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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown officially launched his campaign Monday to return to the U.S. Senate next year, brushing aside his bitter loss to Republican Bernie Moreno last fall and expressing confidence his pro-working class message can continue to resonate with the state’s voters. The state’s best-known Democrat, Brown is seeking the seat held by Republican U.S. …

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Democrats squint and see chances at a Senate majority  Politico Column | Democrats return to recruiting older, familiar faces  The Washington Post At the Races: Reeling in the recruits  Roll Call ‘A No-Room-For-Error Game’: Senate Dems Eye a Perilous But Plausible Path to the Majority  Cook Political Report Schumer improves his hand with recruitment wins  Punchbowl News Source link

Federal judges in several states have rejected President Trump’s controversial picks for top prosecutor posts in a rare standoff between the courts and the White House, but those acting U.S. attorneys will nonetheless remain in place because of actions taken by the president and the Justice Department. File: Alina Habba, acting US attorney for New Jersey, during swearing-in ceremony at …

How a U.S. Senate Race Is Shaping the Fight Over Redistricting in Texas  The New York Times Texas Dems begin to crack, confirm return to state after fleeing to obstruct GOP redistricting: report  Fox News In redistricting clash, Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistance  The Texas Tribune Texas House Democrats to return home for second special session, …

Aug. 12 (UPI) — The Texas Senate voted 19-2 along party lines on Tuesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that is identical to a version in the Texas House. The measure, Senate Bill 4, redraws the state’s U.S. House of Representatives districts. Nine of the 11 Democrats in the Texas Senate walked out immediately before the chamber voted to …

The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would fund SEPTA and avoid major service cuts at the end of the month, but it’s expected to face challenges from Democrats in the state House. Senators first passed an amendment to the bill, introduced by Republican state Sen. Joe Picozzi of Northeast Philadelphia, with a 27-22 vote along party …

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Senate on Tuesday advanced a $47.6 billion state budget for 2025-26 that holds spending flat, as well as a two-year, $1.2 billion transportation plan opposed by Democrats to fund mass transit operations and repairs to rural roads. The transportation measure would draw from money designated for ongoing and planned transit capital projects in the Public Transportation Trust …

AUSTIN — A majority of Democrats in the Texas Senate walked out of the chamber Tuesday to protest a vote on a congressional redistricting map as it advanced to the Texas House. Nine of the Senate’s 11 Democrats left just as Republican Sen. Phil King of Weatherford introduced Senate Bill 4, which included a congressional map that is a replica …

Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio  The New York Times Democrats score another big Senate recruiting win: From the Politics Desk  NBC News MAGA-ousted Dem senator from key swing state launches comeback campaign after losing seat in 2024: report  Fox News Sherrod Brown Rescues Democrats’ 2026 Senate Hopes  New York Magazine Sherrod Brown to run for Senate  Politico Source link