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Becerra holds 27-point lead over Hilton in California governor's race: Poll

Democrat Xavier Becerra is maintaining his strong lead in California’s gubernatorial race with only weeks to go until Election Day, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The Emerson College survey found that 60 percent of likely voters backed the former Health and Human Services secretary over his Republican opponent Steve Hilton to replace outgoing...

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Childcare costs weigh on some voters before the midterm electionsRising childcare costs are a factor for parents weighing how to vote in November's midterm elections

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‘Invasive and extreme’: doctors fight anti-trans measure requiring genital exams for student athletesA Washington referendum has drawn broad opposition from adults who work with queer and trans teens For Kelsey Gellner, a Seattle-based pediatric nurse, a statewide proposal to bar trans girls from sports participation feels like a violation of her duty as a medical professional. The ballot initiative includes a requirement she calls “invasive and…

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Hegseth boosts battleground Republican during Wisconsin tripDAYTON, Ohio, and EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boosted a front-line House Republican on Tuesday during a day trip to Midwest battlegrounds two weeks before the midterm elections, in which Republicans are facing an uphill fight to keep control of Congress. Hegseth, who completed his second visit to Wisconsin this year, talked...

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AI-Generated Ads Flood Midterm Election CyclePolitical campaigns are adopting the use of artificial intelligence to analyze data and easily get messages out to voters. But the rapidly advancing technology is also increasingly showing up in attack ads raising concerns about blurring the lines between replica and reality. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.

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Meta shifts policy chief ahead of US midterm electionsMeta’s Republican policy chief Joel Kaplan announced his departure just ahead of a projected blue wave in Washington that threatens to rain down scrutiny on big tech companies.

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FT: Netanyahu pushing the US to bomb Iran before electionsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressures US President Donald Trump to resume strikes against Iran, as both leaders contend with poor polling ahead of critical elections.

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Nancy Pelosi’s office latest recipient of letter containing white powderFormer speaker is latest target of mailings sent to various Congress members in the lead-up to the midterm elections California representative Nancy Pelosi’s office received “a suspicious letter” on Wednesday in what appears to be the latest incident of ill-intentioned mailings targeted at US Congress members before the midterm elections. The offices of…

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'Going down in flames': Conservative op-ed blisters MAGA's newest 'unlikable weasel'An op-ed for the longtime conservative publication National Review launched a blistering attack on Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, for acting like a candidate certain he is “going down in flames.” Jeffrey Blehar, a National Review staff writer, made the case in a column published Wednesday, less than two weeks before Election…

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'Lesley, that's a lie!' Trump lawyer reveals tense unaired moment on '60 Minutes'President Donald Trump's Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, revealed in an interview on a right-wing show that she clashed bitterly behind the scenes with 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl during a recent interview on election policy — and complained that almost none of her ranting, including her accusations that Stahl was a "liar,"…

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AOC launching search for as many as 80K ‘inactive’ NYC voters to cast ballots ahead of midterm electionsAOC wants to bring missing voters back to life!

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Could Affordability Decide California’s Governor Race?In California’s gubernatorial race, Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton are hoping to win over voters with their drastically different plans to address affordability in the state with the highest cost of living in the nation. California’s high cost of living is top of mind for voters heading into the 2026 elections. A September poll...

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California governor’s races sees another massive swing as nail-biting new poll releasedXavier Becerra’s lead over Steve Hilton has shrunk to 5.6 points in a new post-debate poll, with 14.1% of California voters still undecided.

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Cooper holds 13-point lead over Whatley in NC Senate race: PollA new poll found former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) holds a 13-point lead over his GOP opponent Michael Whatley in the state’s Senate race less than two weeks away from Election Day. The Elon University poll reported 52 percent of respondents favored Cooper, 39 percent backed Whatley, 6 percent were undecided and 3...

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