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Justice flips Manchin’s West Virginia Senate seat
Popular Gov. Jim Justice (R) rolled to an easy victory to pick up retiring Sen. Joe Manchin’s (I) seat in West Virginia, marking the first time Republicans have won the seat since the 1950s. He ...Politics - The Hill - 2 hours ago -
Whitehouse wins Rhode Island Senate race
Incumbent Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) is projected to win his reelection bid against Republican state Rep. Patricia Morgan in Rhode Island. An aggregate of polling from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ ...Politics - The Hill - 2 hours ago -
Republicans inch closer to Senate majority in early results
Jim Justice, current West Virginia governor, is projected to win senate seat vacated by former Democrat Joe Manchin.Top stories - BBC News - 1 hour ago -
Republicans Make Early Gain in Push for Control of the Senate
As expected, Gov. Jim Justice won the seat left open by the retirement of Senator Joe Manchin III, putting the G.O.P. one seat away from a majority. But critical seats remained up for grabs.Top stories - The New York Times - 1 hour ago -
Alsobrooks defeats Hogan in Maryland Senate race
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) defeated former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) in the Maryland Senate race, keeping a Democratic seat in party hands, according to a projection ...Politics - The Hill - 49 minutes ago -
Lisa Blunt Rochester wins Delaware Senate race
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) has won the race for Senate in Delaware, Decision Desk HQ projects, becoming the only Black woman to ever represent the First State in the upper chamber. The ...Politics - The Hill - 20 minutes ago -
Where Speaker Johnson sees the GOP's path to victory: From the Politics Desk
House Speaker Mike Johnson sees traditionally Democratic constituencies as key to Republicans' path to power in Washington this election.Top stories - NBC News - October 14 -
Nathan Wade appears for House deposition; Willis blasts GOP
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) blasted House Republicans for “politically motivated tactics” as a former top prosecutor on the Jan 6 case appeared for a deposition with the House ...Politics - The Hill - October 15 -
Democrats flooded with cash in fight for Congress as the GOP tries to stretch its money
Democrats in key Senate and House races once again posted huge fundraising numbers, vastly outspending their Republican opponents from July through September.Top stories - NBC News - October 16 -
GOP megadonors open their wallets for Trump: From the Politics Desk
Repubicans megadonors are opening their wallets for super PACs backing Donald Trump, while Democrats maintain their House and Senate fundraising advantage.Top stories - NBC News - October 16 -
Andy Kim's GOP challenger denounces 'hateful' post from Trump delegate
New Jersey GOP Senate nominee Curtis Bashaw is condemning an attack on his opponent, Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), that questioned if the lawmaker had ties to North Korea. “As someone who has been ...Politics - The Hill - October 16 -
GOP cringes over Trump’s vow to wield military against opponents
Former President Trump’s incendiary comments about deploying the military and using other powers of the executive branch to pursue his political enemies, including a sitting member of Congress, is ...Politics - The Hill - October 17 -
GOP pushes false claims about migrant voting: What are the facts?
Top Republicans are laying the groundwork to claim the 2024 election isn’t secure and fair because of noncitizen voting, a theory that has lived in conservative circles since President Biden’s 2020 ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
Military voters see 'direct attack' from GOP election challenges
Republicans are coming under fire from veterans and military groups for attempting to restrict the votes of overseas service members through a series of lawsuits in battleground states. The ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
GOP rep unveils bill cracking down on countries that take American hostages
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) announced a bill cracking down on foreign governments that take American citizens hostage or otherwise wrongfully detain them. Lawler unveiled the State Sponsor of ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
Many GOP voters worried poll workers could tamper with ballots: Survey
More than half of Republican voters in a new survey said they are worried poll workers could tamper with ballots during the 2024 election, now less than three weeks away. The poll, released Friday ...Politics - The Hill - October 19 -
GOP lawsuit against overseas votes draws ire from military families
Some ex-pats living abroad are sounding the alarm after Republicans in three swing states have tried to delay accepting and counting overseas absentee ballots.Top stories - ABC News - October 21 -
GOP Gov. Sununu: 'I don't like' Trump's rhetoric, but it's 'nothing new'
GOP Gov. Chris Sununu, a Donald Trump supporter, said he isn't a fan of the former president's rhetoric but that his language is already baked in as an issue for voters.Top stories - ABC News - October 20 -
Raffensperger says Republican voting claims will 'really hurt' GOP turnout
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) said Sunday that claims about vote integrity from Republicans will “really hurt” turnout for his party. Raffensperger had already pushed back on a ...Politics - The Hill - October 20 -
Texas AG goes after Democratic fundraising as GOP outspent in key races
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday called on federal regulators to make it more difficult for donors to use ActBlue, a popular progressive fundraising platform that has collected record ...Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
Judges reject GOP overseas ballot challenges in Michigan, North Carolina
State judges in Michigan and North Carolina on Monday rejected the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) separate challenges to certain overseas ballots in the key swing states. The RNC alleged the ...Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
House GOP braces for bitter fight over the power to oust a speaker
Most GOP lawmakers despise the rule, which allows a small faction of the conference to wield outsize influence over the agenda. But conservatives are prepared to fight for it.Politics - Politico - October 22 -
Tulsi Gabbard says she's joining the GOP at Trump rally in North Carolina
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) announced on Tuesday that she is joining the Republican Party, cementing her separation from the party she sought to represent just four years earlier. ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
GOP conservatives want Trump to play role in picking McConnell successor
Some Republican senators want former President Trump to play an influential role in electing the next Senate Republican leader, hoping for a dramatic change in leadership style after Sen. Mitch ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Democratic groups launch ad painting GOP as extreme on porn censorship
Two Democratic groups are rolling out a new ad featuring a fake Republican lawmaker who wants to ban porn nationwide, the latest installment of the group’s $2.5 million ad campaign accusing the GOP ...Politics - The Hill - October 23