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Morning Digest, sponsored by Oath: Vulnerable Republican pleads with Trump to dial back hardline immigration policies

Salazar, whose parents fled Cuba following the rise of Fidel Castro, won reelection by a larger 60-40 margin that same year.
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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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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: 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: 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 ...
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Morning Digest: Two more Trump favorites struggle toward the finish line

Two more of Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates face difficult and unpredictable runoffs on Tuesday as a challenging primary season for MAGA’s master nears its end. Trump is backing Sen. Darline Graham ...
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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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100+ specials since Trump’s return show Democrats in good position to reclaim the House

The final legislative special election before November brought the cycle to a close in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, with Democrat Brandon Dukes flipping Pennsylvania’s 12th House District while ...