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Midterm momentum swings toward the GOP in polls, forecasts

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

GOP must not follow Trump

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican. (Associated Press)

Abortion, crime take center stage in Florida Senate debate

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

This image from video posted on Rumble on Feb. 23, 2022 shows Michael Flynn speaking at The Hollow in Venice, Fla. Flynn, who once led the U.S. military's intelligence agency, now is at the center of a far-right Christian nationalist movement that has a growing influence in the Republican Party. (AP Photo)

Michael Flynn goes local to spread Christian nationalism

By Michelle R. Smith - Associated Press

Eddie Armstrong, chairman of the Responsible Growth Arkansas campaign, speaks at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The campaign is backing a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana. Arkansas is one of five states with recreational marijuana proposals on the ballot in November. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo )

Biden’s pot pardons could boost states’ legalization drives

By Andrew DeMillo - Associated Press

Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Lawmakers on the panel have hinted multiple times over the past year that they will issue criminal referrals. At the hearing on Thursday, Cheney, the committee’s Republican vice chairwoman, said that the panel “may ultimately decide” to do so. She said they have “sufficient information to consider criminal referrals for multiple individuals.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Liz Cheney teases 2024 presidential run: ‘We have a lot of bad candidates’

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., speaks during a meeting of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on Nov. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

House Democrats’ campaign chief fighting for survival in new New York district

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., talks with workers while touring a family-owned electric products manufacturing company on a campaign stop, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Rochester, N.H. Sen. Hassan is facing Republican Don Bolduc in the November election. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

New Hampshire’s Senate race could be more of a nail-biter for Democrats than expected

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

In this file photo from Sept. 17, 2022, JD Vance, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator for Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio. Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Trump-endorsed Republican and "Hillbilly Elegy" author JD Vance are scheduled to participate Monday, Oct. 10, 2022 in Cleveland for the first of two scheduled debates in their race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman in Ohio. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar, File)

Tim Ryan, J.D. Vance fire away in lone Ohio Senate debate

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 17, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Murkowski’s ranked-choice voting scheme

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Republican nominee Christine Drazan, left, and Democratic nominee Tina Kotek, middle, listen to unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson speak during the gubernatorial debate hosted by Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association at Mount Hood Oregon Resort in Welches, Ore., Friday, July 29, 2022. The three leading candidates for Oregon governor face off in their second televised debate Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Bend, Ore. (Jaime Valdez/Pamplin Media Group via AP, Pool)

Oregon gubernatorial race a tossup and GOP hopes to flip state

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The Republican Party has edged past the Democratic Party in the great favorability contest among Americans, according to a new poll from Gallup. (AP Photo)

Republicans gain in party-favorability poll before midterms

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Republicans (GOP) focus on Biden's economy to win elections Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GOP candidates need to focus on the economy, inflation and the border crisis

By Peter Morici

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, left, stands with his lieutenant governor pick Alison Esposito, right, after speaking to delegates and assembled party officials at the 2022 NYGOP Convention, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

More officers walking off job, running for office to push back against defund-police movement

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Illustration Polling by John Camejo for The Washington Times

GOP candidates often beat the pollsters

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy introduces the House GOP's "Commitment to America," at a gathering at Ductmate Industries, Friday, Sep. 23, 2022, in Monongahela, Pa. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) ** FILE **

Contract with America: The sequel

By Cal Thomas

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., accompanied by Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., left, and other Republican House members, walk out to hold a news conference as the select committee on the Jan. 6 attack appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will begin to hold its first hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fighting crime, stabilizing education are bedrock of House GOP ‘Commitment to America’

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a Democratic National Committee event at the National Education Association Headquarters, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden slams GOP policy to-do list, warns ‘MAGA Republicans’ at helm

By Mica Soellner and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of Calif., center, speaks during a news conference on the House Jan. 6 Committee, Thursday, June 9, 2022, with Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., left, and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House GOP’s new ‘Commitment to America’ agenda is heavy on education and fighting crime, inflation

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

J.D. Vance, the Republican candidate for U.S. senator for Ohio, is accompanied by former President Donald Trump as he speaks at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)

Rust Belt voters lukewarm on some GOP candidates but eager to deliver for Trump

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times