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Ben Sasse, Republican who voted to convict Trump, to depart Congress

Nebraska senator, to take top post at University of Florida, is latest GOP legislator to leave Capitol Hill after voting to impeach in 2021

The Guardian - US

Drag queen featured in Marco Rubio campaign ad calls him a bigot

Little Miss Hot Mess responds to Florida Republican senator after he used footage of her reading to children

The Guardian - US

Trump expected to launch dozens of TV ads boosting Republicans in key races

Republican Senate candidates Mehmet Oz, JD Vance and Herschel Walker likely to receive majority of Trump’s assistance

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Ballotpedia

How the debunked conspiracy film “2000 Mules” became Texas Republican orthodoxy

Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections and could be a pretext for more restrictive voting laws in the future.

The Texas Tribune

Editorial: No-questions-asked GOP support for Herschel Walker in abortion scandal

Probably no one, including Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker himself, would argue against the premise that the former football star is a deeply flawed human. He has lied, cheated on his wife, fathered multiple children out of wedlock and made a fool of himself while speaking in public. Walker’s…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Commentary: We must secure the right to contraception

In late September, Michigan’s Republican attorney general nominee Matt DePerno erroneously compared the emergency contraceptive Plan B to fentanyl at a conference in Texas, suggesting his state should “ban the pill.” DePerno is not the first politician to propose limiting contraceptive access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…

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GOP steps up crime message in midterm's final stretch

In cities and suburbs across the U.S., Republicans up and down the ballot have overwhelmingly focused on sending a message that violent crime is out of control

The Independent UK

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and GOP challenger Darren Bailey trade insults and interrupt each other in first televised debate

NORMAL, Ill. — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Republican challenger Darren Bailey engaged in a chippy first face-to-face broadcast debate Thursday night, as each man frequently interrupted the other with claims of lies, deception and hypocrisy.

Chicago Tribune

Trump-backed Blake Masters dodges question if he removed ‘big lie’ material from website

Reports suggest Republican softened positions on abortion and 2020 election integrity

The Independent UK

‘Liar,’ ‘liar,’ debate sparks fire: Pritzker, Bailey accuse one another of lies, hypocrisy, being danger to Illinois

The high-stakes showdown — roughly a month ahead of the election — covered abortion, guns and crime; Pritzker’s handling of the pandemic, and the state’s financial ledgers. But the fast — and at times scattershot — pacing often left viewers without answers about where the candidates stood on those…

Chicago Sun-Times

Hunter case leaves Republicans thirsty

Feds say there's evidence to charge Hunter in relation to taxes and a gun purchase, but his enemies want to squeeze

Salon

Latest ‘Dreamers’ court ruling prompts calls for Senate to act

WASHINGTON — Advocates have turned up the pressure on the Senate to pass legislation this year to establish a citizenship path for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, after a federal appeals court dealt yet another blow to the program that for now protects those so-called Dreamers.

Tribune News Service

Republican nominee pivots to crime in Kansas governor's race

The Republican candidate for Kansas governor is pivoting from education to crime as a focus in the final weeks of the campaign

The Independent UK

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Ben Sasse, one of seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump, to resign from the Senate

Nebraska lawmaker was simultaneously a critic of the former president but also someone who frequently voted with him

The Independent UK

John Fetterman and Dr Oz: Inside the nastiest and potentially most important Senate race in the country

Mr Fetterman has accused his opponent of killing puppies while Dr Oz and Republicans have gone all in on Fetterman’s health, Eric Garcia reports.

Tribune News Service

University of Florida’s finalist for president is Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse

In a highly anticipated announcement following a year of tumult on campus, the University of Florida said Thursday it has zeroed in on a national political figure to be its next president: Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska.

Tribune News Service

‘They’re desperate’: Herschel Walker denies abortion reports

WADLEY, Ga. — Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker rejected claims that he paid for a 2009 abortion for a woman who said she later bore his child, saying at a campaign stop that it was part of a plot by allies of Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock to damage…

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The Independent UK

Arizona Senate debate gives Masters a chance to reset race

Republican Blake Masters has a much-needed chance Thursday night to reset his Arizona Senate race against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the campaign’s only televised debate

The Independent UK

Nebraska senator sole finalist for U. of Florida president

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse is the sole finalist to become president of the University of Florida, the school says, and the Republican senator has indicated he will take the job

The Independent UK

Walker sticks to denials of abortion, fathering accusations

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is remaining defiant after reports alleging he encouraged and paid for the 2009 abortion of a woman — and later fathered a child with her

Tribune News Service

Many California GOP candidates are against abortion. They just don’t like to talk about it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Republicans are heading into the midterm elections with messages for voters on everything from inflation to crime and education to homelessness.

Roll Call

At the Races: Crime and crude - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Roll Call

Latest ‘Dreamers’ court ruling prompts calls for Senate to act - Roll Call

Advocates have turned up the pressure on the Senate to pass legislation this year to establish a citizenship path for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, after a federal appeals court dealt yet another blow to the program that for now protects those so-called Dreamers. But with the…

Salon

McConnell "never needed free lunch"

Why have an expanded Child Tax Credit and universal free school meals both been stymied by Republicans in Congress?

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