Politics

By Dan Merica, CNN No Senate race in the country has received as much money and attention as the hotly contested and at-times divisive contest between Republican Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania. And with over one million ballots already cast and Election Day just hours away, the reason is clear: Republican Sen.

By Fredreka Schouten and Shawna Mizelle, CNN An election official in Philadelphia on Monday said that 3,400 mail-in ballots at risk of being rejected because of incorrect information, missing dates or missing secrecy envelopes “creates a really unfair disenfranchisement to thousands of voters.” Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairwoman Lisa Deeley initially sounded the alarm about the

By Simone Pathe, CNN The race for control of the 50-50 Senate has come down to the wire, with Democrats trying to hold a legislative line of defense as the prospect of a politically divided Washington grows increasingly likely. Even as the odds of House Democrats keeping their majority worsen — with the party spending

By MJ Lee and Jeremy Diamond, CNN On Election Day Eve, President Joe Biden will headline a political rally in Maryland where Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore looks poised to become the state’s first Black governor. That final campaign swing before Election Day comes after Biden spent the weekend in New York stumping for Democratic

By Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN. Photographs by Tamir Kalifa for CNN. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to secure the border, cut back on government spending and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration if Republicans win the House on Tuesday, reflecting a mix of priorities as McCarthy will be forced to

By Tierney Sneed and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Scores of pre-election lawsuits have been filed in battleground states ahead of Tuesday’s election, signaling the possibility of even more high-stakes and contentious court fights as voting wraps up and local officials start counting ballots. Much of the current litigation focuses on the processes surrounding how votes are

By Stephen Collinson, CNN Republicans are increasingly bullish on winning big in Tuesday’s midterm elections, as they slam Democrats over raging inflation and crime while President Joe Biden seeks a late reprieve by warning that GOP election deniers could destroy democracy. The GOP has considerable momentum in its bid to win back the House of

By Gabby Orr and Michael Warren, CNN Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas has decided to forgo a 2024 campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Cotton is the first high-profile Republican to remove himself from a wide list of rumored GOP presidential hopefuls that includes former President

By Michelle Watson, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN An envelope containing “suspicious white powder” was received Saturday at the campaign headquarters of the Republican nominee for governor in Arizona. A staffer at Kari Lake’s campaign headquarters in Phoenix opened an envelope that contained white power, a campaign spokesman told CNN. Items recovered during the

By Devan Cole and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that candidates from her party would accept the results of the midterm elections after letting “the process play out.” “Listen, you should have a recount. You should have a canvass, and it’ll go to the courts and then everybody should

By Devan Cole, CNN Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday pushed back on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s argument that their party is “getting crushed on narrative” by Republicans and right-wing media outlets. “You know what? He’s out there in California right now, and I am out here and been all over Ohio with Tim Ryan,