Midterm Election News
Coverage of U.S. midterm election races, voter turnout, and campaign strategies. Includes conservative opinion and commentary from The Daily Signal.
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‘The Court Has No Choice’: Judge Torpedoes Maryland Gerrymandering Amendment From Ballot
A Maryland judge on Wednesday stopped a Democrat-backed gerrymandering measure from appearing on the ballot this year. Lawmakers had passed Senate Bill 29, and Gov. Wes Moore signed it in May, changing requirements for ballot questions, including a July 1 deadline. On Aug. 3, the House passed House Bill 2100 to place a mid-decade redistricting… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The Radical Left Wants to Destroy America and Rebuild It
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. We often associate leftist movements, anarchists of the 19th century, Jacobins of the 18th century, Marxists,… -
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Will Supreme Court Ruling Make It Harder for Noncitizens to Vote?
The Supreme Court’s Monday decision cleared the way for the Department of Homeland Security to establish a state-by-state list of eligible voters based on a crosscheck of citizenship data, the Social Security database, and other government information. “The DHS can determine who is eligible to vote because the federal government does not want to be… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Don’t Trust the Midterm Polls
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. Let’s have a periodic check on the status of the midterms that we’re now less than 80… -
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GOP Challenges Extreme Absentee Voter Law Spreading Around the Country
Republicans are seeking to squash a voting law metastasizing through the nation that allows citizens to vote in states they have never inhabited. The Nebraska Supreme Court could decide the constitutionality of a state law that allows U.S. citizens living abroad who have not lived in the state—or even lived in the United States—to vote in Nebraska elections. Nebraska is one of three… -
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Dems Worry James Talarico Lacks Support From Black Voters to Win Texas Senate Race
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrats are warning that their party’s nominee to be the next senator for Texas, James Talarico, apparently lacks the amount of support from black voters he needs to flip the traditionally Republican state. “Listen, my home state of Texas, we feel incredibly encouraged for two reasons,” Ashley Etienne, formerly the communications director… -
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Immigration Under the New Left
The growing socialist wing of the Democratic Party has made it evident that national immigration policy could return to what it was under former President Joe Biden’s administration, or worse, if Democrats regain control. With a slim Republican majority in the House and growing momentum for certain Democratic Senate candidates, sanctuary policies, pathways to citizenship,… -
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Virginia’s Deliberately Confusing Constitutional Amendments
If the Republican Party’s congressional candidates in Virginia keep even close to the semi-plurality in the lower chamber that they currently have at 5-6 seats, it may be driven by the campaigns going around the Commonwealth ginning up interest in defeating the constitutional amendments that are also on the ballot. These three amendments are very… -
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Georgia Voters’ Opinions on Health Care Revealed in Poll
As Georgia voters consider whom they want to be their next governor, a recent poll reveals that many are concerned about the rising cost of health care. The University of Georgia recently conducted a poll of nearly 1,000 likely voters to gather their opinions on which election issues matter most to them. The poll, sponsored… -
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Karen Bass’ Video Invites Scrutiny Over Donation Match Program
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat running for reelection, made a curious post on social media this week when she solicited campaign donations that would be matched by the city. The post is raising plenty of scrutiny and questions. “The Tony Kinnett Cast” on Wednesday opened with the eyebrow-raising story, as host Tony Kinnett… -
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How Will Data Centers Affect Ohio’s Elections?
It’s a critical election year, and candidates running for Senate and governor in Ohio are becoming increasingly aware that the issue of data centers could play a key role in the outcome of the election. On Wednesday, Axios reported on a private memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee to artificial intelligence companies—it was titled… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Republicans Can’t Just Trash the Left—They Need a Plan to Win
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. The anticipation of the November midterms is mounting every day, and the polls show that, typically, in… -
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California Bucks National Trend as Voter ID Initiative Faces Uphill Fight
Current polling shows a voter ID ballot measure could be headed for defeat in California even as the policy is overwhelmingly popular nationwide. A Berkeley University Institute of Governmental Studies poll shows that a slim majority of Californians, 51%, oppose Proposition 39, a ballot measure to adopt voter ID. Just 42% support it, still leaving… -
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Dirty Pool and Frozen Eggs: 2028 Would-Be Candidates Already Going Shallow, Dark, and Destructive
Watching some Democrats in recent days whose names are being bantered about for 2028, one thought comes to mind: “My God, they’re all just one step away from wearing ‘Free Lindsay Clancy’ T-shirts.” Three elected leaders in the past week have previewed a 2028 campaign that will be unmatched in its shallowness, radicalness, and depravity…. -
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On the Campaign Trail: Johnson Casts Midterms as ‘Common Sense vs. Communism’
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Speaker Mike Johnson is joining House Republicans on the campaign trail this month as they face an election cycle that could change the fate of the country. He says Republicans aren’t just up against Democrats; they’re facing off against communist threats. At a campaign event for Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., on Monday, just one of the stops on Johnson’s 30-day tour… -
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Hakeem Jeffries Punts on Adopting Socialist Agenda as New Polling Shows Dems Embracing It Over Capitalism
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Kristen Welker during a Sunday “Meet the Press” interview that he doesn’t support the Democratic Socialists of America’s agenda. Democrat New York Rep. Jeffries told the NBC News host he doesn’t support the Democratic Socialists of America’s current agenda, despite leaving the door open for more… -
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Ballot Language Wars Reshape Major Referendums Before a Single Vote Is Cast
Democrat state officials across the country have altered referendum language, which critics allege is aimed at manipulating the outcome of ballot measures this fall. After California Attorney General Rob Bonta altered the language of California’s voter ID measure, Proposition 39, the Yes on 39 campaign alleged in court the alteration was misleading. A Sacramento judge… -
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Obama to Tell ‘the Brothers’ to Vote for El-Sayed
Former President Barack Obama will likely campaign for Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left Democrat who just won Michigan’s U.S. Senate primary. The two spoke after the primary, and El-Sayed publicly said he hopes Obama will campaign for him. Michigan could determine control of the Senate, and Obama remains the most popular Democrat. El-Sayed won despite performing… -
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Here Comes the Completely Unfair Midterm Election Coverage
With about three months remaining in the midterm campaign, it’s become time for the most desperate partisan gamesmanship, as our socialist-friendly media engage in helping the Democrats win. Do not recognize the “independent media” and the “independent fact-checkers” as the referees of this campaign. These elitists should be identified as uniformed players for the Democrat… -
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Republicans Must Shine the Light of Freedom to Stop the Socialist Scourge
How can anyone escape the irony that in this year, as we celebrate 250 years since the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, the principles of that declaration are being widely challenged? When Americans should be basking in the light of our hard-fought-for freedoms, standing guard on our God-given rights noted in that declaration,…