4:34 PM
Oct 23, 2022
Herschel Walker and Georgia’s largest newspaper clash over alleged racial slur
The Walker campaign, which has pushed back against the newspaper’s allegations, claimed in a fundraising email that a protester at a campaign event last week used a racial slur to describe the political newcomer and falsely stated the Atlanta Journal-Constitution failed to report the incident.
The newspaper reported the incident in the Jolt, its daily newsletter, the day after it occurred, but that didn’t stop Walker’s campaign from going after the media outlet.
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3:14 PM
Oct 23, 2022
DeSantis endorses O’Dea in Colorado Senate race, bucking Trump
“Hello this is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. America needs strong leadership and desperately. That’s why I’m endorsing Joe O’Dea for U.S. Senate. Colorado, please vote for Joe O’Dea,” DeSantis says in the robocall, a recording of which was provided to the Washington Examiner on Sunday by the O’Dea campaign. “I’ve watched Joe from a distance. And I’m impressed.”
In endorsing O’Dea, DeSantis is charting a course separate from Trump in the midterm elections and stoking speculation the two Republican heavyweights are on a collision course in the upcoming 2024 GOP presidential primary. Just days earlier, the former president lashed out at O’Dea, calling him a “RINO,” which stands for “Republican in Name Only,” and criticizing him for speaking openly about their disagreements.
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2:13 PM
Oct 23, 2022
Kari Lake vows to serve eight years as governor despite Trump ticket speculation
When asked by Jon Karl, the host of ABC’s This Week, if she would commit to serving all four years as governor if elected next month, Lake responded, “I’m going to serve eight years as governor of Arizona.”
The Republican gubernatorial nominee is locked in a tight race against Democratic opponent Katie Hobbs, the current secretary of state in Arizona.
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12:48 PM
Oct 23, 2022
Bernie Sanders raises alarm about young voter turnout for Democrats
High inflation and elevated gas prices have severely affected the working class, potentially putting some of them off from voting for Democrats in the upcoming November midterms, Sanders warned during an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.
Sanders, 81, has long advocated that Democrats “court voters” who are of the working class and supported former President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020, and in his presidential runs in recent years, the self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist’s campaigns invested in efforts to woo young voters.
But now, with Republicans on the cusp of winning control of one or both chambers of Congress, Sanders voiced concerns about younger voters when reacting to a question about the level of “energy” he’s seeing among Democratic voters during early voting.
“I am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting Democratic. And I think, again, what Democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the Republicans,” he said. Sanders argued young people, as well as working-class people, “are upset” because “real wages” have not risen enough in the past 50 years.
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11:48 AM
Oct 23, 2022
Pictures appear to show Arizona GOP candidate in blackface and brownface
The two photographs released on social media are believed to show Mary Ann Mendoza, a Republican, dressed in an “Aunt Jemima” costume with blackface and dressed as the Native American figure Pocahontas with her face painted brown.
The Washington Examiner has not been able to verify the photos independently, but Mendoza’s political opponents have already used them to paint Mendoza as a racist.
Democratic candidate Lorena Austin said in a statement that the “hate-filled” pictures should disqualify Mendoza from running.
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10:07 AM
Oct 23, 2022
Republicans have public trust on tackling economy and more: Poll
Republicans have the advantage on several hot-button issues heading into the midterm elections, according to new polling.
Thirty-six percent of Americans trust the GOP to tackle inflation, as compared with 21% picking the Democrats, per a survey from ABC News and Ipsos.
The GOP also boasts double-digit leads with the economy, gas prices, and crime.
Whereas the split is more even on taxes and immigration, Democrats have advantages in voter trust on issues such as COVID-19, climate change, abortion, and gun violence.
The poll, conducted Oct. 21-22, had a random national sample of 686 adults, and its results have a margin of sampling error of 4 points.
8:34 AM
Oct 23, 2022
Republicans gain ground in key battleground states as midterm elections near
Not only are Republican senatorial candidates in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere gaining ground, but Republicans are also seeing the tides turn on general ballot measures.
“I’m wishing the election were in August,” Matt Bennett of Third Way, a center-left group, told Politico. “I think we peaked a little early.”
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1:00 AM
Oct 23, 2022
Rubio dings Kamala Harris on how she’s ‘managing the border’
KEY LARGO, Florida — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was liberal with his broadsides of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and congressional Democrats on the campaign trail, focusing on their economic and immigration policies.
“When you say they’ll destroy this country, that is just talking about the things they’ve done,” Rubio told supporters Saturday during a small stop in Key Largo, Florida. “We need to be reminded of things they would have done had it not been for the fact that there’s at least one Democrat that doesn’t want to get rid of the filibuster.”
“If they got rid of that, let’s say they can do whatever they want with 50 votes and Kamala Harris, when she’s not managing the border,” he added to laughs. “Can you just imagine?”
The filibuster is a parliamentary rule that requires a supermajority of 60 votes in the Senate to end debate and hold a vote the considered measure.
In the closing weeks of the two-term incumbent’s re-election race against Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Rubio also criticized Biden’s “Build Back Socialist” agenda and alleged the president announced this week that he planned to release another 15 million barrels of crude oil from the country’s emergency stockpile starting in December because of the Nov. 8 contests.
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11:30 PM
Oct 22, 2022
Alyssa Farah calls out ‘The View’ hosts for ‘blind spot’ on inflation
The View hosts revealed their blind spots to the major issues concerning voters as the midterm elections approach.
Joy Behar began by reading what she called a “depressing” poll from the New York Times that found while 70% of voters agree that democracy is under threat, only 7% rank it as a major issue during the upcoming election.
“I find that so depressing, I can’t begin to tell you,” Behar said.
“That’s why I don’t like polls,” Whoopi Goldberg responded.
“That is depressing,” Sunny Hostin agreed.
“I have to ask, something that I want to say this respectfully, I worry there might be a blind spot about at this table is the fact that average American family lost $6,000 in annual wages last year due to inflation,” Alyssa Farah said. “Blame Biden or don’t, but the reason that Tim Ryan is running in Ohio away from Biden and away from Nancy Pelosi. This is a state that both times nominated Barack Obama for president then flipped to Donald Trump. Workers feel they’re not getting the most out of the economy.”
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10:04 PM
Oct 22, 2022
McConnell’s super PAC pulls $5M from NH Senate race as Bolduc falters
The Republican super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is canceling $5.6 million in television ads for New Hampshire Senate hopeful Don Bolduc reserved for the closing weeks of the race.
The Senate Leadership Fund’s announcement Friday means that the PAC is effectively giving up on Bolduc’s bid to unseat Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) in a race that was once viewed as winnable for Republicans. Bolduc, a retired Army general who has denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election, won a crowded GOP Senate primary in early September.
GOP leaders had viewed New Hampshire, and Hassan’s seat specifically, as vulnerable for Democrats this election cycle. Bolduc’s fate, however, began to turn as polls showed Hassan gaining ground in what was originally expected to be a tight race.
“As the cycle comes to a close, we are shifting resources to where they can be most effective to achieve our ultimate goal: winning the majority,” Senate Leadership Fund President Steven Law said in a statement explaining the decision.
The decision comes less than a month after the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, pulled $2.5 million in planned spending out of New Hampshire to direct toward other states, specifically Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Nevada.
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3:42 PM
Oct 22, 2022
Trump Force One may appear at Texas rally Saturday: Report
He may no longer be inside the West Wing, but former President Donald Trump may soon be soaring on the wings of “Trump Force One” alongside a 2024 debut.
Trump’s marquee Boeing 757 has been getting off the ground in recent days, making apparent test flights at a small Louisiana airport before touching down at the Palm Beach International Airport in Florida on Wednesday, CNN reported.
Palm Beach International Airport is roughly 15 minutes from Mar-a-Lago. Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Texas on Saturday and is expected to take his newly refurbished jet down to the Loan Star State to attend the event, according to a Real America’s Voice reporter.
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2:46 PM
Oct 22, 2022
Fake it till they make it: Election deniers on track to win 189 midterm races
Less than three weeks out from the midterm elections, over half of election deniers in key races across the country are projected to win their respective contests.
Of the 291 Republican candidates ranked election deniers by the Washington Post, about 189 are favored to win, according to an analysis from Newsweek.
The initial Washington Post assessment concluded that there were 171 GOP election deniers favored to win and 48 locked in tight races. But the Newsweek analysis found that 18 of the Republicans who were locked in tight races were more likely than not to win, hence the larger projection.
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2:11 PM
Oct 22, 2022
RNC Chair knocks Biden for late release of illegal immigrant data
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel put the Biden administration on blast for a Friday release of unfavorable immigration data.
The Biden administration revealed that the United States weathered a record-breaking 2.4 million encounters at the southern border for the fiscal year.
Prior reporting indicated that arrests had topped 2 million, but the administration released a more specific figure Friday.
“Of course the Biden admin waited until late on a Friday night to announce the record 2.4 million illegal immigrant encounters this fiscal year. That’s a new record — and a new low in Democrats’ complete failure to secure our borders and keep us safe,” she tweeted.
Of course the Biden admin waited until late on a Friday night to announce the record 2.4 million illegal immigrant encounters this fiscal year.
That’s a new record — and a new low in Democrats’ complete failure to secure our borders and keep us safe.
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) October 22, 2022
1:22 PM
Oct 22, 2022
Unfriendly fire: Democratic candidate rips party for ‘bulls***’ claim about voters
Seeking to brandish his appeal to working-class voters in the Rust Belt, Ohio Senate hopeful Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) ripped a “bulls***” claim that Democrats should stick to highly educated voters.
Ryan pointed to remarks from a Democratic strategist to the Washington Post that noted the party can’t compete in places such as Ohio and must stick to “states that have more college-educated people.”
“That pisses me off. That is an absolute slap in the face to everyone who’s out there busting their a** who just may not have a college degree,” Ryan said. “I will not let the Democratic Party turn into a party where you have to go get a college degree as a passport to get into the party. That’s bulls***. And I’m not gonna let that happen.”
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1:08 PM
Oct 22, 2022
Opinion: The red wave is building
Less than three weeks out from the midterm elections, the polls are moving in one direction. Even MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough “senses” the shift in voter sentiment.
Earlier this week, he spoke to NBC analyst Steve Kornacki, who compared the midterm elections to previous elections. He sees striking similarities to 2014 when a “slow and late-building wave to the point where, even on election night, the magnitude of it took some folks by surprise.” He pointed out that Republicans in 2014 won back the Senate and “reached their highest level in terms of House seats since 1928.”
As Democratic candidates try in vain to resurrect the fervor among pro-choice voters triggered by the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, Kornacki confirmed the obvious: The economy, inflation, and crime are the most important issues.
Even widely followed, left-leaning data analyst Nate Silver has dialed back his expectations of a Democratic victory in the Senate from 71% a month ago to 61% on Wednesday. Much of this shift has come in the last two weeks, which is an indication that Republicans are gaining momentum.
12:30 PM
Oct 22, 2022
Battle for Senate control hinges on Nevada: Photos of the Week
Campaigning is in full swing nationwide with the Nov. 8 midterm elections just days away and control of Congress on the line.
The battle for the evenly split Senate hinges on just a handful of states — with Republicans seeing their pathway to the majority through Nevada. Incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) is locked in a toss-up race with Republican challenger Adam Laxalt. The pair held dueling campaign events Thursday to court Latino voters.
Meanwhile, Republicans need to net five seats to win back control of the House. Virigina’s 7th Congressional District is among the most competitive races in the nation as Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) tries to fend off a challenge from Yesli Vega, a Prince William County supervisor. Vega got a campaign assist on Monday from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R).
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10:15 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Hurricane Ian-ravaged southwest Florida continues recovery effort before midterm elections
FORT MYERS, Florida — Hurricane Ian killed more than one hundred Floridans and wreaked billions of dollars worth of damage on the state last month, so hard-hit Fort Myers residents could be forgiven for deprioritizing the midterm election cycle.
But Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) issued an emergency order last week making it easier for Fort Myer and other Lee County residents to vote in the Nov. 8 elections, along with their counterparts in neighboring Charlotte and Sarasota counties.
The order, which expands early voting and eases the vote-by-mail process, has been criticized by skeptics as a ploy to shore up support in the Republican stronghold. For instance, Fort Myer’s Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) won his first term in Congress representing the 19th district by 23 percentage points in 2020.
But even driving into the once-thriving tourism hot spot, it is hard to ignore stripped highway signs, blue tarpaulin-covered homes, and the odd convoy of emergency service vehicles. That is before you reach the beach, where the category 4 storm surge lifted at least one yacht out of the water and left it on top of a nearby four-wheel drive.
University of South Florida communications professor Joshua Scacco described Ian’s aftermath as “horrendous” and “heartbreaking.”
“The election isn’t on people’s minds,” he said. “[But] we have to remember the reason why the governor had to issue that executive order for Sarasota, Charlotte, and for Lee counties is because the legislature passed restrictions on those particular things.”
DeSantis has been to Fort Myers numerous times and will return later Saturday for a press conference.
9:15 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Murkowski backs Democrat for congress
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) will be crossing party lines at the ballot box this midterm election cycle.
The incumbent senator, who is vying for reelection in her own race, revealed that she will rank Democrat Mary Peltola as her first choice on the ballot for Alaska’s at-large-district. Alaska relies on ranked-choice voting in which voters rank the candidates they prefer numerically.
“Mary is a friend … We have been friends for 25 years, and the fact that we’re Republican and Democrat has never interfered with that friendship,” Murkowski told reporters, per Anchorage Daily News.
Peltola is running to replace the late Rep. Don Young (R-AK). She won a special election for the seat earlier this year after defeating former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and is currently serving out the remainder of his term in Congress.
8:41 AM
Oct 22, 2022
House race to replace Crist in Florida poised to be a Republican pick-up
ST PETERSBURG, Florida — Florida’s Gulf Coast 13th congressional district, anchored by St Petersburg, is one of the House seats Republicans are poised to flip this midterm election cycle.
Former Gov. Charlie Crist (D-FL) forfeited the redistricted seat, which he had held since 2017, to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), creating an opportunity for Obama State Department and Pentagon alumnus Eric Lynn (D-FL) to enter the race against Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Turning Point USA’s National Director of Hispanic Engagement and a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Crist defeated Luna in 2020 by 6 percentage points, 53%-47%. But redistricting after the 2020 Census has upended the contest’s dynamics in the Republican’s favor, according to University of Central Florida politics professor Aubrey Jewett.
“The old boundaries of district 13 supported [President Joe] Biden over [former President Donald] Trump by 4 points, 51.5% to 47.4%,” the Politics in Florida author said. “However, under the new boundaries, district 13 supported Trump over Biden by 7 points, 53% to 46%, a swing of 11 points.”
Cook Political Report considers Florida’s 13th district to be “likely Republican,” along with the newly created 15th district further inland. FiveThirtyEight predicts Luna has a 97% chance of winning on Nov. 8, forecasting that she will do so with a 13-point margin of victory, 55% to 42%.
Republicans only require a net gain of five seats to control the House next Congress.
7:00 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Rick Scott says Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority
The comments from Scott, who is chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, mark a shift in confidence compared to other top Republicans in the Senate, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who conceded last month that the battle for control will be “really close either way.”
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6:00 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Biden predicts ‘one more shift’ back to Democrats before midterm elections
With just weeks to go before voting is finished, Biden predicted the polls would move back in his party’s favor during a campaignlike speech on the economy and national debt.
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5:30 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Cortez Masto and Laxalt battling for Nevada Latino vote in majority-maker Senate race
Struggling politically amid a building Republican wave, Cortez Masto sought to shore up her reelection prospects with some home cooking at a Mexican restaurant and bakery in a middle-class neighborhood on the east side of Las Vegas. For an hour, the senator mingled intimately with a packed house of patrons and supporters, many of them small business owners, hearing concerns about skyrocketing grocery prices and high gas prices while posing for pictures and exchanging hugs.
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5:00 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Midterm elections 2022: Here are the issues Washington voters care about the most
As the country inches closer to Election Day, voters are homing in on issues that may decide the fate of Congress and several state governments in November.
The Washington Examiner is tracking which issues are on the top of voters’ minds as they prepare to head to the polls, particularly in key battleground states that could bring a shift in power to the federal government. Specifically, we’re tracking how voters are researching our top five issues — abortion, crime, education, inflation, and taxes — and how these interests fluctuate as we get closer to Election Day.
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4:30 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Midterm elections 2022: Here are the issues Utah voters care about the most
As the country inches closer to Election Day, voters are homing in on issues that may decide the fate of Congress and several state governments in November.
The Washington Examiner is tracking which issues are on the top of voters’ minds as they prepare to head to the polls, particularly in key battleground states that could bring a shift in power to the federal government. Specifically, we’re tracking how voters are researching our top five issues — abortion, crime, education, inflation, and taxes — and how these interests fluctuate as we get closer to Election Day.
As the country inches closer to Election Day, voters are homing in on issues that may decide the fate of Congress and several state governments in November.
The Washington Examiner is tracking which issues are on the top of voters’ minds as they prepare to head to the polls, particularly in key battleground states that could bring a shift in power to the federal government. Specifically, we’re tracking how voters are researching our top five issues — abortion, crime, education, inflation, and taxes — and how these interests fluctuate as we get closer to Election Day.
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3:00 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Sarah Sanders breaks with Arkansas governor on transgender medical care for minors
Sarah Sanders said that she would have supported an Arkansas bill banning transgender medical intervention for minors that was vetoed by Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Sanders, previously the press secretary for President Donald Trump and now running for governor as a Republican, said one of the first jobs of the state is to protect its residents. For that reason, she said during Friday’s Arkansas gubernatorial debate, she would have signed into law legislation banning certain “gender-affirming” treatments for youth under the age of 18.
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2:30 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Jim Langevin unloads on Alan Fung for ‘disingenuous’ mailer, ‘extreme positions’
Staring down the prospect of a Republican flipping his seat, the largely reserved Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) is turning up the heat on congressional hopeful Alan Fung.
Langevin unloaded on Fung for a recent mailer sent out with a quote from the congressman lavishing praise on him, countering that it was ‘disingenuous” and echoing attack lines from Democrat contender Seth Magaziner that Fung could serve as a trojan horse for the “radical MAGA agenda.”
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2:00 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Biden says it would be ‘irresponsible’ to eliminate debt ceiling, as some Democrats want
The comment came in response to a reporter’s question after Biden’s remarks on the economy turned into a blistering attack on what Republicans would do if they captured Congress in the midterm elections.
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1:30 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Midterm elections 2022: Here are the issues Tennessee voters care about the most
As the country inches closer to Election Day, voters are homing in on issues that may decide the fate of Congress and several state governments in November.
The Washington Examiner is tracking which issues are on the top of voters’ minds as they prepare to head to the polls, particularly in key battleground states that could bring a shift in power to the federal government. Specifically, we’re tracking how voters are researching our top five issues — abortion, crime, education, inflation, and taxes — and how these interests fluctuate as we get closer to Election Day.
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1:00 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Ohio maverick? Tim Ryan teases he would be ‘royal pain in the a**’ to Schumer
Buckeye State Senate hopeful Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) foreshadowed that he may make a habit of bucking his party should he win his bellwether Senate race.
A self-described “underdog,” Ryan was noncommittal about voting for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to be the top Democrat in the upper chamber and underscored that he would “be beholden to absolutely nobody” in the Senate.
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12:30 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Maryland school district blocked Republican gubernatorial candidate’s website
A student of Frederick County Public Schools had been working on a school assignment from home on a district-issued computer when the student discovered the website of Dan Cox, the Republican candidate running against Democrat Wes Moore, could not be accessed on the device. After being alerted to the issue, FCPS began to work on fixing it, according to Fox 45 News.
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12:01 AM
Oct 22, 2022
Warnock blasts Herschel Walker in ads on abortion and domestic abuse claims
The gloves are off in Georgia’s Senate race.
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock broke his relative silence on allegations that Republican rival Herschel Walker paid a former girlfriend to have an abortion in a pair of scathing television ads that call out the football legend over his alleged hypocrisy on the topic as well as claims of domestic abuse.
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11:30 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Ousted Crist campaign manager charged in domestic incident
Durrer, 43, was taken into custody Tuesday for a second-degree misdemeanor assault charge following a domestic dispute at his Maryland home with the mother of his child, Jackie Whisman, NBC reported Friday. Crist’s campaign has replaced him with Sydney Throop, who did prior work on Crist’s congressional campaigns.
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11:00 PM
Oct 21, 2022
WATCH: New Kathy Hochul ad addresses crime as top Democrats dismiss the issue
“A safe walk home at night, a subway ride free of fear, a safer New York for every child — that’s what Kathy Hochul is working for as governor,” the ad says.
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10:13 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Oregon Republican Christine Drazan vows to fight child vaccine mandates
BEND, Oregon — Christine Drazan, Oregon’s GOP gubernatorial candidate, joined the ranks of prominent Republicans vowing to fight an effort by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require COVID-19 vaccine doses for young children.
“Yeah, I will be pushing back against that as governor,” she said in a Thursday interview with the Washington Examiner. “We’re not talking about eradicating measles. We are not talking about polio.”
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10:12 PM
Oct 21, 2022
GOP governor predicts midterms will be ‘OK’ for Republicans and not ‘huge’
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) predicted that the 2022 midterm elections next month will only be “OK” for Republicans, instead of the “huge” success the party could have had.
Hogan said he is confident his party will win back the House of Representatives, but that the Senate was still too unpredictable. Hogan also predicted there would not be a major swing in the state gubernatorial races.
“It should be a huge year for Republicans. But we haven’t always nominated the strongest candidates for a general election,” Hogan told CBS News. “It could have been a bigger year, but I think it’s still going to be an OK year for Republicans.”
10:10 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s leadership PAC failed to follow campaign finance rules: FEC
Greene’s Save America Stop Socialism PAC disclosed “impermissible, excessive, and prohibited contributions” in its July quarterly report and had other financial filing discrepancies, the FEC said Wednesday in a letter to the PAC.
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10:00 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Former staffers of Alaska’s Don Young back Democrat over Sarah Palin
Some former staffers of the late Rep. Don Young (R-AK) have endorsed Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola over her Republican challengers, former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III.
Peltola won the special election to represent Alaska at-large shortly after Young’s death earlier this year, but she faces both Republican challengers in the general election in her bid for her first full term.
The staffers who reached across the political aisle to endorse Peltola have credited her commitment to running a positive race, her bipartisan approach to public service, and her legislative priorities that put Alaska at the forefront as worthy of their endorsements.
9:57 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Midterm elections 2022: Here are the issues Indiana voters care about the most
As the country inches closer to Election Day, voters are homing in on issues that may decide the fate of Congress and several state governments in November.
The Washington Examiner is tracking which issues are on the top of voters’ minds as they prepare to head to the polls, particularly in key battleground states that could bring a shift in power to the federal government. Specifically, we’re tracking how voters are researching our top five issues — abortion, crime, education, inflation, and taxes — and how these interests fluctuate as we get closer to Election Day.
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9:55 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Midterm elections 2022: Here are the issues Vermont voters care about the most
As the country inches closer to Election Day, voters are homing in on issues that may decide the fate of Congress and several state governments in November.
The Washington Examiner is tracking which issues are on the top of voters’ minds as they prepare to head to the polls, particularly in key battleground states that could bring a shift in power to the federal government. Specifically, we’re tracking how voters are researching our top five issues — abortion, crime, education, inflation, and taxes — and how these interests fluctuate as we get closer to Election Day.
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9:30 PM
Oct 21, 2022
More than 60,000 Virginia residents sent to wrong polling locations ahead of midterms
More than 60,000 residents in Virginia were sent to the wrong polling locations ahead of the midterm elections in November.
At least 30,000 people were sent to the wrong locations in northern Virginia after the incorrect address was printed on notices sent to voters, election officials said Friday. However, the error will not impact anyone’s ability to vote, and corrected notices will be sent to affected voters in Fairfax and Prince William counties on Monday.
Another 30,000 people faced a similar problem and were sent to the wrong locations in southern Virginia after notices went out to physical addresses that should have gone to P.O. boxes.
9:00 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Sen. Ron Johnson campaign introduces new way of reporting voter fraud
Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) campaign released a new tool Friday allowing voters to report suspected voter fraud via a portal on his website.
The portal is intended to ensure confidence in the voting system by giving voters a way to report suspicious activities or any action that is not consistent with state election laws. Using the portal, voters can submit images and files, share questions and concerns, and leave contact information so Johnson’s office can follow up.
The new portal also features a YouTube video that outlines what would disqualify someone from voting or what would otherwise cause a ballot to be invalid.
8:34 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Washington Examiner reporters talk to business owners in Oregon
8:00 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Metro in Houston offers free rides to polls on election day
Registered voters near Houston can receive a free round-trip ride to the polls and back on Election Day, The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County announced.
To get the ride comped, voters will need to inform bus operators and fare inspectors that they are heading to or returning from the polls, according to a press release.
Free rides will be offered Oct. 24-30 for early voters and on Election Day, authorities said. The offer includes free rides on the METRORail, local buses, METRORapid, curb2curb, and METROLift paratransit services.
7:30 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Senate Leadership cancels millions in ad buy in shift to races money will be more effective
The Senate Leadership Fund is canceling $5.6 million in New Hampshire ads for Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc, the Super PAC’s spokesperson confirmed Friday.
“As the cycle comes to a close, we are shifting resources to where they can be most effective to achieve our ultimate goal — winning the majority,” SLF President Steven Law said in a statement.
Another $1.7 million in ad buy reservations were canceled by the organization in the Boston and Portland markets for Oct. 25-Nov. 8.
7:00 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Races in Michigan shift left, while races in Oregon and New York shift right
The House now ranges from +8 to +25 in favor of Republicans, according to polls from Inside Elections on Friday, with 13 House races shifting in favor of Republicans, including competitive races in New York and Oregon. Eight races moved in the Democrats’ favor including a pair of Michigan House races.
The Iowa Senate race has shifted from “solid Republican” to “likely Republican,” according to polls from Inside Elections on Friday.
Projections for the Senate overall still remain in a range of R+1 to D+1, but the House of Representatives is predicted to be flipped Republican.
6:30 PM
Oct 21, 2022
Abbott achieves 11-point lead over Beto among Texans likely to vote in new poll
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) currently has an 11-point lead over Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke among Texans likely to vote in next month’s midterm elections, according to a new poll.
In a University of Texas poll surveying 883 respondents, with a margin of error of +/- 3.3, taken from Oct. 7-17, 54% of respondents said they were going to vote for Abbott, with just 43% choosing Beto. Green Party candidate Delilah Barrios earned just 1% of the vote, while the Libertarian Party’s Mark Tippets earned 2%. Another 2% answered “someone else.”
The same poll found that Texans are most focused on border security (32%) and the state economy (14%), two areas where voters see Abbott as stronger. Abortion followed closely behind at 13%.
Among Republicans, 60% said their primary issue was border security/immigration, followed by the state economy at 18%. No other issue received more than 4% of votes.
Democrats’ priorities were much more split, led by abortion (26%), followed by gun violence (16%), the environment/climate change (13%), and healthcare (10%).
Republicans led Democrats in every other major midterm election in Texas as well.
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Michael Flynn group recruits veterans and law enforcement to monitor polls
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s nonpartisan group One More Mission is attempting to recruit military veterans and police officers to monitor polls on Election Day.
Promotional materials for the organization claim veterans and law enforcement officers are the most trusted individuals in the United States and called the move an “apolitical solution” that would protect the voting process against voter fraud.
Despite its claim of being “nonpartisan” or “apolitical,” the organization is funded by the conservative group The America Project, which is run by Flynn, his brother, and former millionaire Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne.
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Arizona early voters report harassment by ballot box watchers
Early voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, are reporting that they experienced harassment from people watching a ballot box.
A voter filed a complaint with the Arizona secretary of state stating that he and his wife were placing their early ballots at a box in Mesa on Oct. 17 when watchers began to photograph them and follow them, calling them “mules,” per the Guardian.
“They took a photographs [sic] of our license plate and and of us and then followed us out the parking lot in one of their cars continuing to film,” the complaint said.
Arizona law states that people can only drop off ballots for people in their household, themselves, or people they are caring for.
The county’s website has live video surveillance of the ballot boxes. In a press conference on Wednesday, Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates said he is hearing election workers are also being approached and photographed as they head into work.
“They’re harassing people,” Gates said. “They’re not helping further the interests of democracy. If these people really want to be involved in the process, learn more about it, come be a poll worker or poll observer.”
Maricopa County has been under severe scrutiny since the 2020 election and was the center of former President Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud. The state Senate spent months auditing the 2020 election in Maricopa County.
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Shapiro emphasizes Jewish faith in attacking Mastriano’s ‘extremism’
Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Josh Shapiro emphasized his Jewish faith in attacking his opponent, Doug Mastriano, for “extremism.”
Shapiro said his Jewish faith guides his value before quickly pivoting to accusing Mastriano of antisemitism due to the Republican’s suggestion that Shapiro was out of touch for sending his children to a private school. He also suggested Mastriano was an existential threat, adding he was afraid of what he represented if he won.
“I think it’s undeniable that he courts white supremacists and racists and antisemites,” Shapiro told the Washington Post. “It’s undeniable that he makes antisemitic comments, racist comments routinely, and that, you know, that forms a big part of his coalition.”
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Majority of Delaware residents back legalization of weed: Poll
Residents of Delaware strongly back the legalization of marijuana, according to a new poll.
About 60% of registered voters in the Small Wonder state believe the psychoactive drug should be legal, surpassing the 30% of voters who believe it shouldn’t and 10% who are undecided, per a poll from the University of Delaware Center for Political Communication.
Support was highest among Democrats, with 73% ahead of independents at 70% and Republicans at 40%. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden, perhaps the state’s most famous resident, announced sweeping plans to pardon minor marijuana federal offenses.
