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Stories about campaigns, candidates, primaries, polling, ballots and the people who run elections. That includes redistricting, voting rules, campaign money and results. Left- and right-leaning outlets often frame the same race or rule change very differently, with some stressing voter access and fairness and others stressing ballot security and fraud concerns. Each pair here puts one headline from each side next to each other, so you can compare how the same election news is presented before you decide what it means.

65 pairs · updated Oct 29

  • Investigation into second Dan Sullivan on Alaska Senate ballot

    Alaska Senate race: what to know about Democrats’ alleged ballot-stacking effort

    Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign reportedly recruited a second Dan Sullivan in the race in what Republicans call a ploy to split votes US politics live – latest updates Republican officials have called for an investigation into an alleged ballot-stacking scheme in Alaska’s competitive Senate race by Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign. For months, Donald Trump…

    'Decoy Dan' Sullivan case leads top senator to break four-year X silence: 'Pattern of Lies'

    Lisa Murkowski broke years of silence on X to accuse Mary Peltola's team of ballot manipulation through a decoy Dan Sullivan candidate scheme.

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  • Judge denies DOJ request on California mail ballots

    Federal judge warns Trump administration’s bid to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots would ‘wreak havoc’

    Judge denies DOJ effort to isolate 20,000 California mail ballots

    A federal judge on Wednesday denied the Department of Justice’s bid to force California to set aside mail ballots associated with more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens, rejecting an emergency intervention less than a week before the midterm elections. S. District Judge David Carter, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, rejected the department’s…

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  • Hackers disrupt FEC campaign finance system before midterms

    FEC campaign finance system offline days before midterms after hackers reportedly target site

    2 billion, according to AdImpact.

    Hackers Strike At Heart Of Campaign Finance System Days Before Midterms

    Hackers tried to breach the Federal Election Commission’s systems just one week before the midterm elections, forcing the agency to shut down electronic filing services and disrupting the public’s ability to track new campaign spending disclosures during the final stretch of election season. The attempted intrusion prompted FEC cybersecurity staff to take…

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  • Murkowski endorses Democrat for Alaska governor

    Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski Endorses Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins For Alaska Governor

    “Our future is too important to be hamstrung by partisan divisions,” Murkowski said.

    GOP Senator Sticks Knife In Party’s Back With Stunning Pre-Election Endorsement

    Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has endorsed the Democrat candidate running to flip Alaska’s governor’s office from red to blue as her party fights for its life headed into the midterms. Murkowski said Tuesday she would back Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins over leading Republican candidate Bernadette Wilson. She made the…

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  • Second Dan Sullivan recruited for Alaska Senate race

    Peltola campaign aides, DSCC officials helped recruit second Dan Sullivan in Alaska race: NYT

    The DOJ wants a judge to temporarily block certification of the Alaska Senate election if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses due to voter confusion.

    Legacy Media Exposes How Dems Are Rigging Pivotal Senate Election

    A New York Times investigation revealed that Democrat operatives in Alaska worked with aides for Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign to recruit a second candidate named Dan Sullivan, whose candidacy threatens to confuse voters in Peltola’s race against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK). The investigation, published Wednesday, details what participants called a…

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  • Trump jokes about $5,000 hamburger

    Trump jokes $5,000 would buy 'a hamburger and maybe a small dessert' at Mar-a-Lago as affordability looms over midterm

    Trump's joke comes as Americans say in polls they believe that Democrats would do a better job than Republicans at address concerns about affordability.

    Trump can’t resist roasting his affordability pitch with $5,000 burger joke

    Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Sometimes Donald Trump just can’t get out of his own way, particularly if there is a chance to get a laugh out of a rally crowd, which is what happened in Texas last night. Plus, we look at the MAGA Right’s read on the Brazilian election, and why […]

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  • Federal prosecutors flag 400 noncitizen voters in Washington state

    DOJ asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 alleged noncitizens

    Federal officials identify 400 noncitizens registered to vote in Washington state: 'Tip of the iceberg'

    S. Attorney Neil Floyd told Fox News Digital some noncitizens identified in the probe cast ballots as many as 27 times, with alleged votes dating back to 1984.

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  • Trump displays tanker with 1 million barrels of Venezuelan oil at Texas rally

    Trump shows off tanker with ‘1m barrels of oil’ and floats Venezuela as 51st state

    President at Texas campaign rally hails deal struck with post-Maduro government as ‘greatest oil victory in history’ Donald Trump suggested Venezuela would become the 51st state of the United States on Tuesday as the president showed off a tanker he claimed had “one million barrels of oil on it” from the country, nine months after deposing its president. At…

    Trump brings 1 million barrels of oil from Venezuela to Texas ahead of rally as part of last push for GOP in midterms

    "This will be the first of the billions of barrels to come from this deal," a White House official noted.

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  • JD Vance holds rally in Montana

    Vance Shouted Down for the 6th Time as Hecklers Wreak Havoc

    Vice President JD Vance’s campaign speech in Montana was derailed on Monday when hecklers interrupted him in the red state. It was the 6th time in a series of stops that protesters have interrupted the vice president during the sprint to the midterms. But Vance’s attempts to brush them off haven’t gone smoothly either, as hecklers have repeatedly drawn…

    Vance puts American sovereignty at center of closing midterm argument

    Vice President JD Vance rallied Montana voters to support Republican congressional candidates by framing the midterm elections as a choice between a post-racial sovereignty, supported by the GOP, and a system dominated by Democrats who don’t want the United States to thrive. “In the last couple of years, we have cut down on visa fraud […]

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  • Courts reject DOJ bid to set aside California mail ballots

    Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop California from counting mail-in ballots

    Newsom accuses Trump of ‘assault on democracy’ as DoJ claims 20,000 registered voters in state are non-citizens A US federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s move to block California from counting the ballots of 20,000 registered voters that the justice department claims are non-citizens. The court on Monday ruled 2-1 against Donald Trump’s…

    Appeals court rejects Trump bid to block 20,000 ballots of suspected noncitizens

    A federal appeals court refused Monday to order California to sequester 20,000 ballots of people President Trump says likely are noncitizens, saying the administration didn't give a lower court enough time to weigh the case.

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  • Trump offers $1 million reward for voter fraud tips

    Trump’s latest campaign promise: $1 million for voter fraud tips

    Trump is stumping for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is locked in a tightening race against Democrat Scott Colom in Mississippi. Follow for live updates.

    Trump offers $1 million reward for tips resulting in voter fraud convictions

    President Donald Trump said Monday that the administration will pay out $1 million to tipsters who report cases of voter fraud that result in convictions, just one week before the polls close in the 2026 midterm elections. “Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 […]

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  • Trump criticizes El-Sayed at Michigan rallies

    Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed in Michigan

    President Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States.

    Trump Criticizes ‘Jihadist’ El-Sayed for Portraying Himself as Doctor: ‘He Should Not Be Allowed to Serve in Our Senate’

    ” The post Trump Criticizes ‘Jihadist’ El-Sayed for Portraying Himself as Doctor: ‘He Should Not Be Allowed to Serve in Our Senate’ appeared first on Breitbart.

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  • Trump campaigns in Michigan with Nicki Minaj

    Trump Thirsts Over MAGA Rapper’s ‘Beautiful A**’ at Rally

    President Donald Trump has turned his fixation on Republican rear ends to a female. Trump, 80, has been thirsting over the bodies of male Republicans during his midterm rally blitz this month. He has repeatedly discussed the physique of 59-year-old Ohio Sen.

    Watch: Nicki Minaj Helps Trump Stump for Mike Rogers in Packed Detroit Rally

    Rap star Nicki Minaj joined President Donald Trump at a rally in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday as the president makes his last-minute appeal to voters in Michigan to vote for GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers and to defeat Muslim Democrat Abdul El Sayed. The post Watch: Nicki Minaj Helps Trump Stump for Mike Rogers in Packed Detroit Rally appeared first on…

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  • Court hears arguments on California mail ballots

    Judges skeptical of Trump administration effort to force California to set aside mail ballots

    A three-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals panel expressed significant skepticism Sunday over the Justice Department’s desire to inject itself into California’s midterm vote-counting process by forcing election officials to set aside the votes of suspected noncitizens who have been issued mail ballots.

    Ninth Circuit questions Trump DOJ's emergency request to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots

    A Ninth Circuit panel grilled Justice Department lawyers over forcing California to set aside mail-in ballots tied to suspected noncitizens.

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  • Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola injured in car crash

    Mary Peltola delays campaign events after sustaining ‘minor injuries’ in car crash

    Anchorage police confirmed a crash involving three vehicles occurred Saturday and said those involved sustained “non-life threatening” injuries.

    Alaska Dem Mary Peltola in car crash during final sprint for Senate

    Peltola, 53, was en route to the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Banquet when her vehicle was hit by another car.

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  • Obama campaigns for El-Sayed in Detroit

    Obama rallies rapturous Michigan crowd for El-Sayed: ‘He’ll finish the job we started’

    Former president speaks to crowd of thousands in support of Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate and Democratic ticket Barack Obama told a Detroit crowd on Saturday that Abdul El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket”, as he threw his weight behind the Democratic Senate candidate and the rest…

    Obama mocks Trump's White House as looking like 'Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory' in brutal campaign trail swipe

    Former President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd in Detroit, Michigan alongside Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed.

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  • Trump and Melania vote early in Florida

    President Trump, first lady vote early in person in Florida

    President Trump and the first lady voted in Florida before he jetted off to Georgia for a campaign rally.

    President Trump and first lady Melania Trump vote early in West Palm Beach

    A hoarse-sounding President Trump and first lady Melania Trump voted early in West Palm Beach on Saturday – as Trump vowed to keep up the vigorous campaign schedule

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  • Obama campaigns in Cleveland against Trump

    Obama describes Trump as an agent of ‘chaos and cruelty’ in midterm elections pitch

    Former President Barack Obama characterized President Donald Trump as an agent of “chaos and cruelty” and a man of broken promises during a midterm election rally.

    Obama rips Ramaswamy after Acton ad: ‘No office that is worth stopping that low’

    CLEVELAND — Former President Barack Obama excoriated Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy for his attack ad with Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s estranged mother during his first rally of the 2026 midterm election cycle in Cleveland. “There is no line he will not cross, no low he will not sink to, to try to get […]

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  • DOJ seeks court action on California counties and suspected noncitizen ballots

    DOJ demands California counties help identify noncitizen voters

    The Department of Justice is warning local election officials in California to cooperate with the administration to identify noncitizens on a list of registered voters or face potential legal action, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.

    California must respond to DOJ's emergency request over ballots mailed to alleged noncitizens, court rules

    The DOJ says roughly 20,000 noncitizens received mail-in ballots in California and is demanding the state sequester those votes before they are processed.

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  • Trump lifts some Canada tariffs to aid Susan Collins

    Trump drops some Canada tariffs in bid to boost embattled Susan Collins in Maine

    Republican senator faces critical re-election battle in state where president’s trade war has outraged voters Donald Trump dropped some of the US’s tariffs on Canada on Friday to “better serve the public interest” the White House said, handing a win to Susan Collins, the embattled Republican senator for Maine, as she faces a tight re-election campaign that…

    Susan Collins Gets An Unexpected Lifeline From Trump In Senate Nail-Biter

    President Donald Trump is lifting tariffs on some Canadian goods, a move that could boost Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins in her reelection fight, though the White House said it would impose tariffs on other Canadian products, including valves and carpets, in their place. The trade war with Canada, Maine’s biggest trade partner, has strained ...

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