over a week.

Opens Nov 16
  1. Send a friend the link.
  2. Each of you picks a side.
  3. Make your moves each week. The local paper prints the results.
Also InsideA5
A box of keepsakes from years of campaigns New

The Career

One candidate, five races, school board to governor.

Start a career ►
A civics class with The Primary on the projector screen For teachers

In the Classroom

Free guides for teachers.

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On the board

Top five in The Primary

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Every high-score board ►
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