Farmers and ranchers have supported President Trump for a decade. But the war in Iran, tariffs and other administration policies have soured some on the G.O.P.
Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent, travels to a cattle auction in Calhan, Colo., to see if economic anxieties are affecting the loyalty of rural voters to the Republican Party.
Angela Paxton is urging Texas voters to support Mr. Paxton’s Senate campaign, even as she is divorcing him and accusing him of adultery. She has political aspirations of her own.
Angela Paxton, in a new campaign ad, has encouraged Republicans to vote for her husband, without actually using his name. “In a general election, it’s not as much about the individual players on the team,” she says. “It’s about getting the whole team across the finish line.”
Senator Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, clashed with the Democratic challenger Troy Jackson over President Trump, ICE and more.
In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.
Analysis by The New York Times showed older incumbents consistently beating their younger challengers in this year’s midterm primaries. Our national political correspondent Lisa Lerer looks at why.
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