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Blue Wave in Texas? Not So Fast.

James Durbin/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, followers of America’s most-polled Senate race got a new toy to play with: A Quinnipiac survey gave Republican Sen. Ted Cruz a nine-point lead, the biggest margin anyone’s found for months. Then, on Wednesday morning, a new poll. This one, from…

In Kansas Governor’s Race, Key Republicans Are Backing the Democrat Over Kris Kobach

Kris Kobach (right) debates independent Greg Orman and Democratic Sen. Laura Kelly at the Kansas State Fair earlier this month.Jesse Brothers/The Hutchinson News via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former Republican Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum, who served from 1978 to 1997, endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Laura Kelly over Republican…

Mississippi Senate Candidate to African Americans: Stop “Begging for Federal Government Scraps”

Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a live TV appearance on Friday, Mississippi Republican Senate candidate Chris McDaniel said the state’s African Americans should stop “begging for federal government scraps.” McDaniel made the remarks during a live recording of MSNBC’s Morning Joe at Ole Miss. Interview panelist Eddie Glaude Jr., a Mississippi native and chairman of African…