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Control of the Senate was up for grabs Tuesday as Republicans' hopes of protecting their narrow majority in an unpredictable election rested on a handful of states that were toss-ups until the end. In two red states that were never supposed to be this competitive, North Carolina and Missouri, Democrats sought to upset entrenched GOP incumbents.
Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee have paid at least $1.8 million to a political operative whose roster of companies include several that have been repeatedly investigated for voter registration fraud, even as Trump has complained that the election is rigged against him. Three employees of Strategic Allied Consulting, a firm owned by conservative operative Nathan Sproul, pleaded guilty in Florida four years ago to felony charges related to altering and destroying scores of voter registration forms.
Jay Ashcroft, candidate for Missouri Secretary of State, answers a constituent's question about his views on eliminating red tape for businesses during a campaign stop Wednesday afternoon at the Pettis County Republican Headquarters in Sedalia. Ashcroft will face Democrat Robin Smith in the Nov. 8 general election.
The town of Bartella in northern Iraq lays about 20 kilometres east of Mosul. . A soldier with Iraq's elite counterterrorism force, left, inspects a tunnel made by Islamic State militants in Bartella, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.
Sometimes political ads go down in history because they strike a nerve in voters, like Lyndon Johnson's 1964 "Daisy" , or Ronald Reagan's 1984 "Morning In America." Others are memorable simply because they feel different.
The clamor for change fueling Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful GOP senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And with just a handful of competitive races around the country, the outcome in Missouri could help determine control of the Senate.
With just 16 days left until the election, and with Donald Trump reaching new lows in the polls, the beleaguered presidential hopeful received a morale boost on Sunday in the form of his very first major newspaper endorsement. As endorsements go, it was hardly glowing .
Sen. Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, speaks on the floor of the Missouri Senate during last month's veto session. Kehoe serves as majority floor leader in that chamber.
In the wake of the 2005 hot mic tape , and now allegations against Donald Trump of groping and inappropriate sexual advances, some big Republican donors are calling on the RNC to break ties with the Republican nominee. "At some point, you have to look in the mirror and recognize that you cannot possibly justify support for Trump to your children - especially your daughters," said David Humphreys, a Missouri businessman who's donated more than $2.5 million to Republicans since the 2012 election.
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt's Democratic challenger out-raised him in the third quarter, raking in $3 million for his insurgent campaign compared to Blunt's $1.8 million, according to campaign finance information released by both campaigns on Wednesday. It's the latest sign of just how close the Missouri Senate race has become as Democrat Jason Kander looks to end Blunt's 20 year career in Congress.
Russ Carnahan, left, meets Westminster College professor John Langton Friday night at the Meadow Lake Acres Country Club at New Bloomfield, Mo. Russ Carnahan, the Democratic candidate for Missouri lieutenant governor, said he is running to bring unity and change to the state's political system.
From St. Louis and its suburbs south to Branson, voters here about an angst around next month's election. Many say they feel like they're choosing between the lesser of two evils, that the political dialogue feels sharply negative, and they are deeply fearful of what might happen if their preferred candidate loses.
In this Aug. 12, 2016 file photo, Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, tours the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades training facility in Chesterfield, Mo. A debate Friday, Sept.
On September 14 Missouri's Republican lawmakers overrode Governor Jay Nixon's veto of SB 656 and made Missouri the newest "Stand Your Ground" state. Breitbart News previously reported that the veto override also abolished permitting requirements for law-abiding citizens who wish to exercise their Second Amendment rights by carrying handguns on their persons for self-defense.
In the 22 years since the 1994 Republican midterm landslide, the landscape of partisan power in state governments has changed dramatically. The Republican Party was the minority party in state government for almost seventy straight years before the Gingrich Contract with America transformed not only control of Congress but vitally control of state legislatures, long the hardest bastion of Democrat power in politics and quietly the key to Democrat dominance of American politics.
Father-of-12 Toby Willis from TLC's The Willis Family is charged with raping an underage child after attempting to flee from police 'This will be the last election that the Republicans have a chance of winning': Trump warns GOP over specter of Hillary Clinton presidency: Missouri boy, 8, is banned from school after students filed a restraining order claiming he 'punched one of them and threatened to kill a young girl and her dog' Polls show Trump closing gap on Clinton: Swing states like Florida and Ohio are no longer considered likely wins for Democrats South Carolina woman gets awarded more than $4.6 million in damages after being pricked by a needle in a Target parking lot 'Showing her true feelings': Trump says Clinton has shown 'bigotry and hatred for millions of Americans' after calling his supporters a 'basket of deplorables' Obama commemorates victims of 9/11 while celebrating ... (more)
Father-of-12 Toby Willis from TLC's The Willis Family is charged with raping an underage child after attempting to flee from police 'This will be the last election that the Republicans have a chance of winning': Trump warns GOP over specter of Hillary Clinton presidency: Missouri boy, 8, is banned from school after students filed a restraining order claiming he 'punched one of them and threatened to kill a young girl and her dog' Polls show Trump closing gap on Clinton: Swing states like Florida and Ohio are no longer considered likely wins for Democrats South Carolina woman gets awarded more than $4.6 million in damages after being pricked by a needle in a Target parking lot 'Showing her true feelings': Trump says Clinton has shown 'bigotry and hatred for millions of Americans' after calling his supporters a 'basket of deplorables' Obama commemorates victims of 9/11 while celebrating ... (more)