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Republicans lead Democrats 24-20 in lieutenant governor offices with 31 seats on the 2026 ballot

Of the 31 lieutenant gubernatorial offices up for election this year, Democrats and Republicans each hold 15. The other office on the ballot is a new one.

Ballotpedia · Oct 15

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz faces sex trafficking lawsuit

Republican former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is facing a lawsuit accusing him and others of sexually trafficking and abusing two women from 2017 to 2019. The lawsuit, filed anonymously by a pair of women in Florida federal court and docketed Thursday, alleges that Gaetz and coconspirators coordinated to pay…

Roll Call · Oct 15

At the Races: Seeing red in Minnesota?

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 Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski Campaigning some thousand miles away in Ohio this week, President Donald…

Roll Call · Oct 15

Trump’s Iran war just led gas prices to a dreadful new record

Some 29 percent of undecided voters wouldn’t be persuaded to vote Republican even if Trump brought gas prices down by a dollar, new polling found

The Independent UK · Oct 15

‘The valley has been left behind’: how one of California’s poorest areas became its toughest political battleground

Rising costs and threatened healthcare benefits are testing voters’ loyalty to Trump as Democrat Randy Villegas challenges David Valadao

The Guardian - US · Oct 15

‘Please pretend I’m running’: Trump urges voters to back Republicans in US midterm elections

US President Donald Trump has urged voters to treat the November 3 midterm elections as a referendum on his presidency, warning that Democrats could undo his administration’s policies if they regain control of Congress.

The Times of India · Oct 15

Trump boasts he could ‘murder someone’ and not lose MAGA faithful after saying leakers ‘should be shot’

The US president, who was shot in the ear during a 2024 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, says that in the ‘old days we used to shoot leakers’

The Independent UK · Oct 15

Wholesale inflation jumped last month by most in four years as gas prices soared

Wholesale inflation rose more quickly than expected last month on a big jump in fuel costs, a sign that stubbornly rising prices remain an economic challenge for consumers and a political problem for Republicans in the midterm elections

The Independent UK · Oct 15

'On Brand:' Ohio GOP Governor Nominee Vivek Ramaswamy Featured Registered Sex Offender in Campaign Ad

Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio gubernatorial campaign has removed a man from a property-tax advert after reports linked him to a 2006 conviction involving a minor.

International Business Times UK · Oct 15

Why the GOP’s voter fraud messaging may backfire

With Election Day 2026 just weeks away and control of Congress hanging in the balance, the results will almost certainly hinge on voter turnout, just as they did in 2024.

The Conversation · Oct 15