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Is Florida still a swing state? The next 11 weeks will determine the answer

The close of polls Tuesday evening marked the end of Florida’s primary election and the start of an 11-week scramble in which the fate of a U.S. Senate seat, the governor’s mansion and Florida’s status as a political battleground all hang in the balance.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Dobbs was the game changer for Democrats

Several straight elections since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade have gone favorably for Democrats

Salon

Tuesday brought more evidence abortion rights could help Democrats in November

Abortion rights once again appeared to be a key motivator for Democratic voters — plus three other takeaways from primaries in New York and Florida.

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Abortion foes push federal action as Texas Republicans say issue best left to the states

WASHINGTON — Republicans are widely expected to take their first House majority in a post-Roe world next year, encountering a legal landscape conducive to tighter federal restrictions on abortion.

Tribune News Service

Targeted by Trump, these top Georgia Republicans aren't 'Never Trumpers'

ATHENS, Ga. — Shortly after Mike Collins fended off a challenge from a Donald Trump-backed rival, the Republican's campaign tapped out a tweet with clown faces on the images of members of the former president's inner circle who supported his opponent.

Tribune News Service

Trump reaps the mistrust he sowed

After undermining the "trusted voices" who tried to navigate the US through COVID, Trump is left with few to trust

Salon

Adam Schiff on Trump and the road ahead

Conscience of the Congress says he's "more worried about the health of our democracy" now than after Jan. 6

Salon

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Will Bunch: The barely hidden fascism of Ron DeSantis makes a Pa. pit stop on a race to ’24

The Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, brought his act to Pittsburgh on Friday and left little doubt that he’s running for president in 2024. We need to talk about this, but first, let’s look at the even more revealing event that DeSantis staged right before he boarded the jet…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Will the GOP drop the ball in Senate races?

With control of a currently 50-50 Senate up for grabs, it looks like the GOP could well come up short even in a favorable political environment because of questionable choices of candidates in key races.

The Orange County Register

Fauci comes out fighting on Fox News amid GOP threats to jail him: ‘I didn’t shut down anything’

Fauci says he was ‘one of the people that said we have to do everything we can to get children back in school’

The Independent UK

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot blasts ad from conservative political committee that ‘darkens’ her image

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday denounced a recent television ad from an organization opposing Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reelection because she said it features racist images and uses a likeness of her in which her skin appears darker than it is.

Chicago Tribune

Lightfoot accuses conservative PAC of darkening her skin in TV ad about Chicago crime: ‘News flash. I’m Black and I’m proud’

Conservative Dan Proft told the Sun-Times in a text statement that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s accusation about his PAC’s ad was “an insane assertion,” adding “We did nothing to her pigmentation just as we did nothing to [the] pigmentation of our pasty blowhard of a governor.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Charlie Crist wins Democratic primary to face Ron DeSantis in Florida governor’s race

Democratic candidate wins primary election to determine who will face off against Republican governor

The Independent UK

Kansas secretary of state charges nearly $120,000 for recount; anti-abortion activist files lawsuit

Two new punches were thrown Tuesday in a fight over election conspiracy theories that has placed Kansas’ Republican secretary of state at odds with die-hard Republican anti-abortion activists and election deniers.

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Trimester restrictions? Exceptions? North Carolina GOP leaders talk about potential abortion bans

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s GOP leaders gave more indications Tuesday of what abortion legislation might look like if Republicans gain a supermajority this fall.

Benzinga

Former Trump Allies Are Now Backing Liz Cheney As She Eyes 2024 Run, Including Billionaire Charles Koch

Rep. Liz Cheney is quickly rising as former President Donald Trump’s biggest critic within the Republican Party.

The Independent UK

Former Tennessee Speaker Casada arrested in corruption probe

Tennessee's former House Speaker Glen Casada and his top aide have been arrested on federal charges including bribery, kickbacks and conspiracy to commit money laundering with federal funds

Orlando Sentinel

Ex-county tax collector Joel Greenberg named as witness in Florida ‘ghost’ candidate case

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg has been named as a witness in the state’s case against an independent “ghost” candidate who ran for a competitive state Senate seat in 2020 and the Seminole County GOP chairman who aided her candidacy.

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The Independent UK

Donald Trump and GOP continue to deny Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot – even after two more found guilty

Former president and GOP members say conspiracy somehow shows FBI bias

The Independent UK

Who is Charlie Crist, the former Florida Republican set to challenge Ron DeSantis?

‘I didn’t leave the Republican Party – it left me’

Axios

Rick Scott vacations in Italy amid Senate GOP's bleak midterm outlook

Scott is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, whose job is to win back a GOP majority.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma GOP candidate calls killing gay people ‘totally just’

‘I bent over backwards to give him an opportunity to kind of at least soften what he said and he didn’t take it,’ local news director says

Salon

GOP's New Orleans flood fund "blackmail"

New Orleans is refusing to prosecute people under Louisiana's new draconian abortion ban

The Texas Tribune

Progressive fundraising group raising $25 million to boost Democrats this November and beyond

The list of the Texas Future Project’s beneficiaries includes groups like Annie’s List and Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, which work to elect more Democratic women who support abortion rights.

Los Angeles Times

Voters dissatisfied about direction of California but still back Newsom, poll shows

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly a year after crushing a Republican-led recall attempt, Gov. Gavin Newsom leads his GOP challenger by more than 2 to 1 in the 2022 governor's race, even though a majority of voters express dissatisfaction about where California is headed, a new poll shows.

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