Tag: Republicans
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Why Republicans think their Senate majority could last the decade: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, senior national politics reporter Sahil Kapur explores why it won’t be easy for the Democrats to claw back…
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Wisconsin plays a key role in Harris’ outreach to Trump-skeptical Republicans
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has been stacking up Republican endorsements in Wisconsin, a key swing state that has been central to her effort to attract voters from across the aisle who are skeptical of Donald Trump. Over the past week, Harris snagged the public support of outgoing Republican state Sen. Robert Cowles, the longest-serving…
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In the critical suburbs of Philly, Harris volunteers hunt for winnable Republicans
Both Harris and Trump are making frequent visits to the suburbs as Election Day nears, a measure of the region’s outsize importance. Trump chose Bucks County for his recent photo-op working the fryer at a local McDonald’s restaurant. Harris’ town-hall-style event on CNN last week took place in Delaware County. A dizzying number of possibilities…
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House Republicans subpoena Biden administration over alleged social media censorship
WASHINGTON — The top Republican on a key House subcommittee has issued a subpoena to the Biden administration as her panel probes whether the federal government is attempting to limit information being shared on social media platforms ahead of November’s elections. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., the Chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information…
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New York delivered Republicans the House in 2022. Will the blue state help them keep it in 2024?
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Huddled with volunteers at his campaign headquarters here, Iraq War veteran and freshman Rep. Pat Ryan said it felt like a “pre-mission brief” back in his Army days. Ryan’s mission now is holding onto his seat in a suburban district in upstate New York that Republicans would very much like to flip…
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Harris focuses on winning over disaffected Republicans as the election draws near
Vice President Kamala Harris is increasingly zeroing in on a group of voters her campaign believes could make a critical difference in several key battleground states: Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who can’t get themselves to support former President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, Harris held an event with many of her leading Republican surrogates in Bucks…
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Harris leans on ‘McCain Republicans’ to close the deal in Arizona
PHOENIX — Kamala Harris is staking her hopes of vanquishing Donald Trump in the pivotal state of Arizona by leaning on a familiar group of voters: moderate Republicans with an affinity for the late Sen. John McCain. Concentrated in the suburbs of Phoenix, those voters were decisive in 2020 in delivering the state for Joe…
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What weeks of early-voting data tell us about how Democrats and Republicans are turning out in 2024
Early voting is getting underway throughout the country, including in key battleground states like Georgia, where more than 300,000 people voted Tuesday, the first day of early voting. While Virginia isn’t a core battleground state this year, it does have more than two weeks of mail-in and early in-person voting already in the books, including…
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Speaker Mike Johnson predicts a new coalition will elect Republicans in 2024
HELLERTOWN, Pa. — A country club audience of roughly 150 Republican supporters and donors gathered here at the Steel Club, noshing on barbecue ribs and sipping glasses of chardonnay and lemonade. Just a floor above, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sat in a quiet conference room detailing how Republicans will grow the House majority, and win…
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Democrats and Republicans push to expand the Senate battleground map with long-shot races
For the last two years, the battle for the Senate has focused on a handful of closely watched states. But weeks before Election Day, Democrats and Republicans are pouring money into the edges of their battleground map, placing bets on long-shot chances to flip an extra seat into their column. And they are long-shot races,…