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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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‘Honey Please’: The Steep Rise and Sudden Fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Par : Elisabeth Bumiller
President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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‘Honey Please’: The Steep Rise and Sudden Fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Par : Elisabeth Bumiller
President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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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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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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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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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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Some Republicans Reject Trump’s Move to Import Diesel Fuel From Russia

Par : Tim Balk and Evan Gorelick
High diesel costs have posed a problem for Republicans in the midterms, but President Trump’s decision did not satisfy some candidates in key Senate races.

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Former Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan, left, and Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska took issue with President Trump’s announcement.
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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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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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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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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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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.

© Ryan David Brown for The New York Times

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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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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Why Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Is Making the Case for His Senate Campaign

Par : Beth Reinhard and Lisa Lerer
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.

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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.”
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Takeaways From the First Maine Senate Debate Between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson

Par : Lisa Lerer · Tim Balk and Emily Davies
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.

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Susan Collins, Troy Jackson
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Five Takeaways in New Book From Thom Tillis, Who Turned on Trump

Par : Annie Karni
In “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” Senator Thom Tillis details his regrets about backing President Trump’s agenda.

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Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, has become a far more vocal critic of President Trump after announcing his plans to retire.
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Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads

Par : Shane Goldmacher and Maggie Haberman
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.

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President Trump drew a backlash for promotional ads that were paid for by taxpayers.
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Republicans are spending to aid Darline Graham as the South Carolina Senate race tightens.

Par : Emily Davies

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Senator Darline Graham, Republican of South Carolina, during a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill last month.
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Top Super PAC for Senate Democrats Raises Record $151 Million in Third Quarter

Par : Shane Goldmacher
Democratic Senate candidates have generally out-raised Republicans, but are struggling to match outside spending from Trump-affiliated groups.

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The Senate Majority PAC, which is led by close allies of Senator Chuck Schumer, raised $151 million in the third quarter.
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Short on Cash, Democrats Weigh Big Bets to Unseat Entrenched Republicans

Par : Shane Goldmacher
With less money than G.O.P., Democrats are torn over where to spend in the final weeks. The party is making its biggest move in years against one of G.O.P.’s biggest blue-district survivors.

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The Democrats’ hold on the House affects Representative Hakeem Jeffries’s ability to govern his party if he becomes speaker next year.
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads

Par : Shane Goldmacher · Theodore Schleifer and Maggie Haberman
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.

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President Trump reversed course and said that his super PAC would pay for ads promoting him, which had been paid for with public funds.
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Hispanic Voters Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Trump, New Poll Shows

Par : Caroline Soler
Latino voters, who shifted Republican in the 2024 presidential election, view the party more negatively than they have in the past decade, according to an NBC News/Telemundo poll released on Monday.

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A polling site in San Antonio, Texas, in May. Movement among Latino voters in Texas as well as Florida could be a key factor in whether control of the Senate changes hands in November.
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Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican

Par : Lisa Lerer
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.

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Representative Jeff Crank, a Republican, and Jessica Killin, a Democrat, are running in a tight race in Colorado.
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Democrats Expect Record Number of Women in Party in House After Midterm Elections

Par : Annie Karni
Democrats are increasingly confident they will have a record number of women serving in the House next year, after backing women in competitive districts they are now positioned to win.

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“I’m incredibly confident that we will pass that 100 mark,” Representative Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico, third from right, chairwoman of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, said in an interview. “The real issue is how far above it do we go.”
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At Trump’s Rallies, a Familiar Mix of Rituals and a Plea to ‘Please Pretend’

Par : Katie Rogers
President Trump is doggedly lending his support to Republican candidates facing a rough midterm season. He is the same campaigner he has always been, but his crowds have changed.

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At a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday night, President Trump said: “I’m really in to win it. We want to win the midterms.”
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Steve Hilton’s ‘Just Try It’ Ad on Mail Voting Denounced by Republicans

Par : Anna Griffin
An online spot for Mr. Hilton, the G.O.P. candidate, is full of sexual innuendo that has befuddled Republicans and Democrats watching the race for governor in California.

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Steve Hilton at his primary election watch party event in June.
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How Kansas Suddenly Became a Battleground State for Senate Control

Par : Tim Balk
The state hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. Economic challenges during President Trump’s second term, as well as other factors, have put it in play.

© Christopher Smith for The New York Times, left; Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The Rev. Adam Hamilton, left, and Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas are currently tied roughly at 45 percent, according to a New York Times/Siena University poll.
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How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits

Par : Peter Baker
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.

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The decision to bring the leaders of the G20 nations to Trump National Doral Miami in December offers a clear-cut example of how standards have changed in President Trump’s second term.
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