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FILE - In this, May 17, 2016, file photo, Alaska state Sen. Mike Dunleavy listens during a Senate Finance Committee meeting in Juneau, Alaska. Dunleavy and Mead Treadwell are vying to become the third person in what is shaping up to be a three-way fight for governor in Alaska. The winner of the Aug. 21 GOP primary will advance to the general election. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Dunleavy, Treadwell vie for third spot in Alaska election

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

In this July 24, 2018, photo, U.S. House candidate Ed Case and his wife, Audrey Case, greet evening commuters while campaigning in Honolulu. The seat representing Honolulu in the U.S. Congress is open for anyone's taking, as incumbent U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa runs for governor instead of re-election. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Medley of Democrats compete for Hawaii US House seat

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters following a weekly policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dems will try forcing Senate vote against Trump health plan

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

The Latino Victory Fund's ad showed a pickup truck with a Confederate flag and an Ed Gillespie bumper sticker chasing down Muslim, Latino and black children, and accused the GOP candidate of spreading "hate."

Immigrant-rights group prepared to go for ‘jugular’ in midterm attack ads

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Newcomer faces Republican backlash in Kansas 2nd House race

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, joined from left by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, holds a news conference to refute Senate Democrats who are intensifying their fight over documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's stint as staff secretary at the White House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Archives: Kavanaugh documents not ready until end of October

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2018, file photo, Republican GOP gubernatorial candidates, from left, Diane Black, Randy Boyd, Beth Harwell and Bill Lee take part in a debate in Hendersonville, Tenn. The contest to succeed popular term-limited Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has attracted four leading Republicans who have put some $40.2 million of their own money into the race and have spent a record $45.7 million total. (Lacy Atkins/The Tennessean via AP, File)

The Latest: Ball defeats Dean in GOP race in Tennessee 5th

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From left, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, hold a news conference to refute Senate Democrats who are intensifying their fight over documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's stint as staff secretary at the White House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans dismiss Democrats demands for more Kavanaugh records: ‘It’s about delay’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Donald Trump slams GOP megadonors Charles and David Koch as ‘total joke’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 27, 2018, file photo President Donald Trump hugs Senate candidate Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., during a campaign rally in Fargo, N.D. The conservative Koch brothers' network declared July 30, that it will not help elect Cramer, the Republican Senate candidate in North Dakota, turning its back on the GOP in a marquee election — at least for now — after determining that the Republican challenger is no better than the Democratic incumbent Heidi Heitkamp.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Latest: Trump claims Americans need IDs to buy groceries

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FILE - In this July 26, 2018 file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidates Mead Treadwell, left, and Mike Dunleavy share a laugh during the Alaska Republican Party annual picnic in Anchorage, Alaska. Former Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says the state needs a course correction and Republican Dunleavy is best suited to lead that effort. Dunleavy and Treadwell are the major candidates competing in the Republican gubernatorial primary on Aug. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen, File)

Treadwell says he’s unbothered by Parnell’s support of rival

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

Kochs won’t help top GOP Senate candidate in key state

By STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in Grand Forks, N.D. President Donald Trump's stepped-up campaign tour the week of June 25, 2018, is taking him to North Dakota to help U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer, a Republican candidate who reluctantly entered the high-stakes Senate race and then questioned the support he has received from the White House. Cramer made it clear he was less than happy with Trump's friendly treatment of his opponent, Heitkamp. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)

Koch network won’t help Republicans beat Heitkamp

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

"The economy is growing at a faster rate than it's grown in years and years and we're keeping people safe at home and abroad," said Rep. Steve Stivers. (Associated Press)

Steve Stivers: Surging economy will result in voters picking Republicans in midterm vote

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this July 26, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump acknowledges the audience after speaking at the United States Steel Granite City Works plant in Granite City, Ill. Trump's trade policies are turning long-established Republican orthodoxy on its head. There are tariff fights, and there’s now $12 billion in farm aid that represents the type of government intervention GOP voters railed against a decade ago. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

On trade policy, Trump is turning GOP orthodoxy on its head

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Plan unveiled to fund projects beyond North Dakota oil patch

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, walks to the House chamber as he prepares to file articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative Jim Jordan’s speaker run boosts Trump allies

By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, (center) has built a reputation as a right-wing brawler, willing to battle Democrats and Republican leaders alike. He is challenging Rep. Kevin McCarthy, of California, to succeed outgoing House Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
walks to the House chamber as he prepares to file articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Associated Press photographs)

Jim Jordan wants to replace Paul Ryan as House speaker

By David Sherfinski and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2018, file photo, the Capitol is illuminated in Washington. Lawmakers are honing their messaging for the midterm elections as their summer recess looms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP, Dems focus on messages as summer recess, elections near

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press