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Mitch McConnell suggests GOP ‘candidate quality’ could blow party’s chances of winning Senate

Republicans spend big in a tight race in Ohio while Dr Oz and Herschel Walker campaigns take a dive

The Independent UK

Masters hopeful for McConnell support in Arizona Senate race

Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters says he hopes Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will back his close campaign in Arizona

The Independent UK

Ranked choice voting, in first test in Alaska, is already under attack

Alaskans went to the polls this week for the first time using a new ranked choice system that’s already under attack by a number of the politicians competing within it, and voters, in interviews, offered wide-ranging reviews.

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So Bailey insists on calling Chicago a ‘hellhole?’ Well, Lightfoot slams his campaign as a ‘dumpster fire’

After the GOP candidate for governor again ripped the city, where over one fifth of the state’s residents live, Mayor Lightfoot snapped back on Twitter.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Salon

White House announces anti-extremism summit as GOP-fueled attacks on law enforcement continue

The announcement of the anti-extremism event comes as Republicans, led by former president Donald Trump, have threatened to defund the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the wake of last week’s court-authorised search of Mr Trump’s home

The Independent UK

California voters don't want Biden or Trump to run in 2024, poll shows

Californians have little appetite for a rematch of the 2020 presidential race, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, with strong majorities of the state's voters hoping neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump runs again in two years.

Los Angeles Times

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Florida’s new election police arrest 20 people with felony convictions for voting illegally

Ron DeSantis shows off new office days before primary elections, magnifying complications surrounding felony voting rights that state voters overwhelmingly wanted to restore

The Independent UK

Democrats launch major effort to sell Inflation Reduction Act to voters

IRVINE, Calif. — Democratic lawmakers, members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet, and allied organizers and activists are kicking off a multipronged public relations campaign aimed at ensuring voters understand — and appreciate the benefits of — the $700-billion climate-change and drug-prices bill that Biden signed Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

Val Demings’ big TV spending may pay dividends, but she’s playing catchup with Rubio

WASHINGTON — It’s not often high-profile incumbent candidates fall behind in the political ad wars early on in their campaigns.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Should a GOP change of heart be trusted?

Democrats don't need Liz Cheney's offer of assistance — but should they take it anyway?

Salon

Editorial: With normal comments, Pence highlights how abnormal his party has become

There was a time, not that long ago, when it wouldn’t have been major news for a top Republican to say the party should respect law enforcement and cooperate with a congressional investigation. In that sense, the buzz over former Vice President Mike Pence’s defense this week of the FBI,…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez and his wife defied property tax law for eight years by claiming two homestead exemptions

In Texas, married couples generally can claim only one such exemption, meant to provide some tax relief on properties considered “principal residences.” Homestead exemptions cannot typically be claimed on commercial properties, second homes or income properties.

The Texas Tribune

Nolan Finley: Mike Rogers may make presidential run

The Iowa State Fair draws presidential wannabes like cows draw flies.

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Tucker Carlson says Trump ‘bossed Pence around like a concubine’

Fox News host attacks Pence as rumours swirl of 2024 run

Chicago Tribune

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey resumes calling Chicago a ‘hellhole’ at state fair’s GOP day

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Darren Bailey, who had tempered his criticism of Chicago since winning the Republican nomination for governor, returned to calling the state’s largest city a crime-ridden “hellhole” Thursday in playing to a downstate crowd during the GOP’s annual day at the Illinois State Fair.

Axios

House and Senate Republicans' midterm fortunes are rapidly diverging

The GOP's path back to power in the Senate is far less clear than in the House.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican Darren Bailey’s state fair strategy shifts focus from Trump, social issues to working families

Bailey — who is actually a millionaire from his family business — routinely portrays himself as the everyman on the campaign trail. “I may be a little bit rough around the edges,” he told the Illinois State Fair crowd Thursday. “But I will work for you, because I’m just like…

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The Independent UK

Alabama Republican group apologises for posting KKK imagery

The Lawrence County Republican Party says it posted the image accidentally

Chicago Sun-Times

Despite angry Trumpists, never stop making case against former president

It is the Republicans who are completely politicizing the rule of law by declaring that any accountability for their master is ipso facto illegitimate.

The Independent UK

DeSantis’ election police unit announces voter fraud cases

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced criminal charges against 20 people for illegally voting in 2020, the first major public move from the Republican’s new election police unit

Salon

Gohmert leaves after 17 years of lies

Gohmert was a precursor to Trump’s brand of offensive, fact-free conservative politics

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 35

August 18, 2022

Roll Call

Ex-Rep. Kendra Horn looks for comeback in Oklahoma - Roll Call

Democratic ex-Rep. Kendra Horn is targeting the GOP's strict abortion stances as she tries to flip a Senate seat in deep-red Oklahoma.

The Texas Tribune

Louie Gohmert leaves Congress having passed one law and spread countless falsehoods

Gohmert was a precursor to former President Donald Trump’s brand of populist, establishment-bucking conservatism that delights in offending progressives and makes no apologies for spreading misinformation.

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