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Insurance pro challenges Smith-Wade-El in 49th House District
Four years after his election to the Pennsylvania House, Lancaster Democrat Izzy Smith-Wade-El again faces a Republican challenger in Millersville Borough resident Vanessa Acosta.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes gave political aide no-bid government contract
Republican challenger Warren Petersen raised the no-bid contract during a Sept. 23 debate.
Hochul, Blakeman make tax relief pitches as election nears
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman are making competing cases on tax relief.
In tight WA House race, sparks fly over safety at challenger’s business
Questions about safety at Braun Northwest have become a flashpoint in a Southwest Washington district grappling with a deadly tank collapse at a Longview mill.
Hochul, Blakeman make tax relief pitches as election nears
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman are making competing cases on tax relief.
Pols & Politics: Minogue closing the gap in new poll, Healey still favored in general election
Gov. Maura Healey remains favored for reelection in November, but not as comfortably as in past surveys as the latest UNH Survey Center poll shows GOP challenger Mike Minogue is closing the gap.
AG Letitia James comments on Cornell gang rape case, her Republican challenger
James and Komatireddy will debate on Spectrum News 1 on Thursday, Oct. 8.
WATCH: Gov. Wes Moore, GOP challenger Dan Cox face off in Maryland governor’s debate
Gov. Wes Moore, a possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, is set to face a familiar GOP opponent, former state Del. Dan Cox, in a debate Tuesday, as he bids for a second term as Maryland’s chief executive.
'Oh, shut up!': Democrat snaps at Collins after heckler drives Maine Senate debate off the rails
A protester yelling about AI data centers sparked a fiery clash between Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson.
In one of the country's most competitive districts, a Democrat tries to keep her seat
In a highly competitive Washington congressional race, the incumbent Democrat has angered part of her party base and the Trump-backed Republican challenger faces backlash against the party in power.
Full Debate: Letitia James, Saritha Komatireddy go head-to-head in AG debate
Incumbent state Attorney General Letitia James and Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy debated in the Spectrum News NY1 newsroom.
Sexual misconduct allegations threaten to topple veteran LA Democrat
LA Democrat Jimmy Gomez is facing a strong socialist challenger.
Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)
The message I had received was unsettling—for a moment. Then it was just really confusing. Back on January 20 of this year, at 5:15pm ET, I received an email with the subject line “Legal Correspondence re Bobby Kotick.” It was from the law firm Clare Locke, a firm I’d heard had been emailing reporters in recent years about their coverage of Kotick, the former, longtime CEO of Activision Blizzard. The letter was threatening. A lawyer from the firm introduced themselves as “defamation counsel to Bobby Kotick.” They issued a “demand” that I “correct” a Game File article I’d published a week prior. The article that had irked them had been a scoop of sorts. I’d written about a a 2022 lawsuit brought by a Swedish pension fund, AP7, over Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. The suit wasn’t news, but I was first to review and report about Kotick’s extensive pushback to the fund’s claims. The pension fund’s core contention was that the sale had been rushed by Kotick to avoid the consequences of sexual misconduct scandals swirling around the company in 2021. (He’d not been accused of misconduct himself in those suits, to be clear.) As I wrote at the time, Kotick had denied the allegations of the rushed sale. Beyond that, Kotick used a December 2025 reply to the Swedish fund’s lawsuit to assign blame for those workplace scandals, the bad press and even for the AP7 lawsuit. I’d found Kotick’s arguments novel and newsworthy. Across nearly 3,000 words, I explained Kotick’s take: that a Swedish gaming company was behind the Swedish fund’s lawsuit (the Embracer group; they denied it); that the Microsoft-Activision deal was not rushed and was secured at what Kotick felt history had proven to be an optimal price for shareholders; that he believed a conspiracy of people at unions government agencies, PR firms and the media had spun up claims of widespread workplace misconduct at Activision Blizzard in 2021. The article gave context for all of this, letting readers assess the claims and weigh their credibility. As I’d later write to Kotick’s lawyers: I would be surprised if you could point to any news article about Bobby Kotick in the last five years that has spent more of its wordcount articulating his point of view. He is welcome to do an interview with Game File any time. Nonetheless, there they were in my inbox that Tuesday evening: Clare Locke, the law firm that secured a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News over false statements about voting machines. They were emailing me, threatening that failure to comply with their demand could support a claim of “actual malice,” a legal standard for libel. Unless… Unless, they said, I added a key paragraph to my article. This was a paragraph that I already knew Kotick’s lawyers had been emailing reporters about for at least a year, and it was a paragraph that was already in my article. The paragraph they wanted is from a 2023 settlement that California’s Civil Rights Department struck with Activision Blizzard. The settlement had closed a two-year-old lawsuit over alleged sexual discrimination at the game maker. The paragraph basically said that claims of systemic or widespread sexual harassment—or of execs like Kotick tolerating such behavior—had never been proven. I’d already seen proof that Kotick’s lawyers had pushed for the settlement’s language to be added to reports about 2021 sexual discrimination and misconduct lawsuits brought against Activision Blizzard by California and, separately, by the U.S. federal government (both suits were since settled). I knew that Kotick and his lawyers felt that the California settlement language should be mentioned in the same breath as references to an article he hated and denied, a November 2021 Wall Street Journal article claiming Kotick knew “for years” of sexual misconduct at Activision Blizzard. So, in the Game File article that Clare Locke emailed me about, in the interest of ensuring I was being fair and balanced regarding the person I was covering, I had already included the following excerpt from the California settlement [emphasis added in bold]: (Kotick has repeatedly pushed back against that November article in the Wall Street Journal, citing among other things, language from a court-approved consent decree as part of Activision’s 2023 $54 million settlement over the California suit. It states: “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated any allegations that: there has been systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard [or] that Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned, or tolerated a culture of systemic harassment, retaliation, or discrimination.”) On the evening of January 20, I was incredulous. How do you write a four page legal threat about a week-old article and miss this? While scrambling to also make my kids dinner, I wrote a lengthy reply to Clare Locke’s lawyers, basically asking them to cool it with the threats and to start making sense. In part, I wrote: I hope you can understand why I am having trouble understanding what you’re asking for, when the statement you’re demanding to see in Game File’s article already appears in Game File’s article. Actual malice, as you know, refers to a reckless disregard for the truth. I’m not sure what your argument is when my article already states your client’s position. Here is where I should remind you, the reader, that I am an independent journalist. I publish on Substack, and have availed myself of the Substack Defender program that provides writers on the platform with legal support. But I’m no Wall Street Journal or New York Times, nor even IGN or GameSpot when it comes to such things as, well, having a legal department. There are more fun things for me to do as an independent journalist than writing back to a powerful law firm representing a very rich person. On the evening of January 20th, I was just trying to cook some pasta, broccoli and chicken nuggets for hungry twins. Nevertheless, I wrote back to them. Two hours later, I got a reply. Summarizing: A lawyer for Clare Locke said they’d “reviewed an incomplete version” of my article and they “apologize for the confusion.” (My guess: Someone didn’t read past the piece’s paywall, even though they’d had a full week to scrounge up the funds to do so. What I’d published above the paywall was balanced, as was what came after.)1 That was almost that, but something about the situation bothered me. The letter had been marked “confidential.” I hadn’t agreed to that, and I disliked the idea that powerful people on the beat that I cover would act like they could unilaterally control what I might tell my readers about. On the morning of the 21st, having already gotten the powerful law firm to back off, I oh-so-wisely re-approached them with just one more thing. I thanked them for clearing things up the night before but noted that I’d never agreed to keep their letter confidential. I’m all for agreeing with a source to keep things off the record, but that’s the thing. We have to agree. You can’t just declare it. I’m not bound by that. I wrote to Clare Locke’s lawyer and said, in part: I trust the matter is resolved. It was disappointing to have to spend less time with my kids last night in order to address your legal letter. Family time’s precious. I will add, for clarity’s sake, that, while your letter stipulated that it was confidential, I did not agree to those terms. In the future, should you wish to communicate with me confidentially, I am happy to agree to classifying our communication as “off the record” prior to the actual communication—as is standard with any professional journalist. The firm’s lawyer replied, not directly addressing the confidentiality issue but asserting that the matter was resolved. Why I didn’t write about this until now In May, I told this story on an episode of Simon Parkin’s podcast My Perfect Console, but I held off on sharing it directly with Game File readers. I held off to avoid stepping on the toes of another reporter, the journalist Mikhail Klimentov. He’d interviewed me in the spring of 2025 about an investigation he was working on regarding Bobby Kotick lawyers pressing the media to add the California settlement language to stories referencing the 2021 lawsuits. And about how some outlets had changed their stories and how some simply deleted them. Initially, I was a third-party source for Klimentov’s reporting, providing on-the-record context about the state of the games media. I’d heard about the letters but hadn’t put the time into pursuing the story. I thought it was interesting, and I was glad he was covering it. When the outlet that Klimentov was going to run his reporting in dropped the story, I began talking to him about potentially publishing his reporting on Game File. This was tentative. Then, in January, when I got my own Clare Locke letter, I told Klimentov that I didn’t think it would make sense for me to publish him, not with me now being part of the story. I had my own version of this situation to tell. But I wished him well and said I’d refrain from telling my tale until he could get his reporting out there. Last Friday, Klimentov finally ran his investigation, in a nearly 48-minute video report for People Make Games. It covers various Clare Locke letters, how media outlets reacted to them and what to make of all this. His video weighs the merits of Kotick’s request and looks at some of the articles that were changed (one of which had a glaring error). I highly recommend watching it: (Note, I did some editorial consulting for a People Make Games video last year but nothing to do with this report.) While many outlets haven’t left any public evidence that they updated their Kotick coverage at Kotick’s counsel’s request, at least one has. Back in October 2025, the mainstream outlet Reuters applied the most transparent article update I’ve seen. On the 3rd of the month, they published an article about the state of the Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit. Days later, they added this: In an October 7 letter sent after publication of this article, Kotick’s defamation counsel disputed claims of widespread harassment at Activision. “Not a single investigation, court finding, verdict, or ruling ever concluded that there was any merit” to the allegations of widespread harassment at Activision, Tom Clare and Nick Brechbill of Clare Locke wrote. I’ve never added a statement to my article on Game File, because none was needed. Not for fairness’ sake, nor to meet any demands of Kotick’s lawyers. I’ve nevertheless wanted to be transparent with Game File readers. If someone powerful is questioning my reporting, is threatening a lawsuit over it… if that threat is part of a pattern involving other games media outlets and if, in my case, the whole thing ran into a ridiculous ditch, I want you to know about it. I also share this as a real example of how I handle threats to Game File. I stand up for my own reporting, even when it’s not comfortable to do so. (In that same category of standing up for the work I do, I’ll point to an incident in late August. Asocial media post I published to X/Twitter regarding reporting I did about Take Two and GTA VI was hit by bogus copyright claim by a firm working for the publisher. I pushed back and got it reversed; even while a bigger games media outlet let themselves be censored. This is the other reason I’m sharing this story: To emphasize that dealing with threats from powerful people is one of the costs of covering the video game industry independently and as fearlessly as possible. This is where you come in. Your support, through free and paid subscriptions (sign up here!), can help me keep doing that. It can ensure that I’ve got the back-up I need. And it can help make fiascoes like this even less of a worry, so I can spend my evenings dealing with more important things, such as making sure I steam the kids’ broccoli just right. 1 That pension fund lawsuit I wrote about in January has all but gone away. In May, the fund and Activision Blizzard owner Microsoft agreed to settle. Lawyers for the fund brokered a $250 million settlement for former Activision Blizzard shareholders. In the settlement, the fund’s lawyers changed their rhetoric. Where once they’d questioned the meaning of the California settlement language, they adopted a version of it for themselves. Several weeks ago, while seeking to get a court to sign off on the terms of the settlement, they proposed their fee for their work in the case: $60 million.
Rep. Button has beat back tough challengers before. Will she do it again?
Lone Star Politics sits down with State Representative Angie Chen Button to talk about the upcoming election for District 112.
Candidates for governor tour New Hampshire businesses
It was all business on the campaign trail in the race for governor on Thursday as Gov. Kelly Ayotte picked up a key endorsement and Democratic challenger Cinde Warmington toured a lumberyard in the North Country.
Politics Unplugged Podcast: The governor’s race with Stacey Barchenger
Arizona Republic reporter Stacey Barchenger returns to look at the governor’s race and another Hobbs investigation from legislative Republicans. Arizona’s race for governor is entering a volatile final stretch, with Gov. Katie Hobbs holding a major advertising advantage over Republican challenger Andy Biggs. The Politics Unplugged podcast breaks down the campaign cash gap, the increasingly negative messaging and the fight for voters before early ballots go out.
Will Republicans help this underdog liberal unseat a longtime Democratic congressman?
As young progressive Democrats across the country successfully unseat older incumbents, one California Democratic challenger is courting Republicans instead
Collins, Jackson spar over energy costs, health care in third Maine Senate debate
Hosted by WABI and WAGM, the incumbent Republican and her Democratic challenger went head-to-head on affordability, energy, health care and tariffs.
Abortion and Trump spotlighted in Maine Senate debate
GOP Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, sparred over President Donald Trump and abortion rights in their first debate Tuesday night in Maine’s all-important Senate race with control of the chamber at stake.
PGA Tour Finalizes Promotion, Relegation Model For 2028
The PGA Tour has finalized eligibility for its 2028 Championship and Challenger Series, creating promotion, relegation and a new last-chance route.
Tariff challengers take Trump back to court: ‘Rinse and repeat’
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Race for Tarrant County Judge
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AB Jets Reports Clean Bill of Health in Argus Audit
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Hochul, Blakeman make tax relief pitches as election nears
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman are making competing cases on tax relief.
State comptroller candidates set to square off on NY1
Democratic incumbent Tom DiNapoli and Republican challenger Joseph Hernandez will meet in a televised debate Thursday at 7 p.m.
House District 15 candidates answer questions from residents
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Antonelli's Mercedes contract blocks two-wheel plan with Valentino Rossi
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GOP challenger gets within single digits of blue-state gov despite Dem's massive advantage
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Battle over progressive politics pits blue vs blue in this Seattle legislative district
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Pete Buttigieg rallies with Mike Lawler challenger in competitive House race
Cait Conley attacked Mike Lawler over his ties to President Trump.
It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers
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Lt. gov. candidates largely agree on politics, clash personally
Lt. Gov. John Rodgers and challenger Molly Gray met Tuesday for a tense debate hosted by Vermont Public.
Candidates for Austin City Council District 9 discuss affordability, public safety and homelessness
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Brandon Johnson launches re-election bid — this time as the unpopular incumbent
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Lee Health: Understanding our community’s health needs
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Oakridge mayor faces challenge from political newcomer who wants to rebuild
Mayor Bryan Cutchen says Oakridge is headed in the right direction and wants a second term to fix the ambulance deficit and failing pipes. Challenger Shawn Goddard, a first-time candidate, says the town needs a one-time, multimillion-dollar rebuild and a mayor who is a constant presence.
Housing, Iran, and public lands divide 4th Congressional District candidates
Republican Incumbent Mike Kennedy and Democratic challenger Jonny Larsen consistently offered competing stances on the role of the federal government in Utah's future.
Full Debate: Letitia James, Saritha Komatireddy go head-to-head in AG debate
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Lamont, Fazio make pitches to Connecticut business leaders as Election Day nears
With just over five weeks until Election Day, Gov. Ned Lamont and Republican challenger Ryan Fazio make their case to Connecticut business leaders. Plus, the sentencing of former state official Kosta Diamantis, more departures from Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) and bipartisan calls to suspend Connecticut's gas and diesel taxes.
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall in debate blames Ukraine war, not Iran war, for high diesel prices
The answer, delivered during a debate with Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton, aligned Marshall with President Donald Trump's freshly antagonistic posture toward Ukraine, which has spent more than four years defending itself against an invasion.
The Senate Race Republicans Never Expected to Sweat
With Trump’s help, Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall scrambles to fend off a surprisingly strong Democratic challenger.
Chicago Mayor Johnson defends business record amid criticism from challenger
Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his record on economic development and business relations Thursday, rejecting criticism that he is anti-business while speaking before a group of Black business owners.
Comptoller DiNapoli fends off attacks from challenger Hernandez in NY1 debate
Republican challenger Joseph Hernandez assailed incumbent Tom DiNapoli's record and ethics.
Fish, Oil and Corruption: 6 Takeaways From Alaska’s Senate Debate
The Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, veered from serious discussion of high prices and economic challenges to blistering personal attacks.
Poll: Cotton takes lead over Shoffner
A new Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College Poll released Thursday (Oct. 15) shows incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton with a nine-point lead over his Democratic challenger, Hallie Shoffner. The...
Relatives of Epstein victim appear in attack ad targeting Jeff Crank
Relatives of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein‘s most prominent victims, accuse U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in a TV ad released Monday by his Democratic challenger of refusing to meet with them last year when they sought his assistance to force a vote to release federal files related to the convicted sex offender. Sky and […]
CT Gov. Lamont, Fazio clash over health care as TV ads increase in final 50 days
With healthcare costs rising, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Republican challenger Ryan Fazio are clashing over how to solve the problem. Lamont unveiled a new television commercial this week that criticizes Fazio for failing to support…
There's a debate over debates in Mass. politics this election season
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In heated Georgia Senate debate, Jon Ossoff says he won’t run for president in 2028
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6 Old-School Pony Cars That Aren't The Ford Mustang
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Takeaways: Trump and abortion rights take center stage in first Maine Senate debate
GOP Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, sparred over President Donald Trump and abortion rights in their first debate Tuesday night in Maine’s all-important Senate race with control of the chamber at stake.
Mike Johnson, Bernie Sanders to campaign in Central Valley for 22nd District race
The dueling visits come as Rep. David Valadao and challenger Randy Villegas face off in one of the country’s most competitive congressional races.
Perriello lays out health care platform as 5th District race heats up
With the race for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District heating up, challenger Tom Perriello brought his health care message to Lynchburg on Monday.
Pro-Israel Providence Mayor Brett Smiley loses to progressive challenger
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Moore, Crosby spar over economy and growth at Congressional District 2 debate
Rep. Blake Moore and Democratic challenger Peter Crosby discussed where they stand on Utah's economy, tariffs, and housing affordability during Congressional District 2 debate
‘This is disgusting’: Nebraska’s independent Senate candidate rips dark money in politics
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Poll: Ashley Moody 45%, Angie Nixon 45%, and Florida now has two toss-ups at the top of the ticket
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LG candidates split on working with Trump as ICE, affordability dominate
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Pa.’s only governor debate spotlights voter ID, gas prices, health care and Donald Trump
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In one of the countrys most competitive districts, a Democrat tries to keep her seat
In a highly competitive Washington congressional race, the incumbent Democrat has angered part of her party base and the Trump-backed Republican challenger faces backlash against the party in power.
In Texas governor’s race, Abbott spends big to try to stay in office
Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa has ramped up her fundraising.
2026 NBAA Top Safety Focus Areas
The NBAA Safety Committee has identified the association’s Top Safety Focus Areas for 2026, highlighting multiple priorities in support of a greater commitment to business aviation safety standards.
Pochettino regrets lack of 'sporting justice' for his ex-Tottenham team amid Man City charges saga
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Hochul, Blakeman talk debate performance after clash on Spectrum News
Just hours earlier on Tuesday evening, Hochul was in a fierce debate on Spectrum News with her Republican challenger.
State House District 15 candidates answer questions for residents
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — At a time when Maine residents are facing inflation, high heating costs, and rising property taxes, incumbent Holly Eaton and challenger Clifford Noyes aim to help residents
‘Data senator’ ad prompts Frank Farry to send a cease-and-desist letter to his Democratic challenger in Bucks County
An attorney representing state Sen. Frank Farry (R., Bucks) called on Democrat Eileen Hartnett Albillar's campaign to retract the "data senator" advertisement.
In Ohio, a Humbling Question For Senator Jon Husted: Are You the Incumbent?
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Top Republican super PAC pledges $5 million for South Carolina Senate race
The Senate Leadership Fund’s commitment comes amid a tight contest between GOP Sen. Darline Graham and Democratic challenger Annie Andrews.
Expert score prediction: Nebraska vs. North Dakota
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Enflame Technology soars after IPO as China backs Nvidia challengers
Tencent-backed Enflame is riding China's AI chip boom as US export curbs accelerate Beijing's semiconductor ambitions.
Does Brian Fitzpatrick’s challenger, Bob Harvie, have ‘FBI files’ to release? Pa. legal experts say it’s unlikely.
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick's campaign has repeatedly called his Democratic challenger the "subject" of an FBI investigation in attack ads. Here's what to know.
Politics Unplugged Podcast: The governor’s race with Stacey Barchenger
Arizona Republic reporter Stacey Barchenger returns to look at the governor’s race and another Hobbs investigation from legislative Republicans. Arizona’s race for governor is entering a volatile final stretch, with Gov. Katie Hobbs holding a major advertising advantage over Republican challenger Andy Biggs. The Politics Unplugged podcast breaks down the campaign cash gap, the increasingly negative messaging and the fight for voters before early ballots go out.
Candidates for Congressional District 2 talk political parties, affordability
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Conservative business group’s multi-PAC strategy flops as General Assembly incumbents prevail
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WATCH LIVE: Graham set to debate Senate challengers Andrews, Whitener in South Carolina
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Full Debate: DiNapoli, Hernandez face off in debate
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Poll: Cotton takes lead over Shoffner
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Lt. gov. candidates largely agree on politics, clash personally
Lt. Gov. John Rodgers and challenger Molly Gray met Tuesday for a tense debate hosted by Vermont Public.
Mamdani plans to campaign with Hochul ahead of Election Day
Hochul is facing Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman.
Max Miller’s challenger launches attack ad based on domestic violence allegations
Democrat Brian Poindexter said that accusations against the Ohio Republican have become “a very prominent topic” in the race.
WATCH LIVE: Rep. Begich faces challenger Hill in a debate for Alaska’s at-large House seat
In tight WA House race, sparks fly over safety at challenger’s business
Questions about safety at Braun Northwest have become a flashpoint in a Southwest Washington district grappling with a deadly tank collapse at a Longview mill.
Here's What Shapiro's Huge Edge Over Garrity In National Campaign Contributions Looks Like
by Charlie Wolfson, Pittsburgh's Public SourceSeptember 14, 2026 Pittsburgh's Public Source is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign up for our free newsletters. Gov. Josh Shapiro is barrelling toward Election Day Nov. 3 with an overwhelming financial advantage over his challenger, state Treasurer Stacy Garrity. Shapiro, a…
Criminal allegations fly in OH-07 race
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Debate an even matchup says University of Maine Political Science Chair
The University of Maine’s Political Science Chair, Mark Brewer, thinks both candidates fared well in Tuesday’s US Senate debate, but the even match-up might be a win for the challenger.
Could Texas Elect a Democratic Governor for the First Time in More Than 30 Years? Polls Show a Tight Race
Republicans have led the state for more than 30 years. But Gov. Greg Abbott appears to be facing an unusually competitive bid from his Democratic challenger.
Debate an even matchup says University of Maine Political Science Chair
The University of Maine’s Political Science Chair, Mark Brewer, thinks both candidates fared well in Tuesday’s US Senate debate, but the even match-up might be a win for the challenger.
Politics Unplugged Podcast: The governor’s race with Stacey Barchenger
Arizona Republic reporter Stacey Barchenger returns to look at the governor’s race and another Hobbs investigation from legislative Republicans. Arizona’s race for governor is entering a volatile final stretch, with Gov. Katie Hobbs holding a major advertising advantage over Republican challenger Andy Biggs. The Politics Unplugged podcast breaks down the campaign cash gap, the increasingly negative messaging and the fight for voters before early ballots go out.
Primary Season Is Over. What Comes Next?
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Smucker, Mannion to go head to head in debate this Friday
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Dems take the lead in fundraising this quarter in Oregon’s congressional swing districts
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What Dueling Visits by Ocasio-Cortez and Manchin Say About Maine’s Senate Race
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As Va. voters continue early voting, Warner, Mizusawa highlight differences in forum
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Iowa attorney general candidates lay out goals for safety, taking on big corporations
Nate Willems is the Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent Brenna Bird.
Ojeda wants to end Iran War, improve economy and affordable healthcare
Richard Ojeda chats about the campaign trail, the war in Iran and much more as the challenger gets ready for the final sprint to election day.
Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief
U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed more than tripled the fundraising haul of his Republican challenger, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake), for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat. Online records show El-Sayed raised $30,659,157 in the reporting period from July 16 to Sept. 30, while Rogers brought in $9,662,538. Despite that, Rogers’ campaign maintains a nearly […]
Full Debate: Letitia James, Saritha Komatireddy go head-to-head in AG debate
Incumbent state Attorney General Letitia James and Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy debated in the Spectrum News NY1 newsroom.
Abbott ramps up attacks on Democratic challenger, Gina Hinojosa, as Texas governor’s race tightens
Gov. Greg Abbott is escalating attacks on Gina Hinojosa as some polls show a closer race and Republicans confront voter concerns about the economy.