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Morning Digest, sponsored by Oath: Why the Indiana GOP is sweating the race for secretary of state

“It’s disappointing that Max Engling is using the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to attack a veteran for voting in his home state while he was serving our country,” Terre Haute Mayor Brandon Sakbun, who ...
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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 ...
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The GOP cuts its first House candidate loose

On this week’s episode of The Downballot podcast, co-hosts David Nir and David Beard explain why the decision by GOP power ...
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Morning Digest, sponsored by NDTC: After keeping the GOP waiting all year, MAGA Inc. is finally helping out

A new group called No Going Back PAC, which just booked at least $49 million in ad time to boost Republicans across six Senate races and help GOP Rep. Scott Perry in Pennsylvania’s 10th District, is ...
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Morning Digest: Massachusetts could adopt a top-two primary. Democrats are warning of disaster.

Massachusetts just held its party primaries using the same rules familiar to most American voters, but a fall ballot measure would bring the top-two system to the Bay State. The approval of this plan, ...
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Morning Digest: Florida Democrats aim to put another GOP district in play

Businessman Hector Mujica announced Thursday that he would challenge Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez in Florida’s 28th Congressional District, a Miami-area constituency Democrats hope to put in play if ...
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Why Democrats want this scandal-plagued Republican to survive his primary

One of the biggest primary weeks of 2026 continues on Thursday—yes, Thursday—when Tennessee holds nominating contests for posts up and down the ballot. The main event is the Republican primary for the ...
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Morning Digest: In ominous sign for GOP, Republicans triage their first House race

Republicans triaged their first House race of 2026 just before Labor Day—a worrying sign for the party’s hopes of holding the chamber, not least because it’s decided to narrow the playing field much ...
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Morning Digest: It's independent vs. Republican in Idaho after Democrat drops out

Democrat David Roth announced Tuesday evening that he was ending his campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Jim Risch in Idaho, a move that gives independent Todd Achilles the chance to consolidate ...
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Morning Digest: The GOP’s biggest game of chicken ends with both sides chickening out

The GOP’s biggest game of chicken just ended with both sides chickening out. AdImpact reports that an affiliate of the Senate Leadership Fund is spending more than $50 million on its opening ad ...
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Morning Digest: Wild deadline maneuvers cause major upheaval in Alaska's marquee races

Alaska’s marquee elections saw major gyrations just ahead of Monday night’s deadline for candidates to withdraw, as some contenders quit to give their party a better chance in November while others ...