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5 races that could decide the US Senate

A handful of races featuring some of the most unconventional candidates in recent memory will determine the control of the Senate in four weeks, when voters hit the polls in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

The key races to watch in the 2022 US midterms

Control of the Senate could hang on results in a handful of states while votes for governor and secretary of state could affect the conduct of future elections

The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2022

Key Senate races tighten with a flood of GOP ad spending

The field of the top 10 races most likely to flip finds Republicans making serious runs at five Democratic-controlled seats and Democrats contending in the other five.

WEKU · Oct 11, 2022

‘Liar,’ ‘liar,’ debate sparks fire: Pritzker, Bailey accuse one another of lies, hypocrisy, being danger to Illinois

The high-stakes showdown — roughly a month ahead of the election — covered abortion, guns and crime; Pritzker’s handling of the pandemic, and the state’s financial ledgers. But the fast — and at times scattershot — pacing often left viewers without answers about where the candidates stood on those…

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 7, 2022

News briefs

Biden to meet DeSantis as he visits Florida after Ian

Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson says Jan. 6 attackers ‘did teach us how you can use a flag pole’

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., downplayed the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 on Tuesday, saying the violent attackers “did teach us how you can use a flag pole.”

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Senator Ron Johnson claims January 6 wasn’t ‘armed insurrection’ but did ‘teach us how you can use a flag pole’

Trump was aware supporters were armed, according to congressional testimony

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Wisconsin Democrats put abortion in spotlight

Wisconsin Democrats up for election in five weeks are putting abortion in the spotlight, with the Republican-controlled Legislature taking less than a minute to reject Gov. Tony Evers' call to create a way for voters to get a chance to repeal the state’s 1849 abortion ban

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Will Bunch: Racist 'Willie Horton'-style fearmongering on crime may win midterms for GOP

When the midterm election winds shifted direction this summer toward Democrats, powered by a gust of anger among women voters over the Supreme Court and abortion rights, no incumbent GOP U.S. senator looked in worse shape than Wisconsin's Ron Johnson.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 4, 2022

Democrats lose ground in key Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Senate races

Both Democratic nominees are getting hammered for their progressive positions on criminal justice issues.

Axios · Oct 2, 2022