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Poll: Democrats Lead in Key States That Will Decide Senate
Nate Cohn, NY Times
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Charlie McCarthy, Yahoo
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Fred Fleitz, Am. Greatness
Sanders Leaving It All on Field in Final Days of Midterms
John Nichols, The Nation
A Closing Argument for America on Election Eve
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
After Trump’s Looming Midterm Loss, How Ugly Will it Get?
Brian Karem, Salon
Alaska's Decoy Scandal Brings Back the Usual Suspects
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Texas Early Vote Results
Bill King, RealClearPolitics
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Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker
The Sane Person's Guide to Microplastics
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Senate (NYT/Siena): AK: D+2 | IA: D+1 | MI: D+11 | OH: D+5 | ME: D+6 | TX: D+7

RCP Afternoon Edition

In a Polarized Country, Dems Have a Tougher Path to Senate
Dan Balz, Wash Post
Haley Stevens's Turn on El-Sayed Deepens Dems' Civil War
Sam Kahn, UnHerd
Alaska Shenanigans Still Don't Justify the DOJ's Lawsuit
Hayes Brown, MS Now
Secret Plan To Cheat Shows Peltola's Disdain for Alaskans
Sen. Dan Sullivan, CNN
The Trump Show on the Verge of Cancellation
Heather Digby Parton, Salon
Why Your Midterm Vote Could Decide America's Future
David Deavel, AMAC
Desert Duel a Key Test of Trump's Effect on Midterms
Mark Z. Barabak, LA Times
The Bad News About Election Day: It Never Ends
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Karen Bass Fighting Tooth & Nail To Keep Her Mayorship
Charles Blow, The Guardian
SCOTUS Must Take Herridge Case, Protect Sources
Jonathan Turley, FOX News
The Dangerous Illusion of 'a Little Epic Fury’
Joe Kent & Brett Erickson, The Hill
Some Cultures Cling to Life and Others Sanctify Death
Liel Leibovitz, The Free Press
Texas Senate: Atlas: Talerico (D) +6 | Trafalgar: Tied | NYT: Talerico (D) +7, Map

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RCP Morning Edition

A Blue Wave or a Blue Flood Next Tuesday?
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Dems Catering To Extremists Another Victory for Far-Left
Michael Goodwin, NY Post
Gen Z Voters Feel Betrayed by Trump. Time To Show It
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Democrats, Beware Fool's Gold of Midterm Success
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Josh Dawsey, WSJ
Baked Alaska: This Is Not Election High-Jinx But Outright Fraud
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NBC News: Generic Ballot: Dems +7, vs. Past Mid-Terms | Trump Approval 40%

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Political Landscape

GOP Campaigns Use Social Pressure To Turn Out Voters

Cindy Siegel was walking through a Houston-area grocery store as she pulled up an app on her phone. With a few easy clicks on Abbott Impact, she could see everyone in her contacts and whether they were registered to vote and had cast a ballot yet. The Harris County GOP chair banks up to 200 messages or calls per day, in between coordinating with campaigns and helping set up polling locations. Read More

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Trump Administration

Trump Calls for Alaska's Peltola To Be Taken Off Senate Ballot

So they said they didn't do this, and it turned out they did. The New York Times just released actually an incredible story on it. They created a fake candidate. They took a candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against another candidate who's a great senator named Dan Sullivan in order to cheat in the election. And they said they didn't do it, and we caught him cold. Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Kudlow: Real GDP Rose 3.4%--Get Out There and Sell It, Republicans

There’s so much talk about Democratic dirty tricks and decoy candidates in Alaska, along with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s husband problem in Minnesota. Along with socialists running away from socialism in Michigan, Minnesota, Florida, and elsewhere. Perhaps the most important issue for voters, though, is almost getting blocked out. Read More

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