Republicans are looking to gain edge in Oregon with public safety top of mind for many voters, via Camila DeChalus
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My colleagues and I have been traveling across the country to cover key races in the upcoming midterm elections. Here are the key takeaways from 2022 election rallies with ⁦Sabrina Rodríguez Colby Itkowitz Dylan Wells and ⁦Hannah Knowles⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…

What more than 1,000 political ads are arguing right before the midterms, by @harry_stevens Colby Itkowitz
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NEW: Dems pump millions into CDs where Biden won easily. Surrogates fan out to rescue candidates in blue states. And post-debate uncertainty about PA SEN. Annie Linskey reports on the D scramble into a defensive posture in the final stage of midterms. washingtonpost.com/elections/2022…

Trump is already running against Biden.

Last week we reported Trump was looking at home-stretch rallies in IA, PA, GA & OH, with some Republicans pushing back on GA.

Today he announced IA, PA, FL & OH
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More than 1 million Georgians have voted early, a dramatic increase from the last midterm election in 2018 and nearly on pace with the 2020 presidential election, Matt Brown Lenny Bronner report. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

SCOOP: Trump eyes Chris LaCivita, longtime Virginia operative known for Swift Vets attack on John Kerry, for senior 2024 campaign role, Michael Scherer Josh Dawsey
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Normally, foreign policy can be a remote issue for voters. But that's not the case for the #Ukrainian community in Parma, Ohio, where J.D. Vance's #UkraineWar position could work against him. Via Cara McGoogan with photos by Megan Jelinger
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Some GA Rs concerned that Trump rally there could suppress turnout with talk of rigged elections. Walker camp discussed rally possibilities with Trump team, didn't reach a plan. Latest w Michael Scherer Amy Gardner Josh Dawsey washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Trump returns to the trail this weekend in... Texas. His advisers are asking campaign where he's wanted, and the appetite isn't bottomless. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Scoop: Mar-a-Lago classified papers included highly sensitive secrets about Iran's missile program and US intel-gathering aimed at China washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Where are the Democratic stars? Few party leaders hit the trail.
From Tyler Pager Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Annie Linskey
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New: Daniel R. Smith, a civil rights activist and federal worker whose father was born into bondage, died Wednesday at 90. Dan was one of the last surviving children of a formerly enslaved Black American. Marched at Selma, went to Obama's inauguration. RIP washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

New records obtained in Arizona by The Washington Post: “There’s a group of people hanging out near the ballot dropbox filming and photographing my wife and I as we approached the dropbox and accusing us of being a mule.' washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

NEW: The Senate Republicans took out $13M in loans last month to boost its September haul to $25 million. It spent $27.3M, ($12.25M on operating expenditures, $10M on IEs, $840K in coordinated expenditures, $2.24M in transfers) and entered October with $13.67M on hand.