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Democratic Sens. Jon Tester and Sherrod Brown, the most vulnerable 2024 incumbents in the Senate, are among the senators targeted by the $10 million AFP Action ad blitz.

A new poll in a key Senate battle in Montana that may decide if the GOP wins back the chamber's majority indicates Republican challenger Tim Sheehy with the edge over the Democratic Sen. Jon Tester

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Democrats have a narrow edge nationwide—but a bigger advantage in closely watched Senate races.

In a 2020 interview with CNN, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown said former President Donald Trump's supporters were "supporting a racist for president" and that 35% of Americans love him for playing to "anger."

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Even Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s top allies in the Senate, is urging the former president to tone down his “showman” streak at rallies.

Montana is Democrats' toughest Senate seat to keep blue in 2024, Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said Tuesday during an Axios House event on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention. Why it matters: Whether Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) successfully defends his seat in a state that former President Trump twice won by double digits could be pivotal in Democrats' bid to retain their majority. Peters, who runs Senate Democrats' campaign arm, told Axios' Hans Nichols that Montana is "clearly" the toughest race in November.He also pointed to Ohio — where Sen. Sherrod Brown is seeking re-election — as another one of the party's most difficult seats to defend. Important to remember: Tester is not attending the DNC this week. Instead, he's back home in Montana campaigning.The big picture: Tester "knows how to win" in the state and is a "central casting character for Montana," Peters said. Over $205 million has been spent on the Montana Senate race already this cycle, making it one of the three most expensive races on the map.Peters pointed out that neither Montana nor Ohio is a presidential battleground state, meaning Vice President Harris will not be campaigning in either before November.Between the lines: Tester will have to outrun Harris in Montana by a strong margin if he has any chance of winning — an outcome Peters said was possible.Peters pointed out that Montana's relatively small population of just over 1 million people benefits Tester's retail politics skills.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) will speak on Thursday night at the DNC, a source familiar with the plans told Axios. More Senate Democratic candidates are expected to speak, multiple sources said.Why it matters: Even if a breakout performance isn't in the cards, look for Democratic candidates to do whatever they can to get a piece of the Harris-Walz momentum, sources tell us.An electric convention speech can supercharge a Senate candidate's national profile, like it did for Illinois Senate nominee Barack Obama at the 2004 DNC.For non-incumbents, speaking slots give them the chance to be alongside powerhouses like Obama and former President Clinton. The Harris-Walz campaign, meanwhile, is staring at tough odds for keeping the Senate and wants to do whatever it can to help.Zoom in: The party needs non-incumbent nominees like Elissa Slotkin (Michigan), Ruben Gallego (Arizona) and Colin Allred (Texas) to win in November if it has any shot of keeping its Senate majority.Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) will also be in Chicago. The exact lineup of speakers is still being confirmed, multiple sources told Axios. Vice President Kamala Harris will accept the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.Republican Senate candidates were given similar opportunities at the GOP convention last month.The intrigue: Some vulnerable Democratic candidates have decided to skip out on the trip to Chicago, including Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.).The bottom line: Momentum has shifted toward the Harris campaign in a number of swing states where there are also critical Senate contests.Before the Biden-Harris swap, Democratic campaigns privately worried that they would have to significantly outperform the Biden campaign in battleground states to win. Now, there is optimism that the top of the ticket might actually be helpful in November.Go deeper: Biden's handoff to Harris set for DNC in Chicago

By The Associated Press The Democratic National Convention heads into its second day Tuesday. Former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will speak at the DNC, a day after the unofficial farewell for President Joe Biden, who served eight years as Obama’s vice president. Biden won’t be in the hall to [...]

A handful of leading Democrats are skipping their party's convention in Chicago this week, suggesting that some lawmakers want distance with their party's nominee even amid her euphoric reaction as the party's presumed nominee. Here’s some of the top Democrats who aren't attending the Democratic National Convention: Sherrod Brown Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), who [...]

Former Vice President Mike Pence's conservative think tank laid out just how far the Democratic Party has shifted from its past positions in a memo ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

A Black advocacy group called out Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for failing Black students by not fulfilling education funding goals.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Friday came out in support of Vice President Kamala Harris' economic plan, which includes federal price controls in the food industry.

Rosen is being targeted for high housing costs and continued inflation after voting in favor of President Biden's spending bill that sought to ease economic struggles during COVID-19.

The Harris campaign says she'd give families $6,000 when they have a new baby, and would restore the pandemic-era child tax credit, too. It's part of an economic plan focused on the cost of living.

Vice President Harris’ campaign on Thursday will roll out some of her housing policy proposals including that she supports efforts aimed at lowering the cost of rent and supporting renters struggling financially, according to details obtained by NBC News from a campaign official.

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Top bipartisan lawmakers conducting oversight of homeland security are demanding answers from DHS Secretary Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray after a foiled assassination attempt.

Sen. Brown erased women from his most recent version of a bill relating to health insurance enrollment periods for pregnant women.

What once looked like a brutal map for Senate Democrats now appears less so, but the party is still facing an uphill climb to stop a Republican takeover.

Senate Democrats are feeling more confident about their chances of keeping the Senate majority with Vice President Harris leading the ticket, arguing her momentum could lift them despite a nightmare battleground map. The GOP has long been the favorite to take the Senate this fall because Democrats are defending more difficult-to-hold seats. Republicans need only [...]

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Data: Adimpact; Chart: Axios Visuals Note: Totals include ad money spent and ad reservations already made through Election Day.Since the start of the year, there have been $723 million worth of campaign ad buys for just three Senate races: in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Montana, according to AdImpact data.Why it matters: A fierce battle for control of the Senate is fueling the expected record-breaking ad spending this election cycle. The investment so far points to the races both parties deem most critical for the majority.Zoom in: Democrats have long held a fundraising advantage over Republicans, which is helping them play defense in nine competitive Senate races.Ohio is the only Senate race in which Republicans have been spending more than Democrats on campaign ads and reservations — though this is largely due to it having one of the only highly competitive Senate GOP primaries this year. Republican Bernie Moreno won the Ohio primary and will face Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown in November.The showdowns between Sen. Bob Casey (D) and Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania and Sen. Jon Tester (D) and Tim Sheehy in Montana come in second and third for ad spending and booking for both parties, so far.The $70.5 million of spending in California was driven by heated Senate primary. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is expected to have an easy general election in November.Totals include ad reservations made so far through Election Day, though those reservations are expected to keep coming.Zoom out: Republicans have zeroed in on ousting popular Democratic senators in Montana and Ohio — both states Trump handily won in 2020.Pennsylvania remains at the the heart of the 2024 cycle as a critical swing state for the presidential and holding a competitive Senate race as well as four competitive House races.What to watch: There will be even more ad buys announced as the year's primaries wrap up. The Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell-linked One Nation and NRSC on Wednesday both launched multimillion-dollar ad buys for the Michigan race, for example.

A top conservative advocacy group is hitting vulnerable Democrats in ads across battleground states as it looks to prevent "one-party" rule by progressives.

While we are skeptical of "Buy America" provisions, which are often protectionism dressed up as patriotism, requiring that the federal government buy American flags that are made in America, of American materials, makes sense.

Welcome to the Daily Kos Elections Live Digest, your liveblog of all of today's campaign news. You can find our collection of public data at dailykosdata.com.Please note: The Live Digest is a Democratic presidential primary-free space. It’s also a place to discuss elections, not policy.Subscribe to our podcast, The Downballot! New episodes every Thursday morning. Embedded Content UPDATE: Tuesday, Aug 6, 2024 · 10:26:12 PM +00:00 · Stephen Wolf • TN-05: NewsChanel 5's Phil Williams reports that the FBI executed a search warrant on Republican Rep. Andy Ogles last week, though neither the FBI nor Ogles' attorney would confirm or deny the search and what it involved. Williams, whose previous reporting revealed how Ogles seemingly had fabricated large parts of his life story and submitted fraudulent campaign finance reports, relays that the search may have been related to the latter issue and involved the congressman's electronic devices.Williams notes that the Department of Justice generally avoids openly investigating candidates within 60 days of Election Day so as not to influence the results, and the search happened the very next day after Ogles won Thursday's primary by 57-43 over Metro Nashville Councilmember Courtney Johnston.Back in May, Ogles drew unwelcome attention after he dramatically amended his 2022 campaign finance reports to say he loaned his effort $20,000, rather than the $320,000 he'd previously claimed. Williams previously pointed out that the congressman's personal financial disclosures showed he lacked the wealth to make a loan of that size. (On those forms, Ogles did not even list any bank accounts.)Those inflated figures allowed Ogles to claim he had considerably more money available three weeks before the primary than the paltry $2,000 he now says he had in the bank, and that exaggerated war chest may have convinced outside group allies like the Club for Growth that he was in stronger shape than he was. While Ogles would likely still be favored to win this fall in a heavily gerrymandered district that backed Trump 55-43 in 2020, it remains to be seen how much legal jeopardy he may be in. UPDATE: Tuesday, Aug 6, 2024 · 9:05:48 PM +00:00 · Stephen Wolf • DE-Gov: A group called Change Can't Wait PAC has launched a new TV ad ahead of the Sept. 10 Democratic primary that praises New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer's healthcare plan and his support for abortion rights. While federal law prevents this type of organization from running ads directly telling viewers to vote for or against a candidate, Delaware Spotlight's Karl Baker reports that some of Meyer's supporters are behind it.• CA-16: Assemblyman Evan Low has publicized a Tulchin Research survey that finds former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, a fellow Democrat, leading him just 30-29 with a 41% plurality of voters undecided in this dark blue open seat. Last month, Liccardo's campaign shared a late-June internal from Lake Research Partners that showed him ahead 39-28, and no other polls have recently surfaced here.• FL-13: EMILYs List has endorsed former Pinellas County transportation official Whitney Fox with just two weeks left until the Aug. 20 primary for the Democratic nomination to take on freshman Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. This seat in the St. Petersburg area, which Republicans gerrymandered following the 2020 census, favored Donald Trump by a 53-46 margin four years ago.• MN-02: Despite saying last month that he was suspending his House campaign to serve as an adviser to Donald Trump's campaign, attorney Tayler Rahm has still been sending campaign mailers. The Star Tribune's Sydney Kashiwagi reports that Rahm appears to be engaged in a "shadow primary" campaign against former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab, who has the support of Donald Trump and House GOP leadership in the Aug. 13 GOP primary.While Rahm himself again declared last week that he had suspended his effort, 2nd District GOP chair Joe Ditto told Kashiwagi he believed that Rahm still could pull off an upset next week. "It sounds like if [Rahm’s] victorious in the primary, he will unsuspend his campaign and run against Angie in the general," said Ditto. • NV-02: Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has endorsed wealthy investor Greg Kidd, a self-funding independent who is challenging Republican Rep. Mark Amodei in a race where Democrats did not field a candidate. Trump won this northern Nevada district 54-43, and while Democrats have not seriously contested it since Amodei's initial landslide in a 2011 special election, Kidd's lack of a party label could give him more of an opening.• TX-18: Former Houston Councilmember Dwight Boykins has ended his campaign for the Democratic nomination to replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee after her children endorsed former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, with Boykins saying, "I respect their decision." Local party precinct chairs are set to meet on Aug. 13 to choose a replacement nominee for November's ballot in this dark blue seat. UPDATE: Tuesday, Aug 6, 2024 · 8:24:55 PM +00:00 · Stephen Wolf Poll Pile:AZ-Sen: Redfield & Wilton Strategies for The Telegraph: Ruben Gallego (D): 42, Kari Lake (R): 36 (44-43 Harris with third-party candidates)NM-Sen: Redfield & Wilton Strategies for The Telegraph: Martin Heinrich (D-inc): 40, Nella Domenici (R): 34 (44-37 Harris with third-party candidates)NV-Sen: Redfield & Wilton Strategies for The Telegraph: Jacky Rosen (D-inc): 41, Sam Brown (R): 38 (40-40 presidential tie with third-party candidates) (July: 45-40 Rosen)PA-Sen: Redfield & Wilton Strategies for The Telegraph: Bob Casey (D-inc): 45, Dave McCormick (R): 40 (46-44 Trump with third-party candidates) (July: 46-39 Casey)NC-Gov: Redfield & Wilton Strategies for The Telegraph: Josh Stein (D): 43, Mark Robinson (R): 38 (44-41 Trump with third-party candidates) (July: 38-34 Stein)Ad Roundup:MT-Sen: Tim Sheehy (R); Last Best Place - anti-SheehyOH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D-inc)PA-Sen: Dave McCormick (R) - anti-Bob Casey (D-inc); One Nation - anti-CaseyNH-Gov: Kelly Ayotte (R)CO-08: House Majority Forward - pro-Yadira Caraveo (D-inc) (in English and Spanish)IA-01: Christina Bohannan (D) - anti-Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-inc)ME-02: House Majority Forward - pro-Jared Golden (D-inc)NY-04: House Majority Forward - anti-Anthony D’Esposito (R-inc)NY-18: Pat Ryan (D-inc) - anti-Alison Esposito (R)WI-08: Roger Roth (R) UPDATE: Tuesday, Aug 6, 2024 · 4:30:38 PM +00:00 · Jeff Singer • MN-Gov: Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, a decision that could usher in a new era of leadership in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan would become Minnesota's new chief executive should the Harris-Walz ticket prevail in November, an ascension that would make her the first woman to lead the state. Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, would also be the first Native American woman to serve as governor of any state. No matter what, though, this office will next be on the ballot in 2026 for a full four-year term.Walz, writes KARE 11's Jeremiah Jacobsen, would be the state's first governor to resign since 1976, when Sen. Walter Mondale's election as Jimmy Carter's vice president set off a volatile chain of events back home that proved disastrous for Democrats.Following Mondale's departure for Washington, Democratic Gov. Wendell Anderson stepped down from his post and arranged for his lieutenant governor, Rudy Perpich, to appoint him to Mondale's Senate seat. These insider dealings, however, backfired with voters, leading to the "Minnesota massacre" of 1978: Republican Rudy Boschwitz trounced Anderson in the race for Senate while Republican Al Quie unseated Perpich as governor.Walz's succession would be a far simpler affair, but there's also the matter of who would replace Flanagan in her current role. State constitutional law expert Quinn Yeargain explains in Guaranteed Republics that the next person in line to become lieutenant governor is the president of the state Senate, a post that's held by Democrat Bobby Joe Champion. Should Champion succeed Flanagan, he, too, would make history, as the first Black person to serve as Minnesota's lieutenant governor.There's a potential hitch, though. The 67-member Senate is currently tied because Democratic state Sen. Kelly Morrison, who is the favorite to replace retiring Rep. Dean Phillips in Congress, resigned in July so that a special election could be held simultaneously with the November general election. The rest of the Senate, however, isn't up for election again until 2026, so this one race will determine who controls the upper chamber next year.Fortunately for Democrats, Morrison's 45th District, which is based in the Minneapolis suburbs, will be tough for the GOP to flip, especially now that Walz is on the national ticket. This constituency supported Joe Biden by a 57-41 margin in 2020, according to VEST data from Dave's Redistricting App, while the Walz-Flanagan team scored an identical win two years later. Three Democrats are competing in the Aug. 13 primary; the winner will face Republican Kathleen Fowke, who lost to Morrison 56-44 in 2022.But even if Republicans were to pull off an upset in this special election at the same time Harris and Walz prevail in the Electoral College, Yeargain writes that it's possible that Walz could time his resignation to ensure that Champion still becomes lieutenant governor.That would be a far better outcome for Democrats than the last time the number two slot became vacant. When then-Gov. Mark Dayton selected Lt. Gov Tina Smith to fill Al Franken's Senate seat after he resigned in early 2018, the GOP had control of the state Senate. As a result, Republican Michelle Fischbach was elevated to the lieutenant governorship and served for a year before waging a successful bid for Congress in 2020.Looking ahead, because Minnesota does not have term limits, whoever is governor—whether that's Walz or Flanagan—will be able to run in 2026. Voters, however, have never awarded an incumbent three consecutive terms. The last to try was Perpich, who staged a successful comeback in 1982 and won two full terms. But when he sought a third straight in 1990, he lost a close and chaotic battle to Republican Arne Carlson.Republican Tim Pawlenty tried to win a third non-consecutive term in 2018, nearly a decade after retiring to prepare for what would be a doomed presidential campaign. But primary voters passed him over in favor of Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson, who went on to badly lose the general election to none other than Walz.

The New York Democrat says in an Associated Press interview that he feels “exhilarated and gratified” by the surge of enthusiasm with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the party's ticket.

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The bill's sponsor, Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, is facing a tough reelection race this November in an increasingly red state.

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Ohio GOP Senate candidate Bernie Moreno hammered Sen. Sherrod Brown in a new ad tying him to the policies of Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden.

President Joe Biden walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 20, 2024.

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President Biden's decision to drop his reelection bid and Vice President Harris's emergence as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination has vulnerable Senate Democrats scrambling to fend off new GOP attacks on her record. Biden's biggest vulnerability was his age and doubts about his fitness for office, but the silver lining for Democrats was that [...]

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President Biden said he will not be running for reelection, a historic decision that comes after mounting pressure from many within his own party. Biden said he will serve out the remainder of his term, which ends in 2025. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” he said. [...]

Chart: Axios VisualsPresident Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, weeks after disastrous debate against former President Trump, and after top allies and friends joined the chorus of Democrats urging him to step aside.Why it matters: Biden's unprecedented decision this late in the process shakes up the race for both parties, forcing former President Trump and the GOP to contend with a new Democratic ticket.Trump, who would prefer to run against Biden, has been preparing a plan of attack should Vice President Kamala Harris be the new Democratic nominee, Axios' Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei reported.The Trump-Biden debateWhile there have been longstanding questions about the president's age, Biden's debate performance in late June — where his opponent Trump also told some 30 lies — shifted those concerns into overdrive.During the debate, Biden — who would be 82 at the start of a second term — was slow to answer in some instances, and struggled to form coherent arguments.Worries about his candidacy swiftly spread among lawmakers, staff and donors in the days that followed.Biden's own insistence that he was staying in the race and his campaign's efforts to quell concerns failed to stamp out the push to replace him.Media appearances In a bid to prove his poor debate performance was a one-off, the Biden campaign arranged a series of media appearances for the president.His first TV interview after the debate on July 5 — with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos — ultimately failed to assuage concerns."If the Lord Almighty came down and said 'Joe, get out of the race,' I'd get out of the race. The Lord Almighty's not coming down," Biden said.Zoom in: Biden has continued to make minor flubs in other appearances as well as some bigger ones, like accidentally calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "President Putin" at a NATO summit on July 11.His recent interviews have also raised questions about the kind of control the Biden team exerts over his appearances. The campaign requested a Wisconsin radio station cut portions of its interview with the president, and provided both that station and another one in Pennsylvania questions to use in advance.Lawmakers start calling on Biden to step asideDays after the debate, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) became the first Democrat in Congress to publicly call for Biden to bow out.More than 25 others have since followed suit.The pressure has been strongest in the House, though Democratic senators Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sherrod Brown (R-Ohio) — did publicly call on Biden to drop out.Donors, most prominently George Clooney, also piled on pressure.Top Democrats ramp up pressureLast weekend's attempted assassination of Trump temporarily quieted the turmoil over Biden's candidacy, but congressional Democrats revived the effort afterward, which took on a new tenor as Democratic heavy-hitters joined the fray.On July 17, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in California, became the most high-profile elected Democrat to publicly call for Biden's withdrawal from the race.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) also privately confronted the president about the viability of his candidacy.Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi conveyed to Biden and the campaign that his staying on the ticket could spell political peril for the party, Axios' Hans Nichols reported.Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-chair of the Biden campaign, privately warned Biden this week that donors' checks were drying up, Semafor reported.The bottom line: By July 18, top Democrats told Axios' Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei that Biden could drop out as early as the weekend.Go deeper: Biden's political isolation deepens as pressure to step aside builds

Republican Senate candidates are being encouraged to push for President Biden's resignation now that he has exited the 2024 presidential campaign, Axios has learned.Why it matters: Republicans are building a case that if Biden is unfit to run for president, he is unfit to serve as president."Being President is the hardest job in the world, and I no longer have confidence that Joe Biden can effectively execute his duties as Commander-in-Chief," NRSC Chair Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said in a new statement first provided to Axios."It is out of concern for our country's national security that I am formally calling on President Biden to resign from office."What to watch: Republicans are also turning to Vice President Harris. "It has also been striking that none of the Senate Democrats who served with Vice President Harris have called for her to replace President Biden," Daines said."This leads me to believe they think she is unqualified to serve as Commander-in-Chief," Daines concluded.Democratic Sens. Peter Welch (Vt.), Jon Tester (Mont.), Sherrod Brown (Oh.) and Joe Manchin (W.V.) have all called on Biden to step aside, but not resign. They also have not explicitly said Harris should take up the mantle.What they're saying: JD Vance also doubled down on Sunday, tweeting, "Not running for reelection would be a clear admission that President Trump was right all along about Biden not being mentally fit enough to serve as Commander-in-Chief. There is no middle ground."

Manchin, an independent who considered a White House run this year and as a Democrat often bucked his party's leadership, was the latest member of Congress to suggest Biden focus on the remaining months of his presidency.