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California Republican likens US Senate run to Christian mission in ‘dark continent of Africa’

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mark Meuser is no stranger to uphill battles in California politics. The Republican, running a longshot bid to unseat Sen. Alex Padilla in the deep blue state, is a staunchly conservative lawyer who opposes abortion rights and believes the 2020 presidential election is still unresolved.

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Kansas Republicans downplay abortion in legislative races. Some change campaign sites

TOPEKA, Kansas — Last year, before Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected an amendment to strip abortion rights from the state constitution, state Rep. Carl Turner had a short line on his website touting his anti-abortion stance.

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Georgia’s longest-serving congressman hopes to fight off GOP challenger

ATLANTA — Voters in southwest Georgia have a choice to make this election year: whether they are going to keep long-term Congressman Sanford Bishop in office or turn the seat over to a Republican newcomer.

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Big K Street players spend more as election uncertainty brews - Roll Call

K Street’s 10 biggest spenders have shelled out a combined $238.3 million on federal lobbying so far this year, amid midterm uncertainty.

Roll Call

The important role played by secretaries of state in administering fair elections is changing – and not in a good way

The state officials who administer fair, accessible and secure elections have historically operated quietly without garnering much public attention. Elections happen, votes are counted, the winners are declared and democracy moves on.

The Conversation

When are the midterm elections?

Bipartisan researchers list main issues as economy, inflation, abortion rights and fighting gun violence

The Independent UK

For Republicans, winning Hispanic voters will be a bigger fight than South Texas

Nearly half of Hispanic Texans live in the state’s five largest counties, a voting bloc Democrats cannot afford to lose as they struggle to compete in the state’s vast rural areas.

The Texas Tribune

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Will Bunch: Shock videos of Florida handcuffing Black voters show true stakes of ‘22 election

Terrified teenagers on street corners in downtown Birmingham, forced against brick walls by the painful force of a water cannon or recoiling from biting police dogs. A state trooper beating down a young, kneeling John Lewis on the far side of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, as mounted officers begin a…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The ‘election-denier trifecta’: alarm over Trumpists’ efforts to win key posts

Republican contenders for secretary of state, attorney general and governor have loudly echoed Trump’s false claims of election fraud

The Guardian - US

GOP is bad on abortion — and inflation

Republicans have no ideas on how to fix the economy — and what they are planning will only make things worse

Salon

In Michigan, the same issues motivate voters in different ways

Gary Spagnuolo usually votes for Republicans, but this year he plans to support Elissa Slotkin, the Democrat seeking a third term in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Are Republicans and big business headed for a breakup?

The alliance between big business and the Republican Party, one of the oldest in U.S. politics, is unusually frayed these days. The question is whether there will be a complete unraveling.

Tribune News Service

Republicans plan to torpedo key Biden policies as polls predict midterm victory

House minority leader Kevin McCarthy hinted at measures his party would take if it reclaims majority in the lower chamber

The Guardian - US

Candidate hopes to break GOP's California losing streak

California Republicans have their sights and money set on controller candidate Lanhee Chen in their quest to recapture statewide office

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GOP's Georgia challenge: Persuading Trump backers to vote

Eager Republican volunteers are knocking on doors in Georgia, trying to persuade reluctant conservatives and supporters of Donald Trump to register to vote in next month’s midterm elections

Los Angeles Times

Biden hopes to boost Fetterman in Pennsylvania, where the president has roots

PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden stood at the edge of a bridge with Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman on Thursday and talked mostly about the bridge.

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‘Trump has created a cult,’ North Carolina's Cooper says in campaigning for Democratic governors

Axios

Wall Street moderates pray for big GOP margins to stave off debt-limit debacle

Investors are growing increasingly worried about what a narrow majority would mean.

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A party of faux patriots

The MAGA messages incessantly invoke love of America. But their professed love of country leads them to rally around liars, bigots and cheats.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court and federal judge reject attempts to block Biden’s student debt plan

Justice Amy Coney Barrett dismissed a request to block the plan, and a federal judge in Missouri shot down a lawsuit from six Republican-led states

Tribune News Service

Kentucky's GOP governor candidate charged with menacing nephew. He says it helps his campaign

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Republican candidate for governor Eric Deters was charged with menacing, harassment and trespassing after a run-in with his nephew on a Northern Kentucky farm.

The Texas Tribune

John Cornyn doubles down on support for embattled Georgia Republican Herschel Walker with Senate fundraising effort

“I do support Herschel because he may well be the 51st Republican elected this cycle,” Cornyn said in an interview Thursday.

The Independent UK

Dr Oz campaign struggles to explain reversal on accepting money from corporations

FEC records show Republican candidate took money from eight different corporate PACs after pledging not to do so

The Independent UK

Florida Republican defends tweeting quote from Spanish dictator Francisco Franco

State lawmaker spoke at a nationals conference earlier this year

Los Angeles Times

Biden hopes to boost Fetterman in Pennsylvania, midterm turf where the president feels at home

PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden stood at the edge of a bridge with Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman on Thursday and talked mostly about the bridge.

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