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Nowhere did Elon Musk's gamble backfire more than in his home state of Texas, which flipped to the Democrats at this year's midterms in an electoral bloodbath.

NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Elon Musk spent nearly half a billion dollars on the US midterm elections, but the record expenditure yielded little for the world's richest man and leader of SpaceX SPCX.O and Tesla TSLA.O.

The January 17, 2027 presidential race gathered momentum on Wednesday as President Bola Tinubu and opposition candidates Atiku Abubakar, Seyi Makinde and Peter Obi intensified their campaigns… Read More: https://punchng.com/presidential-battle-promises-power-struggle-as-campaigns-gather-pace/

A former House of Representatives aspirant, Remi Odunsi, has taken the campaign for President Bola Tinubu’s reelection and All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Lagos, Dr Obafemi… Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-ex-reps-aspirant-takes-tinubu-hamzat-campaigns-to-lagos-communities/

Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's former primary rival, Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens, broke away from her party to back the Republican candidate, Mike Rogers.

You can regulate in case they are involved in corrupt practices but you cannot monopolise the voter awareness exercise, Justice Bagchi observed

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has warned his supporters against obstructing opposition campaigns ahead of the 2027 elections, flagging off the LP campaig Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-otti-warns-supporters-against-disrupting-opposition-campaigns/

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The closing sprint in Texas comes as early voting nears its conclusion in several states. Early balloting totals were approaching 50 million heading into the weekend. About 112 million voted in total in the 2022 midterm elections.

Former Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, says President Bola Tinubu’s performance record and campaign efforts will secure his re-election in 2027. Read More: https://punchng.com/tinubus-record-campaigns-will-secure-2027-victory-yari/

Adam Mockler, host of "The Adam Mocker Show," and Elizabeth Pipko, former RNC spokesperson and host of "Made in America with Elizabeth Pipko," join "The Takeout" to discuss the upcoming midterms.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects three flagship year-end campaigns to generate 630 million baht in domestic tourism revenue, contributing to a projected 206 million domestic trips worth 1.1 trillion baht for the year.

The critical Senate race in South Carolina is closer than expected, and President Trump stopped there with six days to go until the midterms. Weijia Jiang has more.

CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto, and the head of data science at VoteHub, Zachary Donnini, break down early voting numbers with just days to go before the midterms.

More Americans now disapprove of Trump's approach to immigration than approve of it, a striking turnaround that followed a nationwide crackdown.

Veteran defender of fact-based journalism and founder of the BBC’s Trusted News Initiative, Jessica Cecil, recently launched a new publication about disinformation. These are her reflections on Athena’s first month in the trenches of the information war.  

Opposition to the rapid emergence of data centers in states such as Ohio and Arizona has ginned up activism and unified voters. A range of public health issues have played into the resistance.

Across multiple social media platforms, CNA Verify found close to 400 posts pushing falsehoods tying Singapore to Indonesia’s stock market rout and to a secret meeting that never took place. Together, they drew nearly 12 million views, and some were circulated by accounts that appeared to be working in concert.

Social Democrats want agency to be invited before Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee for questioning

President Trump returned to Ohio on Wednesday to campaign for the Republican candidates in the state's heavily watched governor and Senate races. Danny Eldredge, the Columbus bureau chief for the Toledo Blade, joins CBS News to discuss the issues driving Ohio voters to the polls.

Former President Obama is preparing to hit the road in Georgia as the midterms approach. CBS News' Skyler Henry has more.

The stakes are higher than ever for President Trump, whose final two years in office will be impacted by who controls Congress. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports as the president campaigns in Texas for the third time this month.

Trump was in Corpus Christi and Lubbock to boost Republican Ken Paxton's competitive U.S. Senate campaign against Democrat James Talarico.

President Trump continues to campaign for Republican candidates ahead of the midterms. Plus, more details on races in Minnesota and Ohio, where notable figures are rallying for candidates. CBS News' Fin Gómez and Taurean Small report.

President Trump campaigned Monday in Mississippi, as he continued a closing midterm rally blitz that has highlighted Republicans' challenges ahead of an election that could drastically shift power in Washington.

Campaigns and their allies are making their closing arguments, and they've spent more than the annual budgets of a handful of states doing it. Much of that money is aimed at voters' wallets, but the attacks are also getting more personal and more artificial. Lisa Desjardins explains.

Over $1 billion in dark money from just five outside groups has flooded the US midterm elections, shattering spending records, an AFP analysis shows. Read More: https://punchng.com/mystery-money-floods-us-midterm-election-campaigns/

Republican candidates in marquee Senate races have welcomed Thune's help as he's traveled around the country in the weeks before the midterm elections, scrambling to save his majority.

Recent CBS News polling shows affordability and inflation concerns continue to matter to voters ahead of the midterms. CBS News' Nancy Cordes reports.

A factional leader of Afenifere, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, says leadership succession in the group is not determined by campaigns but by established traditions. Read More: https://punchng.com/afenifere-succession-not-decided-by-campaigns-says-factional-leader/

A factional leader of Afenifere, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, says leadership succession in the group is guided by tradition and selection, not campaigns or ambiti Read More: https://punchng.com/afenifere-leadership-not-won-through-campaigns-factional-leader/

Democrats need a net gain of four seats in both the US Senate and US House of Representatives to overturn Republicans' narrow majorities.

As Israel prepares to vote, Gadi Eisenkot is leveraging his Moroccan heritage in Likud strongholds such as Sderot. From historical divides to October 7, identity and trauma are redefining the city's political loyalties.

Obama said the election was "the last best chance to at least rein in some of the foolishness of this administration".

An ad released by Ohio's Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has drawn bipartisan backlash. Olivia Gazis has more.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune campaigned with GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa on Friday in his latest effort to prop up Republican candidates on the campaign trail.

President Trump on Friday doubled down on his support for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad against Amy Acton featuring Acton's estranged mother. Mr. Trump also headed to the Sunshine State to campaign for Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds. CBS News' Cristian Benavides and Ed O'Keefe have more.

New York progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is campaigning for Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson. Meanwhile, the Senate race in typically blue Minnesota is tightening. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.

YPP presidential candidate, Peter Agada, has warned AAC’s Omoyele Sowore against using the Presidential Villa for campaigns, calling it a high-security fac Read More: https://punchng.com/aso-villa-not-for-campaigns-ypp-candidate-tells-sowore/

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigned for Troy Jackson in Maine, where he's fighting for Susan Collins' Senate seat. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.

Musk’s biggest political bet is on the Senate, where control could shape future investigations, federal spending and regulations affecting SpaceX and Tesla.

The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has said there is no immediate need to cancel political campaigns, conferences or other large public gatherings following Nigeria’s confirmation of an imported Ebola virus disease case. Pate, however, warned that the government would review the situation and consider appropriate restrictions if

British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby campaigns in Vancouver and Richmond Thursday after wrapping his swing through the vote-rich city of Surrey with a rally.

Dubai on Thursday pledged Dh150 million ($40.8 million) to support humanitarian campaigns across the country, including efforts to deliver life-saving health care and offer a lifeline to war-hit civilians in the Gaza Strip . The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives will provide the funds to 11 UAE-based charitable groups to strengthen their cruc

<p>Party given additional penalty by Electoral Commission for not paying original fine on time</p><p>Reform UK has been fined more than £2,000 for failing to declare it was the publisher of campaign material seen by voters – including an additional penalty for failing to pay on time.</p><p>Nigel Farage’s party was sanctioned by the Electoral Commission after

The Industries and Commerce Minister, along with alliance’s Mayoral candidate, Bolleddula Vijaya Pratyusha, conducts an extensive election campaign across wards 4 and 5 in the city

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More than a million people have already voted in Florida as Former President Bill Clinton makes a campaign stop in the state to support Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly. CBS News' Cristian Benavides has more.