2026 will see the sixth anniversary of DemocracyCraft.
Timeline
January
1 January (Thursday)
- Declarations open in the January 2026 congressional elections.[1][2]
3 January (Saturday)
- Mayor of Oakridge Sofia Arf Arfwwwwww holds a press conference, where she announces plans to open Ridgewood, a new commercial district, as well as invest $1.5 million in Federal Reserve Board products and real state, in addition to opening a town bank.[3][4]
4 January (Sunday)
- Supreme Court magistrate Vennefly is terminated after joining the New Dawn Party.[5]
5 January (Monday)
- RazNews holds a debate for candidates in the January 2026 House of Representatives election, with candidates from 5 parties attending.
6 January (Tuesday)
- Talion Contour is elected to a B-Class seat in the the Senate, in a special election.[6]
8 January (Thursday)
- Budgiebud is elected speaker of the 34th House of Representatives following former speaker Talion Countour's departure for the senate.
- JustaDumpling is elected Head of Urban Development of Oakridge for the third time in a special election.[7]
9 January (Friday)
- Speaker of the House Budgiebud requests president Juniperfig to dissolve the House of Representatives. The request is accepted 5 minutes later.
11 January (Sunday)
- The 35th Congress is elected following the January 2026 congress general elections. The Workers' Party of Redmont is the biggest party in the House of Representatives, winning three seats. The party, Redmont Beach Party, Socialist People's Alliance, New Dawn Party, Galactic Empire of Redmont and The Freedom Coalition all win one seat each. Two independents, Angryhamdog and ToadKing are elected too. [8] In the Senate, ameslap (NDP), RylandW (WPR) and ZLost (GER) are elected.[9]
- Kaiserin Anthropy resigns as Attorney general of Redmont.
12 January (Monday)
- Following Kaiserin Anthropy's departure from the position of Attorney General, solicitor general Dogeington Anthropy takes over as Acting Attorney general.
13 January (Tuesday)
- Kaiserin Anthropy is elected Speaker of the House in the 35th Congress following the congressional elections.
- Talion Contour is elected President of the Senate in the 35th Congress following the congressional elections.
14 January (Wednesday)
- EATB is elected Deputy President of the Senate.
16 January (Friday)
- Just Jada is elected Deputy Speaker of the House.
19 January (Monday)
- RazNews hosts a mayoral debate for the two candidates of the January 2026 Oakridge mayoral election. Voting begins later the same day.
- Vice president Multiman155 wishes president Juniperfig "a speedy recovery", and is now Acting president. No further context is provided to the public.
20 January (Tuesday)
- Acting President Multiman155 appoints EATB as Major within the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Redmont, in line with a recent act of congress.
- Acting President Multiman155 nominates A__C for Secretary of State, a role previously held by juniperfig, and Tortenwashere for Ambassador to Alexandria.
- Dogeington Anthropy is confirmed by the Senate as Attorney general.
22 January (Thursday)
- The ticket of Yeet Boy/JustaDumpling (GER) wins the January 2026 Oakridge mayoral election by two votes over the WPR ticket, securing Yeet_Boy his fourth non-consecutive term as mayor of Oakridge.
- Eenza Pantalone-Moths becomes an executive advisor under Acting President Multiman155.
24 January (Friday)
- xRsp_ resigns from his position as Secretary of Public Affairs.
- Acting President Multiman155 launches his campaign for president for the February 2026 presidential election.
25 January (Saturday)
- Acting President Multiman155 promotes Lucaaasserole to Acting Secretary of Public Affairs.
27 January (Tuesday)
- Two referenda, the Town Rights Expansion Act and the Quorum Fix Act both pass, receiving 79.07% and 75.00% ayes respectively.
28 January (Wednesday)
- A__C is confirmed as Secretary of State and Tortenwashere is confirmed as Ambassador to Alexandria by the senate.
29 January (Thursday)
- Acting President Multiman155 confirms that Juniperfig is unlikely to return by the end of her term, and "with a heavy heart" moves to incapacitate her.
- The 35th Senate incapacitates president Juniperfig in a 5-0-0 vote, making Acting President and Vice president Multiman155 president of Redmont.
References
- ↑ "House of Representatives Elections - JAN 2026" by Dept. State on the DemocracyCraft forums. Published 1 January 2026, accessed 3 January 2026.
- ↑ "Senate Election - JAN 2026" by Dept. State on the DemocracyCraft forums. Published 1 January 2026, accessed 3 January 2026.
- ↑ "The Oakridge Press Conference" by antonfr_ in #news. RazNews, 3 January 2026.
- ↑ "Oakridge mayor hosts second press conference" by Ryland Wethersbee in #news. The Political Report, 3 January 2026.
- ↑ Termination of magistrate by Aladeen22, #government-announcements, 4 January 2026
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/senate-election-jan-2026-special.34118/
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/council-elections-january-2026-special.34256/#post-131367
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/house-of-representatives-elections-jan-2026.34121/#post-131639
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/senate-elections-jan-2026.34120/post-131638