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Morning Digest, sponsored by Oath: Republicans steer cash to Nebraska's Senate race
Dan Osborn (right), independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska. (Credit: Dan Osborn X)
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NE-Sen
A well-connected Republican group has begun spending millions to stop Dan Osborn, the independent candidate seeking...
How the USPS’ mail ballot gambit got smacked down
Donald Trump just tried to interfere with the midterms in a very baroque way—and swiftly got smacked down by the courts. But what exactly was he trying to do, and how was he trying to do it?
On this week’s episode of The Downballot podcast...
Morning Digest, sponsored by Oath: Why the Indiana GOP is sweating the race for secretary of state
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Indiana Republicans are taking aim at former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, an ex-Republican running for secretary of state as a third-party candidate—an offensive that...
Morning Digest: Why Mississippi's Senate race won't go to a runoff—no matter what
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi (center). (Credit: Cindy Hyde-Smith Facebook)
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Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, Mississippi will not host a runoff in its race for the U.S. Senate thi...
Morning Digest: The GOP’s biggest game of chicken ends with both sides chickening out
Ken Paxton (right), Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas. (Credit: Ken Paxton Facebook)
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The GOP’s biggest game of chicken just ended with both sides chickening out.
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