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Michele Tafoya embraces ‘pro-choice Republican’ label in Minnesota Senate bid

Michele Tafoya is telling Minnesota voters she's a pro-choice Republican, and some of the party's most committed abortion opponents aren't happy about it.

October 13, 2026

Vance follows Trump in campaigning for Paxton against ‘freak’ Talarico in tight Texas Senate race

Vice President J.D. Vance traveled to Texas on Tuesday to rally support for state Attorney General Ken Paxton, just days after President Trump made his third trip there in a month.

October 13, 2026

Mike Rogers courts anti-Trump voters as MAGA base holds firm in U.S. Senate race

Marti Carroll was not thrilled when former Rep. Mike Rogers suddenly called for a quick end to the Iran war, saying Republicans should be behind President Trump "1,000%," but she would stick with him anyway.

October 12, 2026

Obama hits the airwaves in Michigan for El-Sayed’s Senate bid

Former President Barack Obama is out with a new ad backing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed -- and he's framing the Michigan Senate race as a test of America's core promise.

October 12, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed confronted by tensions between Arab, Black and Jewish voters he needs to win

Four-term State Rep. Tyrone Carter says friction between Arab and Black communities in metro Detroit is "always simmering," and now Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's U.S. Senate run in Michigan could get burned.

October 11, 2026

John Kennedy stumps for Mike Rogers in Michigan, boasts that the Senate contender ‘pisses excellence

A day after a sharp, sometimes tense debate with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers was back on the trail Friday, this time alongside Sen. John Kennedy.

October 9, 2026

El-Sayed, Rogers trade personal and political punches in Michigan Senate debate

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wasted no time going after former Rep. Mike Rogers over the Iran war -- and he didn't let up in their first U.S. Senate debate, arguing that Michiganders are struggling to make ends meet because of President Trump's war and his tariffs.

October 8, 2026

Senate hopefuls clash over war, tariffs and rising costs in Iowa debate

Democrat Josh Turek told Iowa voters Wednesday that if they're unhappy with the state's direction, he's ready to break from Trump-led policies if they elect him to the U.S. Senate. Mr. Turek blamed Rep. Ashley Hinson, his Republican rival, for rising costs and farm foreclosures, saying "the tariffs and the war in Iran has hurt Iowa more than any other state."

October 7, 2026

Trump-led GOP intensifies support for Graham in volatile South Carolina race

President Trump and national Republicans are ramping up their push in the South Carolina Senate race.

October 6, 2026

Senate candidates prep for a flurry of October debates — but not everywhere

Debate season is about to pick up speed, at least in the states where candidates have agreed to take the stage.

October 5, 2026

Talarico presses anti-Christian nationalism message in Texas Senate bid

James Talarico has been sounding the same alarm for years: Christian nationalism, he argues, threatens both Christianity and American democracy.

October 5, 2026

Democrats dream big in South Carolina Senate race

The U.S. Senate race in deep-red South Carolina is so unusual this year that Democrats actually think they have a shot.

October 2, 2026

Republicans aren’t trying to make voters like the GOP. They’re making them dislike Democrats

Republicans are leaning hard into a simple idea this fall: The best defense is a political takedown.

September 30, 2026

GOP leads Democrats in future ad reservations in all but one marquee Senate race

Republicans are pouring money into the fall Senate map, locking in big TV ad reservations across nearly every competitive race, betting the financial edge will help them defend their majority.

September 28, 2026

Democrats eye probe into Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom if they retake the House

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee signaled Monday that if his party wins back the House, Democrats could dig into how the Trump administration's $400 million White House ballroom was funded.

September 28, 2026

Spoiler alert: Libertarian candidate gives Ken Paxton headaches in Texas’ Senate race

Perennial third-party candidate Ted Brown might be the last person Attorney General Ken Paxton wants on the Texas ballot right now.

September 27, 2026

‘Lord help us’: Tuberville decries ‘furry’ culture on the Senate floor

The world's greatest deliberative body has hosted historic debates over everything from slavery to the Missouri Compromise, with legendary senators like Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun showing off their oratory chops. This week, Sen. Tommy Tuberville introduced a new chapter in Senate discourse: furries.

September 25, 2026

Harris warns algorithms are ‘trying to dumb people down’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris took a swing this week at social media algorithms -- in one of those meandering, slightly mystical riffs that her critics love to pounce on.

September 25, 2026

Beshear’s book tour doubles as 2028 dry run, betting a red-state Democrat can win middle America

Gov. Andy Beshear's book tour looks a lot like a soft launch for 2028.

September 23, 2026

‘Absolutely abhorrent’: Harris blasts Trump’s ban of liberal outlets from White House

Former Vice President Kamala Harris chided President Trump on Tuesday for banning three liberal outlets from the White House, calling the move "abhorrent" and accusing him of trying to muzzle journalists from fear of what they might tell the public about his administration.

September 22, 2026