Johnson, Barnes polished in 1st Wisconsin Senate debate

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes stuck to their scripts — and their time limits — as they met for a debate Friday evening in a hotly contested race that could ...

GOP steps up crime message in midterm’s final stretch

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The graphic surveillance video shows a man on a sidewalk suddenly punching someone in the head, knocking them to the ground. With muted screams and gunshots in the background, the video stitches together other ...

Falsehoods, harassment stress local election offices in US

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CARROLLTON, Ohio (AP) — With early voting less than three weeks away, Nicole Mickley was staring down a daunting to-do list: voting machines to test, poll workers to recruit, an onslaught of public records requests to examine. And then, over a ...

Fetterman records show light schedule as Pa. lieutenant gov.

By MARC LEVY and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In his campaign for a crucial U.S. Senate seat, Democrat John Fetterman takes credit for reinventing Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor's office, transforming it from a political pit stop into a "bully pulpit" from ...

Drug companies in opioid crisis donated $27K to Ohio’s Ryan

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, who has made his opponent's questionable record fighting the opioid epidemic a central theme of his campaign for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat, has received campaign donations over the years from ...

Trump: ‘King’ to some in Pennsylvania, but will it help GOP?

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent MONONGAHELA, Pa. (AP) — The Trump-Pence sign still hangs on the older building off Main Street in this historic town, a lasting vestige of the campaign fervor that roused voters, including many who still believe the falsehood that the former ...