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We are currently tracking 15 recent articles from Politico, published over the past 5 days. Recurring themes in its latest headlines include Republican, Senate, Texa, Sullivan, and Trump.
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Recent Articles (15)
Democrats’ Tejano star sings to swing South Texas
Bobby Pulido is trying to flip a district that’s slipped from Democrats. The Tejano singer might be the answer to winning culturally conservative Latino voters.
Can Scott Colom win Mississippi Senate? Warnock is making a big bet on it.
Warnock is testing a “new kind of Southern strategy” for the Democratic Party.
‘Is this like a hit piece or what?': Dan Sullivan's MAGA balancing act
The senator in an interview with POLITICO declined to put distance between himself and President Donald Trump.
Not all Republicans want to show Trump off
GOP candidates are avoiding talking about Trump in their ads, including in deep-red districts where they used to feature him. Some don’t even want to join him at events.
A sleeper Senate battleground has turned into a real Republican liability
The newest addition to the Senate map is giving Republicans headaches.
Haley Stevens is everywhere — except on the trail for El-Sayed
The former Senate candidate has endorsed her former primary foe — but is not pushing hard for former backers to do the same.
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th
Senate Republicans are getting smoked in fundraising
James Talarico alone outraised ten of the top GOP Senate candidates combined over the past three months
Inside the democratic socialists’ plan to shake up Congress
Trump lashes out at Republicans as Ken Paxton struggles in Texas
The president singled out Karl Rove and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn as his endorsed candidate appears to be in a tight race with James Talarico.
Mitch Daniels rebukes JD Vance over free-market retreat
Daniels said the Republican Party’s evolution under Trump could create an opening for a party to champion economic freedom.
2 women accuse Matt Gaetz of sex trafficking in new lawsuit
Gaetz said he would vigorously contest the allegations in the lawsuit.
‘I think Alaska’s turning blue’: Republicans fret Sullivan’s path to reelection
Alaska strategists and voters acknowledge GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan is facing a difficult road, despite Trump’s support and the outside money pouring in.
House control all but gone, top Republicans privately concede
Republican groups are trying to limit their losses. But few in the party believe they have a good shot at keeping control of Congress.
Sen. Jon Ossoff: ‘I’m not running for president’
The Georgia senator committed to serving out a full six-year term should he win in November — his most forceful rejection of 2028 rumors yet.