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Fish, Oil and Corruption: 6 Takeaways From Alaska’s Senate Debate

The Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, veered from serious discussion of high prices and economic challenges to blistering personal attacks.

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Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican incumbent, right, and Mary Peltola, the Democratic challenger, during the debate in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday night.
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5 Takeaways From the Senate Debate in Maine

The race’s fourth and final debate centered around whether Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent, was as independent as she claimed to be from President Trump.

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Troy Jackson answering a question during a debate with Senator Susan Collins at Husson University in Bangor, Maine, on Thursday.
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America’s Most Expensive Senate Race

The Senate showdown in Texas shows why Donald Trump and the Republican Party are worried about the midterm elections.

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Ken Paxton and James Talarico.
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A Megachurch Pastor is Running for Senate. Will Democrats Vote for Him?

As he seeks to unseat a Republican in Kansas, Adam Hamilton speaks of his work leading the state’s largest church — and making it appealing to nonreligious people.

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Adam Hamilton, the Democrat running for Senate in Kansas, has a relatively high profile thanks to his long career as pastor of the state’s largest church.
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Surprise Democratic Donor Blitzes Senate Races in Republican-Leaning States With Ads

Steve Pajcic, a lawyer and philanthropist in Florida, started a group that is airing ads in Kansas and South Carolina. Florida and Mississippi are next.

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The Democratic Senate candidates Adam Hamilton of Kansas, Scott Colom of Mississippi, Annie Andrews of South Carolina and Angie Nixon of Florida.
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Fact-Checking Senate Debates in Georgia, Maine and Michigan

With control of Congress hanging in the balance, nominees have attacked their rivals’ records, stock portfolios and families, with varying degrees of accuracy.

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From left, Representative Mike Collins, Republican of Georgia; Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine; and Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan.
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He’s Played It Safe. But He Could Make California History as Governor.

Xavier Becerra is a heavy favorite to become California’s first Latino governor in the modern era, though he does not talk much about the milestone.

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Xavier Becerra attending a “No on Prop 39" event, in opposition to a voter identification ballot initiative, in Los Angeles this month.
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4 Takeaways From the Los Angeles Mayoral Debate

Mayor Karen Bass and her former ally, the City Council member Nithya Raman, attacked each other’s records on Tuesday night in the last televised debate before the election.

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Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles, left, faced off with City Council member Nithya Raman, right, in a televised mayoral debate on Tuesday.
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The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics

As Israelis prepare to vote for the first time since the Hamas-led assault, they remain divided over whether to hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for negligence or fault the “treason” of his generals.

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A roadside memorial for Liraz Assulin, who was killed by Hamas-led gunmen as she tried to escape the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023.
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The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics

As Israelis prepare to vote for the first time since the Hamas-led assault, they remain divided over whether to hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for negligence or fault the “treason” of his generals.

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A roadside memorial for Liraz Assulin, who was killed by Hamas-led gunmen as she tried to escape the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023.
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James Talarico Was Targeted by False Rumor He Was in Ohio

The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.

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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is trying to defeat Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, in one of this year’s top races.
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