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At the Races: A reprieve for Republicans?

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari House Republicans got a sudden influx of good news beginning Wednesday…

Roll Call · Apr 30

When it comes to ad reservations, parties typically don’t play games 

ANALYSIS — The 2026 election cycle has reached an important stage: the biennial fight about TV ad buys.  But while campaigns sometimes play games with internal polls or digital ads to manipulate the narrative about their races, there’s usually less gamesmanship when it comes to ad reservations because there can…

Roll Call · Apr 28

Top Democratic PAC books $22 million in ads, Republican counterpart reserves $14 million for U.S. House seats in South Texas

House Majority PAC is targeting five majority-Hispanic seats, including the 23rd Congressional District, which was recently vacated by Republican Tony Gonzales. The top Republican group is spending $13.9 million on two seats.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 23

Search underway as prisoner at Wormwood Scrubs escapes

Burglar Graham Gomm, 63, fled Hammersmith Hospital after he was taken there from HMP Wormwood Scrubs

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2024

Democrat won big in NY but what's that mean for November?

Former Rep. Tom Suozzi won a New York special election easily but also had name ID and financial backing other candidates might not have.

Roll Call · Feb 14, 2024

Drones used to give drugs to inmates after they develop habit in jail

Nearly a quarter of prisoners at HMP Lindholme had developed drug problems in jail, with drones being used to bring them inside prison gates

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Inside HMP & YOI Stirling at start of new era in Scottish prison system

There will be 'a safe and secure' environment for 100 women in custody.

Daily Record · May 31, 2023

Stirling residents given chance to have first glimpse of new prison

Locals are being given the chance to get a first glimpse inside Stirling’s new prison. HMP & YOI Cornton Vale has been a part of the local community for years. And now, as the Scottish Prison Service transitions to the opening of the new HMP &a

Daily Record · May 24, 2023

Concerns over wellbeing of inmates at HMP Lowdham Grange

The prison said that the safety and welfare of prisoners remain its top priority

Nottingham Post · Apr 9, 2023

Stephen Bear's partner 'could face jail time after breaking prison rule'

Reality TV star Stephen Bear's partner Jessica filmed herself at HMP Chelmsford where she visited him inside prison for the first time

Irish Mirror · Mar 20, 2023