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Morning Digest: Missouri's top court blocks new GOP gerrymander by reinstating referendum

Democracy advocates won two major legal victories on Thursday evening when the Missouri Supreme Court reinstated a pair of ...
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Morning Digest: Wild deadline maneuvers cause major upheaval in Alaska's marquee races

Whalen, 39, has pitched himself as a younger and more progressive outsider challenging the 77-year-old Neal. Whalen, however, ...
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Morning Digest: Families of dead Americans don't want Republicans to use them in ads. The GOP isn't stopping.

In the governor’s race, meanwhile, only the America First Party named a candidate, choosing former state Sen. Brett Lindstrom ...
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Morning Digest: Massachusetts could adopt a top-two primary. Democrats are warning of disaster.

But while California’s primary didn’t produce the disaster Democrats feared—Becerra is now all but assured of defeating ...
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Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority

Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey won a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping a deep-red seat in the state Senate and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber. Drey defeated Republican Christopher ...
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Morning Digest: Why candidate drug tests became the No. 1 issue in this GOP runoff

Note: The Digest will be taking off on Monday—Jeff Singer is moving, and David Nir is recovering from reconstructive knee surgery. We’ll be back in your inboxes on Tuesday! Dueling drug tests have ...
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Morning Digest: Two more Trump favorites struggle toward the finish line

Two more of Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates face difficult and unpredictable runoffs on Tuesday as a challenging primary season for MAGA’s master nears its end. Trump is backing Sen. Darline Graham ...
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Morning Digest: Trump’s picks come out on top in tight GOP runoffs

Both of Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates narrowly prevailed on Tuesday in their respective Republican primary runoffs. Appointed Sen. Darline Graham held off Rep. Ralph Norman 52-48 in the contest ...
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How Democratic 'spam PACs' victimize vulnerable seniors

We’ve all been bombarded with those histrionic text messages making over-the-top requests for donations, but they’re more than just annoying—there are hidden victims of these hyper-aggressive ...