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7 Takeaways From the Second Georgia Senate Debate

Par : Patricia Mazzei and Emily Davies
Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday.

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5 Takeaways From a Heated and Personal Maine Senate Debate

Par : Tim Balk
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, disagreed over the war in Iran and President Trump in the third of four debates in a key race.

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Troy Jackson, left, and Senator Susan Collins of Maine faced off on Tuesday in a debate that at times turned personal and tense.
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Justice Dept. Issues Subpoenas in Ilhan Omar Investigation

Par : Ernesto Londoño · Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett
After years of investigation, the Justice Department appears to be intensifying a criminal inquiry into the immigration history of Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, and her family.

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Representative Ilhan Omar’s immigration history has been investigated in prior years by federal authorities, but has not resulted in charges.
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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

Par : Tim Balk
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking in Detroit last month.
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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

Par : Tim Balk
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking in Detroit last month.
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He Would Be Florida’s First Black Governor. Can He Sway Black Voters?

Par : David Ovalle
Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, is working to win over Black voters who usually support Democrats as his party girds for the possibility of low turnout.

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Byron Donalds, a Republican congressman since 2021, is hoping to become Florida’s first Black governor.
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The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices

Par : David W. Chen
Extreme weather is driving up insurance rates, impacting races from California to the nation’s central Tornado Alley.

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Increasingly violent storms in the nation’s midsection, like the storm that hit Gilbert Kirk’s house in Kansas City, Kan., are driving up homeowners insurance.
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Trump, Playing Defense in Ohio, Tries to Shore Up Republicans in Tough Races

Par : Emily Davies
The president rallied in Youngstown for Senator Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are in competitive contests against Democratic opponents.

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President Trump won Ohio by 11 percentage points two years ago, but this year the state’s races for Senate and governor are seen as closely contested.
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James Talarico Was Targeted by False Rumor He Was in Ohio

Par : Bayliss Wagner
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.

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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is trying to defeat Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, in one of this year’s top races.
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An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong Portland

Par : John Yoon
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon.

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Troy Jackson is trying to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a fifth-term Republican, in Maine.
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Democrats Tie Corruption to High Costs in Final Midterms Push

Par : Carl Hulse
Party leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.

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“Corruption is why things don’t work for the American people.” Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat running for re-election in Georgia, said in a recent campaign video.
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

Par : Theodore Schleifer
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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Elon Musk has shown less public interest in elections in recent months, but he has patched up his relationship with President Trump and quietly spent enormous amounts to help Republicans in the midterms.
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Can a Democrat Beat Darline Graham? 5 Takeaways From the South Carolina Senate Debate

Par : Emily Davies
Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic challenger, accused Senator Darline Graham of taking her cues from President Trump. Ms. Graham said Dr. Andrews wouldn’t say no to socialists.

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In Maine Senate Race, Anxious Democrats Turn to Bernie Sanders for a Jolt

Par : Tim Balk
Three months after a jarring summer candidate switch, some Democrats in the state are worried about the enthusiasm for their nominee, Troy Jackson, who is in a close race.

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Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson campaigning with Senator Bernie Sanders in Lewiston, Maine, on Sunday.
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In Unlikely Turn, Law and Order Heats Up L.A. Mayor’s Race

Par : Shawn Hubler
Two Democratic candidates choose opposite tacks on public safety and policing, seeking to corral undecided voters.

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Mayor Karen Bass has been closely aligned with the city’s police force, whose union has delivered significant backing to her campaign.
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Republicans Held Onto the Great Plains for Years. Now They’re Nervous.

Par : Mitch Smith
Republicans have dominated the center of the country for a quarter-century. Now they face several tough races for Senate and governor.

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Close races have turned the region’s defining challenges, like soaring diesel costs and the struggling cattle industry, into top-tier national issues.
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In the Senate, Collins Often Defies Trump but Rarely Stops Him

Par : Michael Gold · Catie Edmondson and Andrea Fuller
A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.

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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear

Par : Nick Corasaniti and Haiyun Jiang
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.

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Roger Marshall, a Kansas Senator Facing Re-Election, Settles a Bakery Bill 6 Years Later

Par : Tim Balk
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.

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Senator Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas, at the U.S. Capitol last year.
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‘Not Pleasant’ but ‘Necessary’: Support at Trump Rally for Public Execution

Par : Shawn McCreesh
A sample of people at the president’s midterm stump speech in Tennessee defended the Pentagon’s announcement that it would livestream the execution of a mass shooter.

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President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tenn., on Saturday.
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Pentagon Again Increases Number of U.S. Casualties in Iran War

Par : John Ismay
In an unannounced change, the Defense Department is now acknowledging troops who died or were wounded in support roles.

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U.S. officials at a dignified transfer for Army soldiers killed in action while deployed to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, in July. The Pentagon has raised the number of U.S. service members killed and wounded during operations related to the Iran war.
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Economic Pain and an Unpopular Trump Put G.O.P. on its Heels With Three Weeks to Go

Par : Patricia Mazzei and Shane Goldmacher
Inflation has hurt Americans at many levels: Farmers, truckers, consumers. It has also expanded the electoral map into what was safely Republican country just a few months ago.

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Fuel prices have soared throughout the country since President Trump started a war against Iran.
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Fact-Checking Senate Ads in Iowa, New Hampshire and North Carolina

Par : Linda Qiu
We assess three campaign ads in the battleground states that have focused on the cost of living.

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Could the Oregon Governor’s Race Be a Republican Hope?

Par : Anna Griffin and Betsy Hammond
Republicans are playing defense in some of the most conservative parts of the country, but an unpopular Democratic governor has them hopeful in a progressive West Coast state.

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State Senator Christine Drazan, left, is running against Gov. Tina Kotek, an incumbent Democrat, in a surprisingly tight governor’s race.
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Trump Casts Himself as Columbus’s Protector in Pitch to Italian Americans

Par : Jonathan Swan
President Trump sought to inject the Genoese explorer into the current political conversation.

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President Trump posing in front of a poster of a Christopher Columbus statue at the White House on Friday.
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James Talarico Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Texas After 10-Day Absence

Par : Sasha von Oldershausen and J. David Goodman
Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with “a nasty case of the flu.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, had not appeared in public before Friday since Sept. 29.
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Kansas Senate Race Is a Surprising New Midterm Fight

Par : Jess Bidgood
Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.

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Adam Hamilton, a Democrat and a megachurch pastor, is running for Senate in Kansas against Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican.
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Ocasio-Cortez to Campaign for El-Sayed on Bus Tour in Michigan

Par : Shane Goldmacher
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, ahead of the primary. She also appeared with him at a fund-raiser in New York this week.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, left, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, campaigned together in Detroit earlier this year.
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Top Democratic Group Pumps Millions Into Kansas Senate Race

Par : Bayliss Wagner
The $5 million investment from the main super PAC for Senate Democrats is a sign that party leaders see a path to winning in another red state as the political environment worsens for Republicans.
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Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways

Par : Lisa Lerer · Reid J. Epstein and Patricia Mazzei
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and former Representative Mike Rogers debated in Michigan on Thursday night.
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Why This Election Could Be More Complicated for Democrats Than Polls Suggest

Par : Reid J. Epstein
The last two midterms where Democrats surged against an unpopular Republican president were in 2006 and 2018. They had notably different outcomes.

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President Trump at a rally in Nebraska on Monday. The Republican Party is defending seats even in states that Mr. Trump won by double digits in 2024.
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Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God

Par : Lauren McGaughy
The leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s investments and his tactics for defending himself.

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Ken Paxton, candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during the 2026 Republican Party of Texas State Convention in Houston.
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Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways

Par : Lisa Lerer · Reid J. Epstein and Patricia Mazzei
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and former Representative Mike Rogers debated in Michigan on Thursday night.
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5 Key Moments From Hostile Michigan Senate Debate Between El-Sayed and Rogers

Par : Bayliss Wagner and Kellen Browning
Slashing personal attacks dominated the first televised face-off between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate, and former Representative Mike Rogers, his Republican rival.

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Key Moments From the Georgia Senate Debate Beween Ossoff and Collins

Par : Emily Davies and Patricia Mazzei
Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, called his Republican opponent, Representative Mike Collins, a bigot. Mr. Collins called the incumbent a radical “trust-fund kid.”
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Here are 5 things to know about Mike Rogers.

Par : John Yoon
The former congressman is vying to be the first Republican from Michigan to win a Senate seat in three decades.

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Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, at the second day of a Republican convention in Dallas last month.
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How to Watch the Midterm Senate Race Debates in Georgia, Michigan and Maine

Par : John Yoon
Each debate will be held in a TV studio without a live audience.

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Voting in Ferndale, Mich., during the state’s primary election. The candidates for Senate in Michigan, Maine and Georgia will each face off Thursday in televised debates.
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Supreme Court, for Now, Sides With Trump Administration in TV Ad Fight

Par : Abbie VanSickle
The court paused a lower-court ruling while it considered the latest move in a monthslong fight over who is entitled to low rates for political ads.

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Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in Washington last year.
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In Maine Senate Race, Spiking Heating Oil Costs Put Susan Collins on Defensive

Par : Tim Balk
Half of homes in Maine rely on heating oil. Rising costs driven up by President Trump’s war with Iran have become central to the state’s Senate race.

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Residents entering the town hall of Windham, Maine, on Wednesday. Windham is the type of politically divided town that could be critical to determining the Senate race.
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How Trump Has Alienated Republican Voters Ahead of the Midterms

Par : Sabrina Tavernise and Jamie Kelter Davis
Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.

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5 Takeaways From the First Iowa Senate Debate

Par : Bayliss Wagner
In a top Senate battleground, Representative Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee, sparred with Josh Turek, her Democratic rival, on policy issues ranging from Medicaid to term limits.

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Polls show Representative Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek, a state representative, in a tight Senate race in Iowa.
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Arizona Congressional Candidate Says She Was Raped While Fixing Sign

Par : Reis Thebault
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said the attack in August occurred while she was repairing a damaged campaign sign.

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Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona, said on Wednesday that she was raped in August while repairing a damaged campaign sign.
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At Texas Rally, Trump and Paxton Make for an Awkward Pair

Par : Shawn McCreesh
The president offered support for the Republican Senate candidate, after earlier grumbles, but focused much of his speech on a defense of his own record.

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