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The 2028 crop hits New Mexico for inaugural ‘Matanza’ rally
The “Fourth in the Nation Matanza Rally” is testing the appetite for a more Latino-specific cultural touchstone to round out the presidential candidate event rotation.
19h ago
Facing an electoral wipeout, Trump goes after the system
The move by the Justice Department to try and preemptively block Alaska’s Senate results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses stunned officials in both parties.
1d ago
Spiking ambulance response times spur calls for real-time tracking
An ambulance in New York City now takes an average of 13 minutes to reach someone in life-threatening distress.
1d ago
House battleground map tightens as GOP scrambles to shore up red seats
Democrats are warning their party not to get too bullish about a big House majority.
1d ago
Poll: Trump is mobilizing more Democrats against him than Republicans for him
A new POLITICO Poll shows that even some of the president’s most loyal supporters are willing to put winning first.
2d ago
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 th…
2d ago
Meet Trump’s favorite House Republican candidate
The president is trying to save his longtime friend and golf buddy Jay Feely, who’s locked in a tough race against Democrat Amish Shah.
2d ago
Democrats’ top Senate super PAC has raised $354M this cycle
The figure is a record for the group and includes roughly $29 million in the first two weeks of October.
2d ago
The good, the bad and the unruly from over two dozen candidate debates
POLITICO watched all the key Senate and gubernatorial debates so you didn’t have to
2d ago
How a fake pollster may have moved some 2026 elections
Wedgewood Polls admitted that it had made up its survey results. Some candidates say those faked numbers killed their campaigns.
2d ago
Rick Jackson is the GOP’s best hope in Georgia right now
President Donald Trump and his unpopular brand may drag the candidate for governor down with the moderate and independent voters.
4d ago
Why Republicans’ massive cash advantage is evaporating on the airwaves
Across key Senate battlegrounds, Republicans’ cash advantage hasn’t led to an equally large amount of advertising time.
4d ago
Trump just made a last-minute gambit to save farm-state Republicans in the midterms
The promise comes two weeks before Election Day — and the payments could still face a fight ahead in Congress.
4d ago
Poll: Voters see Republicans as the party of Big Tech tax breaks
Stripping tax incentives from tech companies rated as one of the top tax priorities in the midterms, according to the POLITICO Poll.
4d ago
The weird reasons why Alaska Republicans are so worried about their Senate race
Republicans are sweating what a four-way ballot and ranked-choice tabulation with a same-name rival could mean for Sen. Dan Sullivan’s reelection bid.
4d ago
JB Pritzker’s midterm strategy wins the attention of Black and Hispanic Democrats
The Illinois governor is boosting candidates in early states and cultivating relationships with Black and Hispanic officials ahead of a possible 2028 run.
5d ago
‘A warning sign for polling’: Why one GOP pollster thinks a blue wave may fall short
Echelon Insights’ Patrick Ruffini told POLITICO he thinks polling is overstating Democrats’ chances of flipping Senate races in historically deep-red territory.
5d ago
Inside the quiet money pullback — for both parties — in Georgia’s Senate race
Democrats’ main super PAC is dark in Georgia this week. And both sides didn’t spend last week either.
6d ago
Democrats’ Tejano star sings to swing South Texas
Bobby Pulido is trying to flip a district that’s slipped from Democrats. The Tejano singer might be the answer to winning culturally conservative Latino voters.
6d ago
Can Scott Colom win Mississippi Senate? Warnock is making a big bet on it.
Warnock is testing a “new kind of Southern strategy” for the Democratic Party.
6d ago
‘Is this like a hit piece or what?': Dan Sullivan's MAGA balancing act
The senator in an interview with POLITICO declined to put distance between himself and President Donald Trump.
Oct 17