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Morning Digest: Why Democrats think this is the year they can beat Kris Kobach—again

Kobach, who held a high-level position in the U.S. Justice Department during the early years of George W. Bush’s presidency, ...
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Why the GOP's spending advantage is nowhere near as big as it looks

In many cases, the GOP’s cavalry has also been late to arrive. Organizations that book ad time early can obtain lower prices, because demand for airtime inevitably increases as an election draws ...
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How voters across the country can block MAGA judges from joining state supreme courts

At a time when Donald Trump and the MAGA movement seek to undermine fair elections, civil rights, and the rule of law—and ...
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Morning Digest: New spending shows Senate battlefield expanding into the Deep South

An unnamed GOP source described the move as an “insurance policy” to help the new senator, the sister and successor to the ...
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Morning Digest: The GOP is pouring millions into a Long Island race. Democrats seem unbothered.

County Executive Bruce Blakeman won reelection by a wide 56-44 margin last November as fellow Republicans across the country suffered severe losses. The rest of the GOP ticket also convincingly turned ...
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Morning Digest: Missouri's top court blocks new GOP gerrymander by reinstating referendum

Democracy advocates won two major legal victories on Thursday evening when the Missouri Supreme Court reinstated a pair of ballot measures for the November midterms, one seeking to repeal the state’s ...
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Morning Digest: Republicans abandon North Carolina—and race to rescue Kansas

Those funds will come at the expense of North Carolina Republican Michael Whatley, whom SLF has now abandoned altogether as ...
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Morning Digest: GOP billionaires flood Wisconsin with cash, but Democrats are leading

A trio of conservative billionaires is spending like wild to stop Wisconsin Democrats from winning complete control of state government, but the latest survey from the state’s top pollster shows ...
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Voters can stop MAGA from running elections in more than a dozen states

As Donald Trump once again seeks to subvert America’s elections, voters in three dozen states will have the opportunity next ...
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The Senate battlefield is exploding

On this week’s episode of The Downballot podcast, co-hosts David Nir and David Beard examine the fallout from the GOP’s ...
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Massive primary turnout points to biggest year for Democrats since Watergate

Throughout this year’s just-concluded primary season, there’s been one consistent storyline: Democratic primaries have seen much higher turnout than their Republican counterparts. But does this ...
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Morning Digest, sponsored by Oath: We've got the lowdown on all of California's Democrat vs. Democrat contests

Allies of Rep. Doris Matsui have launched new attacks against Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang ahead of the general election for California’s 7th District, one of five competitive congressional ...