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Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader
4 months ago

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader

LA Times  

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that will elevate a top deputy of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell into a key position before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January. If they both win their elections, Thune said, “we’ve got a job to …

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Kari Lake claims email evidence in defamation case was purged. Her story doesn’t add up.
4 months, 1 week ago

Kari Lake claims email evidence in defamation case was purged. Her story doesn’t add up.

Raw Story  

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake has claimed that all of the emails that might contain evidence pertinent to a defamation suit filed against her have been wiped, so she can’t share them to be used as evidence. During an Oct. 21 hearing, Tyler Swensen, one of Lake’s attorneys, told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner that the campaign …

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Column: Is Ted Cruz Texas toast? Democrats would sure like to think so
4 months, 1 week ago

Column: Is Ted Cruz Texas toast? Democrats would sure like to think so

LA Times  

Rep. Colin Allred speaks at a Houston campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. “I don’t spend my time throwing bombs,” Allred told several hundred supporters this week at Texas Southern University, drawing a pointed contrast to the theatrically confrontational Cruz. As Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University, observed, “Cruz is an acquired taste, even among …

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Josh Hawley busted over use of private jets for Missouri Senate campaign
5 months ago

Josh Hawley busted over use of private jets for Missouri Senate campaign

Raw Story  

One of Josh Hawley’s favorite lines of attack during his first run for U.S. Senate in 2018 was to lambaste his Democratic opponent for using a private jet to travel the state. “Kunce has made it clear he hates all vehicles that run on gas and diesel.” Hawley and Kunce are entering the final weeks of a contentious fight for …

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How Trump and Vance’s Haitian migrant pet-eating lies led to a vote on IVF
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How Trump and Vance’s Haitian migrant pet-eating lies led to a vote on IVF

The Independent  

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2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day
6 months ago

2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was created more than 200 years ago. Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester marks the milestone by saying that the reason she does this work is not about making history, “but …

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US: Trump's plane hits technical snag en route to Montana, diverted to another airport
7 months ago

US: Trump's plane hits technical snag en route to Montana, diverted to another airport

India TV News  

Montana: Former US President Donald Trump's plane hit a technical snag while he was en route to Montana for a Friday night rally in the hopes of ousting the state's Democratic Senator. "I just landed in a really beautiful place: Montana," Trump said in a video from his plane posted on social media, which made no mention of a mechanical …

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Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer told Biden it would be best if he DROPPED OUT of the 2024 election
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer told Biden it would be best if he DROPPED OUT of the 2024 election

Daily Mail  

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited President Joe Biden at his Rehoboth Beach home last weekend and urged him to drop his presidential bid, multiple sources now say. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited President Joe Biden at his Rehoboth Beach home last weekend and urged him to drop his presidential bid, multiple sources now say President Joe Biden departs …

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Biden’s candidacy faces new peril, including first Senate Democrat saying he should exit race
8 months ago

Biden’s candidacy faces new peril, including first Senate Democrat saying he should exit race

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s imperiled reelection campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said merely “it’s up to the president to decide” if he should stay in the race, celebrity donor George Clooney said he should not run and Democratic senators and lawmakers expressed fresh fear about his ability to beat Republican Donald Trump. Welch …

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Biden’s debate performance leaves down-ballot Democrats anxious — and quiet
8 months, 1 week ago

Biden’s debate performance leaves down-ballot Democrats anxious — and quiet

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. “And the top of the ticket is very important for down-ballot races, especially in swing districts.” The Republican Senate campaign arm, meanwhile, looked to seize the moment, releasing a new ad Friday that linked Democrats to Biden’s debate performance. “The debate performance matters, just like everything else that happens at …

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Republican Curtis Bashaw’s nomination fueling GOP hope in deeply Democratic New Jersey
9 months, 1 week ago

Republican Curtis Bashaw’s nomination fueling GOP hope in deeply Democratic New Jersey

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. TRENTON, N.J. — Southern New Jersey developer Curtis Bashaw’s Senate nomination over Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in Tuesday’s GOP primary and the possibility that embattled Sen. Bob Menendez’s independent campaign could split Democrats have fueled fresh GOP hopes that they can put a reliably blue New Jersey Senate seat in …

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From his Montana ranch, a retired lawmaker is angling for a comeback in a crowded House race
9 months, 1 week ago

From his Montana ranch, a retired lawmaker is angling for a comeback in a crowded House race

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. During an interview at his ranch on the outskirts of Billings, Montana’s largest city, Rehberg clutched a book by former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and praised Bernhardt’s boss, former President Donald Trump. But he told The Associated Press that unlike Trump or Rosendale — who drew backlash within the GOP …

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Trump and MAGA Republicans are eating their own voters. That could spell disaster in the election
1 year ago

Trump and MAGA Republicans are eating their own voters. That could spell disaster in the election

The Independent  

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Rep. Adam Schiff, Steve Garvey Advance In California Senate Election Runoff
1 year ago

Rep. Adam Schiff, Steve Garvey Advance In California Senate Election Runoff

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey are projected to advance in California’s top-two “jungle” primary contest, putting one of Donald Trump’s biggest antagonists in the House in a commanding position to win a Senate seat in one of the nation’s bluest states. Schiff, who rose to national prominence as an impeachment manager during Donald Trump’s second …

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Progressives Trade Blame Ahead Of Likely Defeat In California Senate Primary
1 year ago

Progressives Trade Blame Ahead Of Likely Defeat In California Senate Primary

Huff Post  

Rep. Adam Schiff hopes to dispatch with Reps. Barbara Lee and Katie Porter in the first round of the state's nonpartisan "jungle" primary for an open Senate seat. The idea of Porter and Lee splitting the progressive vote is “a very convenient and reductive narrative that I don’t see bearing out in the data,” Assembly member Lee said. No.” “She …

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Sen. Laphonza Butler, caretaker of the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat, won’t run in 2024 election
1 year, 4 months ago

Sen. Laphonza Butler, caretaker of the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat, won’t run in 2024 election

LA Times  

The announcement by Sen. Laphonza Butler means she won’t shake up an already volatile race that includes three prominent Democrats. Labor leader and prominent Democratic activist Laphonza Butler, who was appointed to fill Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat after the veteran California politician died, announced Thursday that she would not run for a full Senate term in 2024. It may not …

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Kari Lake begins Senate campaign as she keeps fighting her loss in the last election
1 year, 5 months ago

Kari Lake begins Senate campaign as she keeps fighting her loss in the last election

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. “Kari Lake can win, but she’s going to have to run a different campaign than she ran two years ago, and she’s going to have to become a serious candidate who talks about serious issues that everyday Republican and independent voters care about,” said Chris Baker, an Arizona-based Republican political …

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Kari Lake, prominent Trump supporter and election denier, will launch US Senate campaign in Arizona
1 year, 5 months ago

Kari Lake, prominent Trump supporter and election denier, will launch US Senate campaign in Arizona

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake, a Donald Trump ally who has refused to acknowledge her loss in last year’s race for Arizona governor, will soon launch her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by independent Kyrsten Sinema, a senior adviser said Thursday. Lake’s entrance in one of next year’s top Senate contests likely complicates Republican efforts to nominate candidates …

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Busted: Indicted Trump advisor worked on this Pennsylvania GOP senate campaign
1 year, 6 months ago

Busted: Indicted Trump advisor worked on this Pennsylvania GOP senate campaign

Raw Story  

In the weeks before and after his loss in the 2022 race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Dave McCormick’s campaign paid nearly $40,000 to a special assistant and political operative for former President Donald Trump. Public records and published reports show Roman is one of five people with ties to McCormick and his 2022 Senate campaign who played roles …

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Contentious Mississippi GOP primary race for lieutenant governor exposes rift among conservatives
1 year, 7 months ago

Contentious Mississippi GOP primary race for lieutenant governor exposes rift among conservatives

Associated Press  

— A Republican primary challenger spent months telling people that first-term Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is insufficiently conservative and labeling him “Delbert the Democrat.” That tactic fell short in Tuesday’s GOP primary as Hosemann defeated the challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel, in a contentious race that exposed rifts among conservative voters and within the Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate. During this …

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Defense industry dollars flowed to a Democratic senator after he gained a key role on spending
1 year, 8 months ago

Defense industry dollars flowed to a Democratic senator after he gained a key role on spending

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As Democrat Jon Tester headed for a surprise victory in his 2006 U.S. Senate race, he attacked his incumbent Montana Republican rival’s close ties to lobbyists and committed himself to a rigorous ethics standard. Spokeswoman Sarah Feldman said in a statement, “Every decision he makes is based on one thing: what’s in the best interest of Montana and …

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Tests negative, Sen. John Fetterman leaves hospital
2 years, 1 month ago

Tests negative, Sen. John Fetterman leaves hospital

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman left a hospital in Washington after a two-day stay, his office said Friday, following a spell of lightheadedness that prompted the visit as he recovers from a stroke he suffered last year on the campaign trail. In a statement, Fetterman’s office said he was discharged from George Washington University Hospital after tests found …

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Far-right figures lay into Trump after 2024 campaign launch: ‘Shut the f*** up’
2 years, 3 months ago

Far-right figures lay into Trump after 2024 campaign launch: ‘Shut the f*** up’

The Independent  

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Leading Republicans try to ignore Trump campaign launch
2 years, 3 months ago

Leading Republicans try to ignore Trump campaign launch

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Leading Republican officials on Wednesday sought to ignore Donald Trump’s formal step into the 2024 presidential contest, insisting there were more pressing priorities as GOP leaders grappled with the fallout of a major midterm disappointment. Ron DeSantis said it was much too early for Republicans to focus on the next presidential election when asked about a brewing …

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