Democratic candidate for US Senate in Michigan
Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official on the left of the Democratic party, beat a moderate member of Congress to win the party’s nomination for US Senate in Michigan, in a race clouded by tens of millions in outside spending.
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Sayed → beat → spending
He is facing Republican former congressman Mike Rogers in one of the country’s most-watched races.
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He → face → races
Michigan is a swing state: while the Senate seat they are fighting for has been held by a Democrat for 12 years, the state narrowly backed Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
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state → fight → election
El-Sayed’s brand of tough talk and the simplicity of his campaign slogan (money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for All) have made him a progressive star – and a frequent punching bag on the right, where prominent figures led by the president have leaned into Islamophobia to criticize him.
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figures → make → him
She has been serving since 1997, and is now seeking a sixth term.
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She → serve → term
A moderate Republican, she is a dying breed in the current Maga-tinged Washington during Trump’s second presidency.
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she → die → presidency
Maine is a battleground state: Kamala Harris won the state by a clear margin over Trump in 2024.
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Harris → win → 2024
Now Collins, 73, is trying to hang on to her seat in a race that Democrats have targeted as a key to winning back control of the Senate.
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Democrats → try → Senate
She initially faced Graham Platner, a Democrat who dropped out of the race after facing rape allegations.
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who → face → allegations
Now, Troy Jackson – a former logger who served in the state legislature – is trying to topple the longtime senator.
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who → serve → senator
Kansans have not sent a Democrat to the US Senate since 1932.
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Kansans → send → 1932
But Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor, won a crowded primary and has made the race one to watch this year.
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race → win → primary
While Kansas typically leans right, voters in the state have shown frustration with Republican senator Roger Marshall over inaccessibility and his alignment with Trump, as they struggling to afford fuel and groceries, and grapple with sustained economic instability.
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they → lean → instability
Plus, Marshall, who practiced medicine for 25 years, was revealed to have sued hundreds of his patients for unpaid bills, resulting in the arrests of dozens of them.
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who → practice → them
Enter Hamilton, who frequently calls for bipartisan politics that put Kansans first, even if that means standing up to Trump.
Jon Ossoff
Democratic US senator from Georgia
Ossoff, the youngest US senator at 39, is seeking a second term in what should have been a tight race in Georgia, the southern swing state.
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what → enter → Georgia
Polls are suggesting it will not be a close-run thing.
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it → suggest → ?
have made his reelection seem all but inevitable – and given rise to near-constant murmurs that he’ll run for president in 2028, with regular comparisons to Barack Obama, in tone and in youthfulness.
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he → make → youthfulness
The pair rallied together in Georgia last week.
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pair → rally → Georgia
He has accused his opponent, Mike Collins, a Republican congressman, of being aligned with white supremacists – which Collins has vehemently denied.
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Collins → accuse → which
Could Texas finally flip – and could it be a theological Democrat – who does it?
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James Talarico, a 37-year-old state lawmaker, has been generating buzz – and raising record-breaking sums – in his run for the US Senate.
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Talarico → generate → Senate
Having fended off the firebrand Democratic congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary, he now faces the state’s beleaguered Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, in the general election.
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he → fend → election
With Trump’s backing, Paxton beat incumbent US senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary.
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Paxton → beat → primary
The nomination of Paxton – who has faced a host of fraud and misconduct scandals during his time in office – has prompted Republicans to drop tens of millions of dollars to defend a seat they typically win with a clear margin.
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they → face → margin
Talarico, dubbed “Talafreako” by Trump and his allies, has sought to win over independents and Republicans in the red state by appealing to their faith and speaking against corruption in politics.
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Talarico → dub → politics
Republican representative in Ohio
Ohio’s seventh congressional district wouldn’t ordinarily be competitive; Trump won the district by 11 points in 2024.
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Trump → win → 2024
But damaging allegations surrounding Max Miller, the embattled Republican incumbent, have given Democrats hope that they might flip the red seat.
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The 37-year-old Republican, who worked on Trump’s first presidential campaign, was elected to the seat in 2022.
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who → work → 2022
His ex-wife, Emily Moreno, who is the daughter of Republican US senator Bernie Moreno, has alleged Miller physically abused her and their daughter, which he denied.
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he → allege → which
Another of Miller’s ex-partners, former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham, has also accused Miller of physical abuse.
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He denied that allegation, too.
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The claims have featured heavily in ads against Miller in the district.
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Brian Poindexter, the Democratic challenger, is a union ironworker focused on addressing the cost of living.
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Poindexter → focus → living
Mary Peltola is one of the few prominent Democrats who were deemed to pose a potential threat to incumbent Republican Dan S Sullivan.
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who → deem → Sullivan
She entered the race hoping to capitalize on Alaska’s recent independent streak and broad anti-Trump feelings.
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She → enter → streak
But in the final stretch, she faced allegations of mistreating staff by using slurs and shoving one aide – which her campaign downplayed, attributing Peltola’s behavior to stress.
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campaign → face → stress
Her campaign also faced accusations of ballot stacking by recruiting another candidate named Dan J Sullivan to run in the state’s open primary.
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campaign → face → primary
The New York Times reported that Peltola’s staff worked with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to add another Dan Sullivan to the ballot, thereby drawing votes away from the Republican senator.
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staff → report → senator
Peltola has said she knew nothing of the plan.
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she → say → plan
Her campaign also denied recruiting candidates into the race.
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campaign → deny → race
…and 22 more, not listed.
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