Author: David M. Drucker

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) and Dr. Mehmet Oz (R) are set to debate Tuesday evening as they jockey for an open Senate seat in this pivotal swing state, with their much-anticipated televised slugfest poised to decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill. The impact of congressional debates in midterm elections…

LAS VEGAS — It’s a nondescript storefront in a weathered strip mall. But the Republican Party “community center” inside, in a mostly Latino neighborhood on the east side of town, represents the GOP’s full-court press to woo nonwhite voters and turn Nevada red in November. Republicans have talked for years about converting the mostly Democratic…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is recording a robocall for underdog Senate contender Joe O’Dea, a boost for the Colorado Republican after former President Donald Trump urged grassroots conservatives to abandon his campaign. “Hello this is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. America needs strong leadership and desperately. That’s why I’m endorsing Joe O’Dea for U.S. Senate.…

LAS VEGAS — Looking to build on momentum versus Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and run out the clock in the final weeks before the midterm elections, a disciplined Adam Laxalt (R) is refusing to be baited into controversy under questioning about polarizing issues. Would Laxalt support banning abortion nationally at 15 weeks of pregnancy,…

LAS VEGAS — Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt joined Latino voters for dueling campaign events here Thursday, battling over a community that holds the key to this closely fought Nevada contest, and with it the Senate majority. Struggling politically amid a building Republican wave, Cortez Masto sought to shore up…

To borrow a phrase from former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party didn’t “send its best” when it nominated a slate of general election candidates to compete for the Senate majority in the midterm elections. But the GOP’s struggle with candidate quality in Arizona and Georgia, some might say Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire —…

Virginia’s first lady Suzanne Youngkin has expanded her participation in campaign politics, stumping for Republican women running for office in the midterm elections as speculation rises that her husband, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), is eyeing a 2024 presidential bid. Suzanne Youngkin is scheduled to be in Virginia Beach on Nov. 1 to boost state Sen.…

Former President Donald Trump gobbled up online donations from grassroots Republicans in the third quarter, with his $24.7 million digital haul coming close to outpacing the three most prominent GOP campaign committees — combined. The $24.7 million collected by Trump’s Save America committees tripled, roughly, the $8.3 million raised online by the Republican National Committee…

PAINESVILLE, Ohio — J.D. Vance had a special favor to ask of the roughly four dozen grassroots Republicans who showed up to meet him here on a recent weekday morning as he brought his campaign for Senate versus Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) to the Cleveland suburbs. “Take a photo with me afterwards, put it on…

The case of the curious 2022 midterm elections should be a straightforward affair. President Joe Biden’s job approval numbers are lousy — better than they used to be, but still lousy. Inflation is still sky-high. Oh, sure, prices of household goods are climbing slower than earlier in the year. But they are still gracing the…