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🔮 One of the defining questions of the 2026 midterm elections is whether voters will still cross party lines in prominent statewide races or whether polarization has made straight-ticket voting the default. assertive
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He also thinks he can win in November.
That may sound like a long shot in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by millions of voters and no Republican has won the governor’s mansion since 2006. assertive
🔮 Newsom said he would not challenge his fellow Californian, describing a Newsom-Harris primary as “mutual assured destruction” because their political networks, donors, and supporters overlap so heavily. assertive
🔮 The governor later added that he hoped Trump “will leave the bluster and showmanship at the door and engage proactively and productively and responsibly on this issue.” assertive
🔮 She was campaigning alongside Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed, who is facing Republican Mike Rogers for the seat held by retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) in a contest that could help determine Senate control. assertive
🔮 But a new poll also suggests the GOP’s effort to make Piker a central issue may have limits: Many voters do not know who the social media figure is. assertive
🔮 Massachusetts Republicans could have their best chance in decades at winning House seats under a “good government” proposal that California political operatives want to reverse in their state. assertive
🔮 California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vetoed legislation this week that would have strengthened oversight of the state’s troubled high-speed rail project. assertive
🔮 California leaders have criticized President Donald Trump after remarks on Monday that were interpreted by his opponents as a suggestion that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego. assertive
🔮 Rogers then raised the possibility that el Sayed might oppose such surveillance because someone in his family could appear on a watch list, prompting the Democrat to challenge him to make his insinuation explicit. assertive
🔮 Neither candidate landed a decisive blow in Michigan’s first Senate debate, but the exchange exposed the political liabilities both must overcome in a race that could determine control of the chamber: Mike Rogers’s ties to President Donald Trump and Abdul el Sayed’s challenge in winning over voters beyond his progressive base. assertive
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