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Growing field of GOP candidates looks to defeat Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar

Former NBA player Royce White announced his candidacy Feb. 22 for the Fifth Congressional District on outside the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene defends speaking at white supremacist event saying she didn’t know what it was

Georgia congresswoman’s embrace of far right is hardly new

The Independent UK

Rep. Greene’s speech at white nationalist event draws new calls for reprimand

Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene headlined a white nationalist conference in Florida where attendees cheered Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and chanted the name of President Vladimir Putin shortly before she was introduced.

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Texas border deployment gets nearly $5 million boost after GOP leaders move money from other agencies

AUSTIN, Texas — With no fanfare, five of Texas’ top Republican leaders late last month moved nearly a half-billion dollars from three law enforcement-related state agencies to pay for the mounting costs of keeping thousands of National Guard soldiers deployed at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service

GOP tests midterm message not focused on Trump grievances

The Republican Party’s leading conservatives have spent several days in Florida focused on the issues they believe will help the GOP retake control of Congress this fall — and perhaps the White House soon thereafter

The Independent UK

CPAC: Why Republicans and Trump suddenly have an unexpected Putin problem

Days into Russian forces’ unprovoked incursion into Ukraine, the tide appears to be turning against Mr Putin among Republicans at CPAC, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg report

The Independent UK

Trump to hold rally in Florence to boost South Carolina GOP

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump will hold a political rally in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina next month, where the former president is expected to champion the two coastal Republicans who are running to unseat two congressional incumbents that Trump has long had on his list of political…

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Will Brown Jackson win any Republican support? Early indications uncertain

WASHINGTON — The initial reactions to Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination show that she might yet earn Republican support during her confirmation process.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

GOP response to Biden Supreme Court pick shows necessity of Democratic Party’s unity

Ketanji Brown Jackson will need every Democratic senator’s vote unless GOP defections occur

The Independent UK

Lawmaker wants Idaho to ban ballot drop boxes to avoid ‘contamination’

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho Republican lawmaker has joined other GOP-led states in targeting ballot drop boxes in elections, with a new bill that would ban using them statewide.

Tribune News Service

‘I’m disgusted’: CPAC trolled with billboards by anti-Trump Republican group

Campaign group is one of several trying to rally Republicans against the 45th president and his followers

The Independent UK

In trans people, GOP candidates find latest 'wedge issue'

Political observers say Republican candidates are using transgender people as a classic “wedge issue” as 2022 campaigns heat up

The Independent UK

Trump advisers break with Trump on Putin

“No one in the GOP should be praising Vladimir Putin,” said former White House Chief of Staff Marc Short

Salon

Biden goes bold with defiant SCOTUS pick

Biden won't let the GOP's race-baiting and culture war provocation scare him. Jackson shows he welcomes the fight

Salon

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Rick Scott’s income tax plan may ‘rescue’ Democratic campaigns, give GOP a problem

Tasked with helping Republicans capture the Senate majority in November, Sen. Rick Scott handed Democrats an economic hammer to swing at his party this week with a plan that called for a tax increase on millions of Americans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Incumbents in electoral trouble include Pritzker, Lightfoot, Democratic analyst says

Billionaire Ken Griffin has pumped $20 million into the gubernatorial campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who’s seeking the GOP nomination. And Lightfoot could face a challenge from Arne Duncan, the former U.S. education secretary.

The Independent UK

Hillary Clinton blames Trump for ‘giving aid and comfort’ to Putin before Ukraine invasion

Former secretary of state calls on ‘what’s left of the Republican party’ to stand up against those who are showing support for ‘enemy of freedom and democracy’ Putin

Salon

Inside Putin's deep appeal to the GOP

On Salon Talks, Rick Wilson breaks down the stakes of the "MAGA crazy" midterms and 2024, and what Dems need to win

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The Independent UK

Republicans eye state courts as next political battlegrounds

In most midterm election years, races for state supreme court seats are overshadowed by campaigns for governor or the Senate

The Independent UK

Republicans at CPAC cast blame for Russia’s Ukraine invasion – but not on Vladimir Putin

Republicans are placing blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on a certain commander in chief – but not the one who gave the order to attack, Andrew Feinberg writes

Salon

CPAC day 1: GOP fighting over Ukraine

Conservatives gather for their annual meeting in Orlando — and already Republicans are fracturing over Russia

Chicago Sun-Times

How Democrats can save themselves

William Galston and Elaine Kamarck recommended a course correction for Democrats in 1989 because they feared for the future of liberalism. Today, the stakes are far higher, as the GOP is led by someone who attempted to overthrow a free and fair election.

The Independent UK

Don’t mention the Donald: The Trump-DeSantis rivalry hits CPAC

Ron DeSantis has been closing on Trump in the polls, but can he really challenge his Florida neighbours grip on the Republican Party? Richard Hall reports from CPAC.

Roll Call

At the Races: State of the campaigns - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

The Independent UK

Outrage as Florida Republicans pass ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill and ‘Stop Woke Act’ aimed at critical race theory

Legislation joins GOP effort to put ‘parental rights’ at forefront of 2022 campaigns that opponents argue will have chilling effect in classrooms and in the workplace

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