Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials on Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in the general election contest after Democratic tensions boiled over.
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tensions → stun → contest
The move came after Stevens was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed as he campaigned for the Michigan seat.
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he → come → seat
The outcome could help determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
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outcome → help → Hill
President Donald Trump is closing out the final days of a turbulent midterm campaign with rallies in Iowa and Kansas, two states he has handily won in the past, underscoring the defensive posture his Republican Party is taking as the elections become a referendum on his second term.
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elections → close → term
A federal judge on Sunday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.
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Sullivan → dismiss → race
Revelations came last week from The New York Times that Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher who shares the incumbent’s name, to join the Senate race in Alaska.
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who → come → Alaska
Justice Department plans appeal after judge dismisses lawsuit in Alaska’s Senate race
The Justice Department has filed notice it will appeal a federal judge’s ruling dismissing its challenge to Alaska’s certification of the U.S. Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
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Sullivan → plan → race
“Alaskan voters deserve a fair election, not to be misled in an attempt to rig outcomes,” a department spokesperson said in a statement.
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spokesperson → deserve → statement
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason wrote in an order that the relief the Trump administration is seeking is “infeasible” because many voters have already cast ballots.
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voters → write → ballots
Sullivan is an ally of President Donald Trump and is facing Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate contests.
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Sullivan → face → contests
Tuesday’s ranked-choice election also includes a candidate — a retired teacher — who shares the incumbent’s name.
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who → rank → name
The stakes are high, and the GOP worries voters will get confused and accidentally vote for the wrong Sullivan.
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voters → worry → Sullivan
Alaskan voters will see “Dan S. Sullivan” identified as a “registered Republican” and “incumbent” on their ballots, while “Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.” will not have a party affiliation.
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Jr. → see → affiliation
Wisconsin GOP governor’s candidate makes final push for voter support
Tom Tiffany, a member of Congress the past six years, said after a rally Sunday in heavily Democratic Madison, Wisconsin, that he can “feel” the momentum of the race breaking for him.
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momentum → make → him
“This is a turnout election,” he told supporters.
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he → tell → supporters
“This is how we’re going to win this.”
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we → go → this
Tiffany faces Democrat David Crowley as Election Day approaches.
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Day → face → Crowley
“I can feel it out there,” Tiffany said.
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Tiffany → feel → it
“People are going to turn out on Tuesday.
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People → go → Tuesday
Both Tiffany and Crowley are campaigning with surrogates across the state in the final two days before the election.
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Tiffany → campaign → election
Tiffany was joined at the Madison stop by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.
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Tiffany → join → Johnson
Crowley is campaigning on Sunday with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and on Monday he will be with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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he → campaign → Buttigieg
Kansas attorney general orders a Democratic PAC to stop offering $5 gift cards to voters
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach says in a cease-and-desist letter to the Bluestem Fund that offering anything of value in exchange for voting violates both federal and state law.
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offering → order → law
He directed the group to preserve all records and communications related to its canvassing activities.
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He → direct → activities
Kobach on Saturday said a voter in Wichita alerted his office to the “brazen” offer of a gift card.
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voter → say → card
The PAC’s chair, Topeka attorney L.J. Leatherman, did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment.
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chair → respond → comment
Kobach is an ally of President Donald Trump and served as vice chair of Trump’s short lived commission on election fraud in 2017.
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Kobach → serve → 2017
In September, Kobach sent a similar letter to a League of Women Voters chapter in northeast Kansas after it offered $5 gift cards to students who registered to vote.
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who → send → students
The league chapter said it was cooperating with Kobach’s inquiry and is committed to complying with all laws.
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it → say → laws
Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic rival, Haley Stevens, endorses GOP’s Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race
Democrat Haley Stevens says she’s voting for Mike Rogers for Senate in Michigan over her former primary opponent Abdul El-Sayed.
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she → endorse → opponent
Stevens, standing alongside Rogers, said she’d be voting for other Democrats but would not cast her ballot for El-Sayed, who defeated her in an August primary.
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who → stand → primary
“It is more a statement about standing together against hate and the future of this state and this country, than it is anything else,” she said.
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she → stand → state
Rogers said he was honored to have Stevens’ vote.
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he → say → vote
Senate Democratic leader calls fellow Democrat Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Rogers ‘betrayal’
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has denounced Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race.
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Schumer → call → race
“This is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens,” Schumer wrote in a social media post of the step taken by his fellow Democrat, Stevens.
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Schumer → write → Democrat
Schumer, who had backed Stevens in the primary, reiterated the party’s support for Abdul El-Sayed, who defeated her in August.
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who → back → August
Stevens announced her endorsement of Rogers earlier Sunday in the general election contest against El_Sayed.
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Stevens → announce → El_Sayed
El-Sayed dismissed it, saying he’s worried about voters’ concerns, not intraparty drama.
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he → dismiss → concerns
Abdul El-Sayed dismisses Stevens’ endorsement of GOP’s Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed batted away news that his former primary opponent Haley Stevens said she’s backing Rogers in the Michigan contest.
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she → dismiss → contest
“At the end of the day I actually don’t think about Haley Stevens,” he said, standing alongside Democratic Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland.
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he → think → Maryland
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