Ohio Senate debate with Ryan, Vance descends into attacks

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The first debate between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance descended quickly into attacks Monday, with the candidates for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat accusing each other of being responsible for job losses ...

Michigan GOP statewide candidates stick to message

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America WARREN, Mich. (AP) — With voting underway in Michigan's general election, the Republican nominee for secretary of state stepped on stage as a warm-up act for former President Donald Trump and hit hard on the main theme of her ...

Noem’s balancing act: Big ambitions, South Dakota reelection

By STEPHEN GROVES and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — They had waited in the desert heat in a line that wrapped around the block and now the excitement was palpable when South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem took the stage in a suburban Phoenix convention hall. ...

Nevada Senate race tests potency of abortion focus for Dems

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrats predicted abortion would be Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's saving grace. But inside Nevada's crowded union halls, across its sun-scorched desert towns and on the buzzing Las Vegas strip, there are signs that outrage ...

Herschel Walker centers pitch to Republicans on wokeness

By BILL BARROW Associated Press EMERSON, Ga. (AP) — Herschel Walker pitches himself as a politician who can bridge America's racial and cultural divides because he loves everyone and overlooks differences. "I don't care what color you are," Georgia's Republican Senate nominee, who is ...

Once hopeful Iowa Democrats running uphill vs. Sen. Grassley

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats had high hopes earlier in the campaign season of unseating seven-term Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, but they seem to be fading. When Michael Franken won the June primary, those hopes were growing. The ...