Things Are Going Great for Almost Every Democratic Senate Candidate—With One Big Exception.
Scott Anderson/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Heading into the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats faced long odds of taking back the Senate. With 10 incumbents up for reelection in states carried by President Donald Trump—five representing places he carried by double digits—the party needed just about everything to go…
Republicans Are Running Some Really Weird Ads About This Texas Candidate’s Name
NRCC/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Control of the House of Representatives might be decided in Texas, where Democrats have a candidate in every district for the first time since the early 1980s, and have at least a prayer of flipping seats in a half dozen races. But prior to…
New Duncan Hunter Ad Claims His Opponent Is Backed by the Muslim Brotherhood
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting on September 26. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, a spokesman for California Rep. Duncan Hunter told the Los Angeles Times that Hunter had never suggested his opponent, Palestinian Mexican American Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a Muslim…
Republicans Are Deploying Staggeringly Racist Ads in Upstate New York
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Antonio Delgado, the Democratic nominee for Congress in New York’s 19th District, was raised in Schenectady—just outside the district he aims to represent—and currently resides in the town of Rhinebeck, a few hours north of New York City. Before that, he lived in suburban Montclair, New…
Rep. Duncan Hunter Suggests His Opponent Is Part of “Islamist” Plot to Infiltrate the Government
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting on Wednesday, September 26.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Speaking at a meeting of a Republican women’s club on Monday, Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, the recently-indicted incumbent who is running for reelection in…
Gun Control Groups Are Pouring Serious Money Into House Races
A screenshot from one of gun control group Giffords’ ads targeting Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.).Giffords PAC Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that ignited a national outcry for stricter gun laws, gun safety-aligned candidates and gun safety advocates have been hellbent on translating that outrage…