Seth McLaughlin

Democrats go for the jugular in tight Senate races when GOP gains momentum

Democrats are feverishly promoting stories about Republicans hiding abortion and killing puppies as the party scrambles to shift the conversation away from kitchen table issues that are top-of-mind priorities for voters.

October 4, 2022

Herschel Walker to sue Daily Beast over report he paid for abortion in 2009

Herschel Walker, the GOP Senate nominee in Georgia, said Monday that he plans to sue a news website after it reported he paid a woman to have an abortion in 2009.

October 3, 2022

Democratic dreams for Abrams, O’Rourke in danger of crumbling to dust

Beto O'Rourke and Stacey Abrams shot into the political stratosphere four years ago when the fresh-faced Democrats electrified the party on their way to better-than-expected showings in statewide races in deep-red Texas and purple Georgia.

October 2, 2022

On debate stage, Gov. Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke clash on immigration, guns and abortion

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday said his Democratic rival Beto O'Rourke supports the "open border" policies of the Biden administration that have forced Texas to spend billions to combat the surge of illegal immigrants coming across its border and violent drug cartels flooding the nation with fentanyl.

September 30, 2022

Pennsylvania Senate race tightens, Oz eats into Fetterman’s lead, poll shows

The race for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is tightening, according to a new poll that finds Democrat John Fetterman's lead over Republican Mehmet Oz has shrunk to a statistical tie.

September 30, 2022

O’Rourke to deploy families of Uvalde shooting victims before debate with Gov. Abbott

Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O'Rourke plans on Friday to march out parents and families of the 19 children killed in the Uvalde school shooting, hours before he faces off against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on the debate stage.

September 29, 2022

Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, appears for interview with House Jan. 6 panel

Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, participated Thursday in a voluntary interview with the House select committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

September 29, 2022

Oz takes ‘soft on crime’ dig into Fetterman’s political backyard in Pa. Senate race

Republican Mehmet Oz's campaign has posted a billboard in Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's backyard attacking the Democrat for being soft on crime, which has emerged as a top issue in their battle for a Senate seat.

September 28, 2022

Beto O’Rourke, Stacey Abrams struggle this year to recreate the magic of their 2018 campaigns

Beto O'Rourke and Stacey Abrams shot into the political stratosphere four years ago when the fresh-faced Democrats electrified the party on their way to better-than-expected showings in statewide races in deep-red Texas and purple Georgia. But the pair is struggling to build on those near-success stories in a pair of gubernatorial races this year.

September 27, 2022

Stacey Abrams goes all-in on abortion issue as her poll numbers sag

Stacey Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Georgia, has planted her flag in the debate over abortion, saying there is "no such thing" as a 6-week fetal heartbeat.

September 22, 2022

Republicans show teeth as Democrat closes in on Senate seat in Ohio

Rep. Tim Ryan is counting on voter amnesia to carry him to victory in his race for the U.S. Senate against Republican J.D. Vance.

September 21, 2022

Sen. Mark Kelly straddles the political fence in a hot reelection showdown in Arizona

Sen. Mark Kelly sits in the seat once held by Sen. John McCain -- but he's anything but the "straight talk express" his predecessor was known as.

September 19, 2022

Rust Belt voters lukewarm on some GOP candidates but eager to deliver for Trump

"We have to be Americans, and we have to pull together and Trump, I think he represents honesty, I think he represents integrity," said Linda Marrie, who works with disabled children.

September 18, 2022

In Ohio, Trump rallies behind J.D. Vance’s Senate bid, slams his rival as ‘militant left-winger’

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday returned to one of his favorite stomping grounds here to rally his loyal supporters behind J.D. Vance's bid for the U.S. Senate.

September 17, 2022

Rep. Chris Pappas warns GOP rival wants government, not women, to dictate abortion decisions

Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas is warning New Hampshire voters that Republican rival Karoline Leavitt intends to strip away women's right to choose and turn the decision over to the federal government.

September 15, 2022

Fetterman dings Oz for selling ‘magic’ diet pills, scamming the public

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is accusing Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, of being a snake oil salesman.

September 15, 2022

Republican Dan Cox laser-focused on the economy, crime and education in Maryland governor’s race

Dan Cox, the GOP gubernatorial nominee in Maryland, says he's not getting bogged down in the news media's obsession with abortion politics and is instead "focused like a laser" on quality of life issues that are top-of-mind to most voters.

September 14, 2022

Tight race between Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, GOP rival Adam Laxalt in Nevada

The race for the U.S. Senate in Nevada is shaping up to be a nail-biter.

September 14, 2022

Republicans urged to focus to campaigns on voter worries

Republican National Committee officials are advising GOP candidates to stay focused on the economic woes and rising crime that top voters' concerns, insisting that those are still winning issues for the party regardless of the news media cheerleading for a Democratic rebound in the midterm campaigns.

September 13, 2022

Stroke-addled Fetterman’s Senate run buoyed by ‘carpetbagger’ attack on Oz

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's stroke is planting seeds of doubt in the minds of voters about him being healthy enough to be their voice in Washington.

September 9, 2022