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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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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: 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 ...