Michigan’s GOP governor primary is getting weird
John James has Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement and leads in the polls. Can he fight back a last-minute grassroots revolt?
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Republicans want to talk about James Talarico’s manhood. Talarico says let them.
Democrats’ hopes to flip the Senate may hinge on the Texas candidate’s strategy to win back male voters.
Kansas’ data center boom is shaking up the governor’s race
Republican and Democratic rivals are attacking each other over their positions on data center development in the final stretch of the primary.
Dems are increasingly desperate to get their Senate candidates to drop out in these races
But Alani Bankhead in Montana and Julian Beaudion in South Dakota say they have no plans to clear the way for independents in their races.
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 the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best of this week’s crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
FCC chair Brendan Carr on Trump, free speech and his threats against broadcasters
FCC chair Brendan Carr on Trump, free speech and his threats against broadcasters
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Mandela Barnes drops out of Wisconsin governor race
Shortly after, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed it was investigating allegations that Barnes had leveraged his role within the state Democratic party to have sexual encounters with young women.
Poll: Trump’s MAGA voters would stick by a candidate through the most serious of scandals
Most of President Donald Trump’s MAGA base say they’d still vote for a GOP candidate when confronted with an array of scandals — more so than Republican voters writ large or Democrats.
Two looming primaries will test pro-Israel Democrats’ role in the party
The race for Michigan Senate and Missouri’s 1st District has turned into referendums on the Democratic Party’s once unwavering support for the longtime U.S. ally.
Stevens to El-Sayed: ‘Thank you for clarifying that you didn’t call me an ogre’
The two faced off in the final Michigan Democratic primary debate hours after POLITICO published a leaked recording of El-Sayed.