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<p>A prominent Michigan Democrat endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, giving President Donald Trump’s Republicans an unexpected boost in ​a critical US Senate race two days before <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2041517">midterm elections</a> that will decide control of Congress.</p> <p>US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democrat

Haley Stevens, fosta adversară a democratului din Michigan Abdul El-Sayed în alegerile primare pentru Senatul SUA, i-a surprins, duminică, pe liderii partidului, prin sprijinul acordat republicanului Mike Rogers, pe fondul tensiunilor din Partidul Democrat, care au atins punctul culminant înaintea alegerilor ce ar putea determina echilibrul de putere la Capi

The Connecticut Democrat had been campaigning around the country for Democrats on the ballot this midterm election.

A prominent Michigan Democrat has endorsed Republican Mike Rogers, giving President Donald Trump's Republicans an unexpected boost in a critical US Senate race ahead of midterm elections that will decide control of Congress.

As Trump supports Senator Darline Graham, one conservative group is rallying around someone else.

El-Sayed dismisses Stevens’ backing of Republican Senate candidate

Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York Times/Siena polls found.

Haley Stevens, who lost a primary to left-wing progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed earlier this year, endorsed his Republican candidate Mike Rogers.

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A federal judge on Sunday rejected the Trump administration’s lawsuit that demanded officials not certify election results in the Senate race there, if the incumbent senator loses. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports.

Rep. Haley Stevens has pulled her endorsement of her party’s nominee Abdul El-Sayed, and has announced she is now backing his Republican opponent Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports.

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Senator Chris Murphy, a fierce Trump critic who is not up for re-election in the midterms, is 'alert' after a stroke.

Stevens and Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed have feuded publicly recently over a campaign ad Stevens said was anti-Semitic.

The move by Haley Stevens, who lost out on the Democratic Senate nomination to Abdul El-Sayed, was called a "despicable betrayal" by one top Democrat.

Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers comes after a bitter dispute with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.

The legal bid, which Trump has said he ordered personally, sparked alarm, given concerns that Republicans will seek to contest losses in the midterms battle for control of Congress.

Donald Trump is back on the campaign trial after stopping in at Mar-a-Lago to throw a Halloween party. Meanwhile, judges in Alaska and California are throwing out lawsuits from his administration aimed at blocking election results.

Rep. Haley Stevens was scheduled to attend a unity event today with Abdul El-Sayed, who beat her in the Democratic primary. Instead, she endorsed his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers.

A federal judge on Sunday tossed out an extremely unusual attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to hold up a victory by a Democratic candidate for Senate in Alaska in the midterm elections. The judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying it would be unworkable. The Department of Justice had asked the court to block certification of Read More: https://pu

Democrats and many Republicans have framed the election as a referendum on Trump's policies.

The president had requested that Alaska segregate ballots cast for a candidate with the same name as the incumbent. The judge said that would “violate Alaskans’ right to a secret ballot.”

Murphy's office says he was taken to the hospital this weekend after experiencing numbness in his arm. His chief of staff said he is responding well to treatment and expected to make a full recovery.

Stevens, who lost the primary to Abdul El-Sayed, shifts support to Republican Mike Rogers days before midterm election.

Democratic nominee Mary Peltola is facing two candidates named Dan Sullivan in the Alaska Senate election, one of whom is the Republican incumbent.

The Justice Department argued that Daniel J. Sullivan's name on the ballot potentially diverted voters, and the Democrat running in the race would benefit as a result.

In the latest defeat for the Trump administration, the ruling dismisses a lawsuit that pre-emptively contested the results of a race that includes two candidates named Daniel Sullivan.

A federal judge has dismissed a highly unusual lawsuit by the Trump administration that tried to block the certification of results from Alaska's U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent lost.

The Connecticut senator, who has been campaigning for fellow Democrats, has been viewed as a potential candidate for president in 2028.

Haley Stevens had lost the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan to Abdul El-Sayed earlier this year.

Stevens’ endorsement came after Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign asked her to no longer attend campaign events in a dispute over an outside ad that Stevens said was antisemitic.

The remarkable show of support for the President Donald Trump-backed candidate in the tightly contested race comes after she was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed, who defeated the congresswoman by a slim margin in the August primary.

Stevens' show of support for President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate in the tightly contested race comes after she was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed, who defeated the congresswoman by a slim margin in the August primary.

Tuesday's ranked-choice election includes two candidates who have done little campaigning, one of whom shares the incumbent's name. It was that candidate's presence on the ballot that prompted Trump to push for the lawsuit out of fear he would siphon votes from the incumbent.

US President Trump returns to the campaign trail after taking a break at his ⁠⁠Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Saturday.

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., declined to say whether he would accept the results of the Alaska Senate race if Democrat Mary Peltola wins the battleground seat

The contest between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico may determine control of the U.S. Senate. "Sunday Morning" talks with the candidates' supporters and local observers about a race that has drawn interest from around the country.

Social Security's retirement trust fund may run out in 2032. Senators elected this November will be in office when that deadline comes.

Charles Booker is running against Republican Rep. Andy Barr to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell.

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the Senate’s 100 seats are being contested on Tuesday.

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Our investigation found that Democratic operatives were behind a plan to bring a potential spoiler into the Senate race.

The Department of Justice on Friday added a request that the judge separate all ballots showing votes for the second Dan Sullivan until it can be determined whether voters were fooled into wasting their votes for a spoiler candidate.

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.

An Anchorage-based FBI agent visited a boat dealership in Petersburg, a small fishing community accessible only by air or water where the candidate lives.

The latest developments come amid allegations, first reported by The New York Times, that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate in the toss-up U.S. Senate race.

An APC senatorial candidate in Nasarawa, Dr Faisal Shuaib, has called for reconciliation and unity among party stakeholders to ensure victory in 2027. Read More: https://punchng.com/nasarawa-apc-senatorial-candidate-urges-unity-ahead-of-2027-elections/

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is making the case for Republicans to keep control of the Senate as the party faces mounting headwinds ahead of the midterms. He's balancing the push to advance President Trump's agenda with the need for GOP candidates to chart their own paths.

From Texas to Maine, rising prices and the Iran war put key Senate races in play as Democrats fight for control.

Voters see Dan Osborn, the independent seeking to unseat Senator Pete Ricketts, as more like a Democrat than an independent, a Times/Siena poll found.

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Ottawa Senators forward Hayden Hodgson has been given a two-game suspension for boarding, the NHL's department of player safety said Friday.

The court filing, which cites the potential for “voter confusion,” did not spell out how segregating ballots would determine if a voter was confused.

The dueling developments came days before Tuesday's ranked choice general election, in a race headlined by two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. The race is among a handful nationwide expected to determine control of the Senate.

Federal prosecutors announced that they are pursuing a criminal probe into the Alaska Senate race, where Democrats are facing allegations of election fraud. Democratic Alaskan Senate candidate Mary Peltola says she knew nothing about efforts to get another Dan Sullivan on the ballot to rival the incumbent, also named Dan Sullivan.

South Carolina's Senate race is now leaning Republican, according to new analysis from the CBS News data desk. CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys, Anthony Salvanto, breaks down the numbers.

The top federal prosecutor in Alaska did not specify what crimes are being investigated by the Justice Department, saying he's "not making any assumptions on whether a crime has been committed or not."

Daniel J. Sullivan, the independent Alaska Senate candidate whose name is almost identical to the Republican incumbent, left his hometown of Petersburg earlier this week, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News.