The Epstein election: @mj_lee looks at how Jeffrey Epstein is looming large over some of the biggest races this election.

CNN’s @KFILE uncovering the Republican nominee in the critical Senate race in Georgia once suggested American political leaders deserve to be hanged from a helicopter.

Republican-turned-Democrat David Jolly, who is running for Florida governor, responds to Trump saying he was “thrown out of the party like a dog”: “I think we’re a nation looking past the president.”

Top election forecaster Dave Wasserman says Republicans don’t “realistically” have a chance to keep the House as his team moves 19 seats toward Democrats: “This is a question of how high this blue wave is going to go and how many Republican seats get swept up.”

Former DOJ Attorney Ryan Crosswell on Trump ordering the DOJ to block the Alaska Senate results if his candidate loses: “It breaks my heart… I served the DOJ for 10 years. They’re supposed to protect our elections, and for the first time, they are the threat.”

“He finds it intolerable whenever any woman accuses any man of wrongdoing”: @davidfrum on Trump’s defense of Ramaswamy’s ad despite bipartisan backlash.

Erin asks GOP Rep. Mark Amodei whether he thinks Ramaswamy’s ad featuring his Dem opponent’s estranged mother is appropriate: “So much of the political culture has gone down to the point now where it's just, who can do the biggest kick in the rear, whether it's really relevant or not.”

Kerry Kennedy talks to @ErinBurnett about her new book honoring the “extraordinary life” of her mother, Ethel Kennedy: “She never looked at herself and saw a victim. She always saw somebody who had the power to make a difference… and that’s what she did.”

Retiring GOP Congressman Mark Amodei says he did not vote for the Republican vying to replace him, calling him a “fraud”: “I’m sorry, but at some point in time, you got to look yourself in the mirror.”

Former Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb on Trump’s DOJ investigating Corey Lewandowski: “There’s no chance in hell that Corey Lewandowski is going to be indicted by this Justice Department.”

Former Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb says Trump’s $10b lawsuit “backfired” against him after a judge orders Trump to sit for a deposition: “He complained about it, hoping that they would cave and pay him off, but they didn’t.”

CNN talks to voters in Ohio about the firestorm over Ramaswamy’s ad featuring his opponent’s estranged mother: “It’s the ugliest thing I’ve seen in pretty much my lifetime”

Republican Texas State Rep. Dade Phelan says he was “speechless” when he saw Ramaswamy’s attack ad: “This was a Hail Mary that landed in the end zone and may have been returned for a touchdown for the other team.”

“Invasion”: Trump voters in deep-red Kentucky tell @donie they’re furious over Trump’s stance on A.I. data centers.

Ukraine’s top diplomat tells @ErinBurnett that Starlink service still has not been restored on the battlefield: “We’ve been waiting for a week… this technology is very important.”

Ukraine’s top diplomat in the U.S. Denys Sienik rejects Witkoff calling Putin a “humanitarian”: “As I speak, Ukraine is under aerial attack.”

Can Dems pull off a Mississippi miracle? Senate candidate Scott Colom says he’s seeing momentum in Trump territory as a top Dem super pac pours money into his race: “There's more corruption than ever… Mississippians are ready for somebody who's gonna fight for them.”

Former Republican Gov. Bill Graves says he thinks Ramaswamy will lose his race over the backlash to his ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother: “This is probably the final nail in the coffin in the Ohio governor’s race.”

President Obama is about to campaign with Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan as Republican Mike Rogers is making inroads with black voters. @jeffzeleny reports.

Our panel answers viewer questions: “How fast do you think Republicans who are in the new Congress will turn on Trump?”