Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul has failed to outline a detailed agenda for what she wants to accomplish over the next four years, if she is re-elected.
Plus: Rep. Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan, a federal judge throws out the DOJ’s Alaska election suit, and cartwheeling snakes.
Stevens’ decision sparked fierce backlash from members of the party, while Donald Trump praised the sudden switch Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens’ shocking last-minute endorsement of Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate candidate, has sparked fierce backlash from members of her party. Stevens, who narrowly lost in the Democratic primary for Senate to Abdul El-Sayed, announced her support for Rogers after a feud with the El-Sayed campaign over an outside group’s campaign ad that blamed the high cost of living on US support for Israel. Continue reading...
Democrats are expecting to win big on Election Day, but disagreements are already erupting among them over how aggressively to target President Trump for what they say are abuses of power and corruption. Democratic lawmakers and strategists are divided over whether to push another impeachment against Trump. Senators and leaders in the House are generally…
Republicans are burning tens of millions of last-minute ad dollars to try to rescue three red-state senators who they say ignored months of warnings that their campaigns were in danger. Why it matters: Senate races in Kansas, South Carolina and Mississippi are normally GOP layups. This year, Republicans have diverted resources from swing-state battles to defend them. The frustration with Sens. Roger Marshall (Kansas), Darline Graham (South Carolina) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (Mississippi) comes amid broader GOP finger-pointing as polls show a nationwide backlash against President Trump . "Democrats may win these seats in a wave ... but not a blue wave. It's the wave of arrogance [and] laziness ... that washed over these GOP incumbents and made them think they were invincible," said a national GOP operative involved in several key Senate races. By the numbers: National Republicans have spent $33 million in Kansas, $21 million in South Carolina and $2.4 million in Mississippi, according to data compiled by campaign finance expert Rob Pyers. Trump also has spent valuable campaign time in all three states. Behind the scenes: Republicans say the three senators ignored warnings to raise more money and build stronger campaign operations. National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Tim Scott warned all GOP senators in February 2025: "We do not need to spend time and money in places where races should not be competitive." Trump's political operation also warned Senate Republicans that they would need to pull their own weight. The most complaints center on Marshall, who has raised just $7.5 million compared with $19 million for his Democratic opponent, Adam Hamilton. Republicans blame his strained relationship with the banking and credit card industries — major GOP donors — and a lack of outreach to K Street. Republicans describe Marshall's campaign as overconfident. About a month ago, his team told aides to other GOP senators that the race would be effectively over within 10 d
A day before the US midterms, France 24's Oliver Farry takes a look at some of the key races to watch as the Democrats seek to capitalise on Donald Trump's unpopularity. But, says Farry, polls suggest hopes of a Democratic landslide may be wide of the mark.
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, is running for re-election in Maine, a state that has voted against President Trump three times. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains how Republicans hope that she can distance herself enough from Mr. Trump to win.
Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary for Michigan’s US Senate seat, backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers, breaking with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and exacerbating a split between progressives and moderate party members. Bloomberg's Oliver Crook reports from New York. (Source: Bloomberg)
Facing an energized Democratic opponent, the Texas attorney general is testing whether party loyalty can overcome voters’ reservations about him.
The state’s bitter primary rivalry reignited when Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed days before the election.
The law firm of Democratic election attorney Marc Elias is involved in dozens of high-stakes legal battles this midterm election cycle, most recently mounting Alaska Senate Democratic nominee Mary Peltola’s election certification fight against the Justice Department. According to Elias, his team, the Elias Law Group, is currently litigating 92 election-related cases across 42 states, […]
Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party over what she described as a wave of false attack ads targeting her and other Republican candidates, saying she has never seen a campaign with "so many outright lies."
Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. Oil declined after a report said US President Donald Trump wants to give diplomacy with Iran more time before potentially resuming strikes following Tuesday’s midterm elections. And - ahead of Tuesday’s US midterm elections, Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary for Michigan’s US Senate seat, backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers, breaking with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and exacerbating a split between progressives and moderate party members. Today's guests: Violeta Todorova, Leverage Shares, Senior Research Analyst; Michael O’Leary, Ryanair, CEO. (Source: Bloomberg)
A high-profile Democratic defection shook Michigan's Senate race on the eve of US midterm elections as Representative Haley Stevens threw her support behind Republican Mike Rogers rather than backing the Democratic candidate, Abdul Al-Sayed, who beat her in the primary race. The move exposed divisions within the party as control of Congress hangs in the balance.
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) defended her decision to endorse Republican Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers on Sunday night, saying Democratic candidate Abdul el Sayed has been “getting angrier and angrier” and recent campaign advertisements motivated her decision. “There are so many Democrats who want to vote for our Democratic nominee, and they’re just being told, […]
Progressive skepticism toward AI development undermines the Democratic Party’s affordability message going into the midterms.
Likely voters who decided which candidate to support only recently in seven key Senate races favor Republicans despite an overall Democratic advantage, according to a new poll released Sunday night. “There are still some undecided voters, and voters who decided only in the last month favored Republicans by a nine-point margin,” according to the New […]
President Donald Trump traveled to Salina, Kansas, on Sunday night to campaign for Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ty Masterson. Trump spent the afternoon in Iowa rallying for Senate nominee Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and gubernatorial candidate Zach Lann. He continued his attacks against socialist figures within the Democratic Party and predicted […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Sunday said there’s a chance that there could be a massive Democratic victory, or a “blue tsunami,” on Election Day, and that there is momentum behind the party to reclaim one or both chambers of Congress. “It could be that blue tsunami, but you make that legitimate and obvious…
Democrats are furious at Rep. Haley Stevens after she endorsed the GOP Senate candidate in Michigan, Mike Rogers, over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. Nikole Killion is in Lansing with details on how it all unfolded.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on Sunday he believes Democrats’ alleged conduct in the recent controversy in the Alaska Senate race was “dumb” but “not illegal.” While speaking with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation, Sanders said attempts from either political party to confuse voters are “not a good thing to do.” The race between […]
Polls have been predicting a Democratic surge, but last-minute deciders and sampling issues mean there's no guarantee.
President again took aim at progressive Senate candidate and lauded Haley Stevens for endorsing Mike Rogers Donald Trump railed against Democratic US senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign event in Iowa Sunday, repeatedly referring to the Michigan progressive as a “jihadist”. Trump’s comments aimed to influence a neck-and-neck race that will play an outsized role in determining which party controls the senate after Tuesday’s midterm elections. Continue reading...
DETROIT — Michigan Democrats on Sunday faced an extraordinary political display of dysfunction just two days before the midterm elections: a Democratic congresswoman endorsed the Republican nominee for Senate, was kicked out of her own state party, and watched two of her top aides resign in protest. Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) stunning endorsement of Republican […]
Florida jet crash killed nine on board; fallout of Michigan Democratic rift and President Trump's final campaign push.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro 's chances of being a presidential contender in 2028 are riding on his winning reelection in a landslide Tuesday. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 's future hinges on whether a fellow progressive can carry a swing state, for once. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has to show that his congressional redistricting gambit worked for Democrats — and he needs to beat back a state wealth tax proposal supported by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Driving the news: Democrats eyeing White House runs have spent the past year preparing to emerge from Tuesday's midterms with momentum, and an argument for a 2028 candidacy. They want Democrats to do well — but to each, some races are especially important. Some have focused their time and money on particular contests for ideological reasons, or a desire to show strength in their home states. Others have hedged their bets across the nation, so that Tuesday is unlikely to be a huge victory or a significant defeat. Here's how the top potential Democratic contenders for president have placed their bets in this week's elections — and what success or failure will look like for them. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez A great night: AOC has wagered just about everything on the Senate race in Michigan, where she's said that a win by progressive Abdul El-Sayed would "break open the entire political calculus in America" and show that "anybody can win anywhere." She's weighing whether to run for president or the Senate, and much of her electability argument for a national campaign hinges on an El-Sayed victory. Progressives are desperate to establish that one of their own can carry a presidential battleground state. Ocasio-Cortez has contributed $1 million to help El-Sayed and stumped for him at several events. An El-Sayed victory "would prove to the country, and the world, that competent, courageous progressive populists can win in the most competitive swing states in America," said Bhavik Lathia, a left-wing strategist fr
President Trump on Sunday said he would “love to have” Rep. Haley Stevens join the Republican Party after she endorsed Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R) over the nominee, her former Senate Democratic primary opponent Abdul El-Sayed (D). Reporters spoke with the president outside Air Force One, flanked by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Interior…
Ms. Stevens, who lost to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, once fashioned herself as one of Mr. Rogers’s fiercest critics.
Senator Chris Murphy, a fierce Trump critic who is not up for re-election in the midterms, is 'alert' after a stroke.
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said on Sunday afternoon he cast his ballot in Florida for Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL), giving her an implicit endorsement in her race against Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon. “Sen. Moody has been extremely helpful working with the Teamsters to protect workers’ pensions, defend good-paying jobs, and support well-funded apprenticeship […]
National and state Democratic leaders are ripping Rep. Haley Stevens (R-MI) for endorsing Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, and reversing her initial support for Democrat Abdul el Sayed on Sunday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called her cross-party endorsement and abandonment of her support for el Sayed’s campaign a “despicable […]
Stevens’s endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers comes after a bitter dispute with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., joins Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers and discusses switching her endorsement from Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Rogers.
Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) chief of staff has resigned after the Democratic congresswoman endorsed Republican candidate Mike Rogers for Senate in Michigan. Justin German, who has served as Stevens’s chief of staff since she first took office in the House in January 2019, said “many members” of Stevens’ staff, including himself, resigned on Sunday. He […]
Rep. Haley Stevens was scheduled to attend a unity event today with Abdul El-Sayed, who beat her in the Democratic primary. Instead, she endorsed his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers.
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin defended Democratic Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) against recent GOP attacks amid growing concern the party will have to brace for post-election legal fights. “What Dr. El-Sayed has said is true. I mean, what most Michiganders care about is not all of this…
Haley Stevens, the onetime Senatorial candidate who outspent Abdul El-Sayed 12 to 1 and still somehow lost the Michigan Democratic primary, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers this afternoon—two days out from the election. Stevens’ staff resigned en masse, and the Michigan Democratic Party quickly put out statements condemning her “eleventh-hour distractions.” But whoever’s left on her […]
Democratic senator was at his son’s hockey game when he felt a numbness in his arm and was in Johns Hopkins Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. Murphy, 53, started feeling numbness in his arm while attending a his son’s hockey game on Saturday, according to the Connecticut senator’s chief of staff, Allison Herwitt. A hospital visit confirmed that Murphy had experienced a stroke. Continue reading...
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Republicans’ comments about Michigan’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, should “appall every decent American.” Partial transcript as follows: [BEGIN SOUND ON TAPE] TED CRUZ: And if I The post Sen. Sanders: GOP Rhetoric About El-Sayed ‘Should Appall Every Decent American’ appeared first on Breitbart .
Michigan Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed brushed off his former rival Haley Stevens’s surprising and late endorsement of GOP nominee Mike Rogers, saying on Sunday it didn’t matter and that he was focused on issues in his state. “At the end of the day, I actually don’t think about Haley Stevens,” El-Sayed told reporters, flanked…
President Donald Trump teased that he would become “Mr. Veto” if Democrats took control of Congress after the midterm elections. The comment hints at a dynamic shift should the Democratic Party flip the House of Representatives and Senate. If Democrats are successful, the president would have a hard time passing his agenda without making concessions. […]
Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens (Mich.) defended her last-minute endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers in the battleground Michigan Senate race after initially supporting Democrat Abdul El-Sayed “I’m not turning my back on Democrats,” she told reporters in Detroit alongside Rogers. “It is this one vote.” “It’s my personal and private decision. I still love the party.…
A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska’s Senate election if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) loses, halting its push for discovery into an alleged Democratic-backed spoiler campaign led by allies of Senate candidate Mary Peltola. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason, an appointee of former President […]
US Rep Stevens lost Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed and now endorses his Republican opponent in the Senate race.
Haley Stevens, a former congresswomen who lost out on the Democratic nomination to Abdul El-Sayed, endorses his opponent days before the vote.
Michigan Democrats ripped Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) over her appearance with and subsequent endorsement of GOP Michigan Senate candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) on Sunday. “The Michigan Democratic Party stands united and fully behind Abdul El-Sayed, a proven, committed fighter for Michigan’s working families,” Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel said in a statement.…
The Connecticut Democrat is awake and alert, his staff says.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut was hospitalized on Saturday after experiencing a stroke, his office said.
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for Senate in Michigan on Sunday, bucking her support for Democrat Abdul el Sayed after a days-long feud. “Our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away. And he’s right, and that’s why […]
