#Gop Senate

A Republican-endorsed Minnesota Senate candidate is facing accusations of condoning political violence after he urged people to grow “teeth” and vote "with a ballot before we have to vote with bullets." Eagan resident Stephen Lowell, the GOP-endorsed candidate for Minnesota Senate District 52, made those remarks July 30...

The race to see which Oklahoma Republican will move on to the Nov. 8 general election in hopes of succeeding Sen. Jim Inhofe is coming down to the wire. In an exclusive News 9 / News On 6 poll, T.W. Shannon has closed the gap to 10 points against Rep. Markwayne Mullin. The poll was comprised of 322 likely Republican runoff voters and was conducted August 11-17. It showed Mullin with a 49 percent to 39 percent lead over Shannon.

MINNEAPOLIS — Democrats on Thursday accused a Republican-endorsed candidate for the Minnesota Senate of condoning political violence, when he talked about the need for "voting with the ballot before we have to vote with bullets." The candidate, Stephen Lowell, countered that he wasn't advocating violence but instead simply warning...

WASHINGTON — If it’s Friday ... A Judge says he’s inclined to unseal parts of Mar-a-Lago search affidavit. ...Fox News polls show Democrats up in Arizona Senate and Wisconsin Senate. ... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell admits GOP might not flip the Senate, citing candidate quality. ... NBC’s Antonia Hylton interviews Democrat Cheri Beasley in North Carolina Senate. ... And 73% of second year college Democrats don’t want Biden to run in 2024, poll finds.

With most of the country's primaries already in the past, most of the focus ahead of Election Day has shifted to the general election. Two new polls from Fox News showed Democrats up in Arizona and Wisconsin, two key states on the path to control of the Senate. And Democrats in GOP-held states like North Carolina are trying to push their opponents too.

Swing state rally comes as DeSantis eyes 2024 presidential run.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Vance are holding a rally in Ohio today. This comes as DeSantis announces the arrest of 20 people accused of illegally voting in the 2020 election. CBS News political analyst and Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez and Joe Watkins, host of "Joe Watkins: State of Independence" on Lighthouse TV, join CBS News to discuss that and more.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threw cold water Thursday on talk that Republicans would cruise to control of the upper chamber of Congress in November’s midterm elections. “I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,” McConnell (R-Ky.) told the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in remarks reported by Fox News and other outlets. “Senate races are just different,” he added. “They’re statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.” McConnell did not mention the names of specific candidates, but the Republican leader notably failed to convince two popular GOP governors — Larry Hogan of Maryland...

A major funding arm for Republican U.S. Senate candidates has slashed ad spending in several battleground states, including Pennsylvania, according to multiple reports. At the same time, Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman has released several proposals and launched a related ad blaming inflation on wealthy insiders and lobbyists in Washington, D.C.

West Orange native Mark Kelly has an 8-point lead in his bid for re-election a U.S. Senator from Arizona. Kelly, a retired astronaut and the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, leads Republican Blake Masters, 50%-42%, according to a new Fox News poll of Arizona registered voters released on Thursday.

A super PAC tied to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came to the rescue of J.D. Vance, the struggling Senate Republican candidate in Ohio, a state Democrat Joe Biden lost by 8 points in 2020.

‘I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,’ Minority Leader McConnell said. ‘Senate races are just different.’