Six weeks before November, the United States approaches one of democracy's recurring reckonings — the midterm election, where citizens reassess the direction of their government and redistribute congressional power accordingly. Whichever party emerges with control of the House or Senate will hold the levers of legislation, oversight, and national priority-setting through 2028. Historically, these elections have served as a corrective impulse in the body politic, a moment when the governed remind the governing that power is borrowed, not owned.