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El-Sayed’s Campaign Doesn’t Want Haley Stevens at His Events

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Tim Balk and Reid J. Epstein
Tensions have flared between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, and his former primary rival. “I don’t want any distractions,” Dr. El-Sayed said Saturday.

© Nic Antaya for The New York Times; Bill Pugliano / AFP via Getty Images

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‘Poop Water’ Churns a Local Election in Parched Arizona

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Reis Thebault and Rebecca Noble
City Council candidates in ritzy Scottsdale disagree on whether recycling wastewater into drinking water is smart policy or a dangerous remedy.

In recent months, Scottsdale’s wastewater recycling program has been in a bitter political dispute, and its fate could hinge on the outcome of the city’s elections on Tuesday.
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Democrats File Suit Over Closed Polling Places in Rural Alaska

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Anna Griffin
Voting sites in 18 far-flung communities failed to open, the suit claims.

© Lindsey Wasson/Associated Press

Voters cast their ballots at an early voting location in Anchorage on Friday. Democrats filed a lawsuit accusing election officials of failing to operate 18 rural polling locations.
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Why Haley Stevens Can’t Stop Talking About Abdul El-Sayed

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Reid J. Epstein
In a frank interview, she described her disappointment and also said she was considering converting to Judaism. Her fiancé had thoughts, too.

© Nic Antaya for The New York Times

Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after he defeated her in a Democratic Senate primary in August. In recent weeks, though, her tone has shifted.
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Talarico Makes Final Election Pitch to Texans: ‘You Are My Slingshot’

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Robert Draper
The Democratic candidate for Senate has led in polls. But because it’s Texas, he remains the underdog.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

James Talarico campaigning in Dallas on Thursday. Mr. Talarico’s race against Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, may well decide which party controls the Senate.
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Pete Ricketts Leads Dan Osborn in Nebraska Senate Race, Poll Finds

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Ruth Igielnik and Emily Davies
Voters see Dan Osborn, the independent seeking to unseat Senator Pete Ricketts, as more like a Democrat than an independent, a Times/Siena poll found.

© Jillian Vordick/The New York Times

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Trump and GOP Close Midterms With Ugly Personal Attacks

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Von: Tim Balk and Sam Easter
Facing backlash over inflation and anger with the president, Republicans have turned to an onslaught of baseless claims about Democratic candidates.

© Alex Kent/The New York Times

President Trump has repeatedly redrawn the bounds of acceptable discourse in American politics. Many Republicans are following his lead.
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As Midterms Near, Top Law Firms That Capitulated to Trump Are on the Sidelines

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Von: Michael S. Schmidt and Jim Rutenberg
None of the firms that struck deals to avoid crippling executive orders are publicly involved in the major legal efforts to check the Trump administration’s attempts to meddle in the midterm elections, a review by The New York Times shows.

© Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press

The lawyer Norm Eisen is preparing to lead a coalition that has vowed to stop President Trump if he tries to interfere in the midterm elections.
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Voters Usually Ignore Corruption as an Issue. It Now Has Their Attention.

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Von: David Ovalle and Emily Cochrane
Voters have shrugged off accusations of corruption for years, believing all politicians are corrupt, but thanks to President Trump’s unpopularity and growing wealth, the issue is breaking through.

© Ash Adams for The New York Times

Some recent polls have shown corruption has risen to the top of issues that voters say they care about most.
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Democrats Need Big Margins in Houston. Can This Progressive Deliver?

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: J. David Goodman
Dr. Letitia Plummer has been polling ahead in the race to lead Harris County, where turnout could decide statewide races.

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If elected, Dr. Letitia Plummer would be the state’s highest-ranking Muslim woman in office.
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Justice Dept. Confirms Alaska Inquiry Even as Its Focus Remains Unclear

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Von: Anna Griffin and Glenn Thrush
Democrats and former officials have accused the department of pursuing a political goal in the guise of a legal one: to publicize a scheme, sordid but not illegal under state law, damaging to Democrats.

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Michael J. Heyman, the U.S. attorney for Alaska, spoke to the media during a news conference Friday in Anchorage.
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Why Running for the U.S. Senate Is a Rich Person’s Game

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Von: Jess Bidgood
Your Senate candidates are probably richer than you.

© Pool photo by Jacquelyn Martin

Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska is worth more than $100 million.
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El-Sayed Clashes With Former Primary Rival Who Demanded His Apology

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Tim Balk
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens traded sharply critical comments Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in Michigan’s pivotal Senate race.

© Nic Antaya for The New York Times

Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan has agreed to campaign with her former Senate primary opponent Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
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Democrats, Hopeful All Over the Senate Map, Remain Jittery About Iowa

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Von: Bayliss Wagner
In the final days of the race, Josh Turek, the Democratic Senate nominee, appears to be in a dead heat against his Republican rival, Representative Ashley Hinson.

© KC McGinnis for The New York Times

Josh Turek, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Iowa, is a state representative and former Paralympian who has spent much of this year introducing himself to the state’s voters.
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Steve Hilton Tries Anything as a G.O.P. Long Shot in California

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Laurel Rosenhall
Steve Hilton is attempting to become governor in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican to the top job in 20 years.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Offering $3-a-gallon gas was both a way for Mr. Hilton to attract voters and a manifestation of one of his many policy proposals.
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Pope Leo Votes by Mail, From the Vatican, in Illinois Midterm Election

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Julie Bosman and Elisabetta Povoledo
Pope Leo may be the first pope to vote in a national election, Vatican experts said.

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Pope Leo XIV requested a mail-in ballot for the midterm elections from his home state of Illinois.
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