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Manu Raju retweeted
10 of 11 quality polls in Maine show no clear leader.
In Iowa, the last 5 have.
In Michigan, it's the last 3.
In Texas, it's 5 of the last 6.
Other races are just outside the margin of error or have no quality polls.
The range of Senate outcomes is enormous.
cnn.com/2026/10/27/pol…
In Iowa, the last 5 have.
In Michigan, it's the last 3.
In Texas, it's 5 of the last 6.
Other races are just outside the margin of error or have no quality polls.
The range of Senate outcomes is enormous.
cnn.com/2026/10/27/pol…
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Asked Ralph Norman why #scsen race is so close — and he took a shot at Annie Andrews, Darline Graham and Trump. He also contended Graham is not a “true conservative.” (She says she is and makes that central in her campaign speeches.)
Norman, who lost to Graham in primary and dorsement, said in a text: “The voters in South Carolina are not buying the argument that everyone has to ‘settle’ for a candidate that has been propped up by special interest groups and a Republican president spending millions of dollars spreading false narratives about why Darline Graham is qualified to be elected to the U.S. Senate for the next six years!!”
He added: “This election is about attempts to ‘force’ a candidate on the voters of S.C. And regardless of the outcome, it didn’t have to be this way as the great people living in South Carolina deserve ‘better!’”
About his son saying there’s no true conservative in the race, Norman wrote: “Warren is EXACTLY RIGHT in his statement!!! My entire family is NOT SUPPORTING her candidacy.”
Norman, who lost to Graham in primary and dorsement, said in a text: “The voters in South Carolina are not buying the argument that everyone has to ‘settle’ for a candidate that has been propped up by special interest groups and a Republican president spending millions of dollars spreading false narratives about why Darline Graham is qualified to be elected to the U.S. Senate for the next six years!!”
He added: “This election is about attempts to ‘force’ a candidate on the voters of S.C. And regardless of the outcome, it didn’t have to be this way as the great people living in South Carolina deserve ‘better!’”
About his son saying there’s no true conservative in the race, Norman wrote: “Warren is EXACTLY RIGHT in his statement!!! My entire family is NOT SUPPORTING her candidacy.”
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Darline Graham, on the trail, on why the campaign is close — and whether her primary debate comment that national security is “not my thing” is hurting her in campaign.
“I don't think it hurt me at all. I'm becoming very informed on national security,” she told me.
“I never t. It's extremely important. But what's important to South Carolinians is affordability, the price of gas, putting food on the table.”
Asked her if she spoke to Trump about her concerns about easing sanctions on Russia. Says she did.
“He knows how I feel. Yes, he knows.”
Why is the race so tight given Trump won her state three times? What does it say about her candidacy…
“I think it's the national playbook. There are Democrats who are pouring money into this state. She's spending a million dollars a week on ads, so I think that's why it's so close.”
“I don't think it hurt me at all. I'm becoming very informed on national security,” she told me.
“I never t. It's extremely important. But what's important to South Carolinians is affordability, the price of gas, putting food on the table.”
Asked her if she spoke to Trump about her concerns about easing sanctions on Russia. Says she did.
“He knows how I feel. Yes, he knows.”
Why is the race so tight given Trump won her state three times? What does it say about her candidacy…
“I think it's the national playbook. There are Democrats who are pouring money into this state. She's spending a million dollars a week on ads, so I think that's why it's so close.”
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Manu Raju retweeted
Over the final week, there is slated to be more spent on the South Carolina Senate race than on Alaska and New Hampshire.
There's also slated to be more spent on Kansas than on Texas and Maine.
cnn.com/2026/10/27/pol…
There's also slated to be more spent on Kansas than on Texas and Maine.
cnn.com/2026/10/27/pol…
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RT @JeffStorobinsky: .@mkraju reporting live from the beaches of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as Congressman Ralph Norman bashes Senator Da…
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Manu Raju retweeted
Some pretty brutal comments from GOP Rep. Ralph Norman about Darline Graham, to @mkraju -->
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Asked Jim Jordan if he had any issues with Ramaswamy’s ad on Acton’s estranged mother.
"I think it's the Democrats wanting to deflect from Amy Acton's record," he said to me
Asked Ted Cruz too: "I think there's nothing the media likes more than to attack Republicans. And at the end of the day, what voters don't want is the radical left taking over this country. I think that's common sense, conservative values is what the voters want.”
Rs, like Mike DeWine and Jon Husted, have taken issue w the ad
"I think it's the Democrats wanting to deflect from Amy Acton's record," he said to me
Asked Ted Cruz too: "I think there's nothing the media likes more than to attack Republicans. And at the end of the day, what voters don't want is the radical left taking over this country. I think that's common sense, conservative values is what the voters want.”
Rs, like Mike DeWine and Jon Husted, have taken issue w the ad
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Manu Raju retweeted
🚨The 2025-2026 political cycle just became the most expensive cycle ever!
With 8 days to go, it's seen $11.21B in total ad spending and reservations.
The 2023-2024 cycle, complete with its $3.2B Presidential race, saw $11.20B.
With 8 days to go, it's seen $11.21B in total ad spending and reservations.
The 2023-2024 cycle, complete with its $3.2B Presidential race, saw $11.20B.
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Dem groups outspending GOP on air by about $21.5 million to $18 million in #scen bw end of August thru Election Day, per @DavidWright_7.
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New — Hakeem Jeffries knocking on the door of House majority.
Can’t something go wrong?
Says he assumes “Republicans are going to try to come up with any diabolical scheme to prevent November 3rd from being a free and fair election.”
So that’s the only way he thinks they can rom the very beginning,” he said
Jeffries defends pouring $$ into Trump + 10 districts, says Ds are “strongly positioned to win districts that Donald Trump won comfortably in 2024.”
Says GOP may pick up 1-2 seats from redistricting.
“The Republican dummymander in places like Texas and Florida are falling apart…There's no circumstance where Republicans are gaining five seats in Texas, and no circumstance where they're netting four seats in Florida. Here in California, we're going to net five seats.”
Jeffries asked about polling saying Dems have lost trust of voters: “We have a decisive issue advantage across the board.”
Jeffries downplays Dem divisions especially if he gets a paper-thin majority. And if progressives urge him to make commitments on ICE or Israel to win speakership?
“We're focused on November 3rd, not January 3rd”
On keeping door open to Trump impeachment: “This is why you just wait until the facts present themselves. .. But it makes no sense, one way or the other, to do anything other than make clear we're committed to holding the crooks accountable.”
Suggests he’ll vote to impeach Hegseth when House returns after election
Refuses to discuss what he thinks of possibly becoming first Black speaker.
“I don't want to get out ahead.”
Can’t something go wrong?
Says he assumes “Republicans are going to try to come up with any diabolical scheme to prevent November 3rd from being a free and fair election.”
So that’s the only way he thinks they can rom the very beginning,” he said
Jeffries defends pouring $$ into Trump + 10 districts, says Ds are “strongly positioned to win districts that Donald Trump won comfortably in 2024.”
Says GOP may pick up 1-2 seats from redistricting.
“The Republican dummymander in places like Texas and Florida are falling apart…There's no circumstance where Republicans are gaining five seats in Texas, and no circumstance where they're netting four seats in Florida. Here in California, we're going to net five seats.”
Jeffries asked about polling saying Dems have lost trust of voters: “We have a decisive issue advantage across the board.”
Jeffries downplays Dem divisions especially if he gets a paper-thin majority. And if progressives urge him to make commitments on ICE or Israel to win speakership?
“We're focused on November 3rd, not January 3rd”
On keeping door open to Trump impeachment: “This is why you just wait until the facts present themselves. .. But it makes no sense, one way or the other, to do anything other than make clear we're committed to holding the crooks accountable.”
Suggests he’ll vote to impeach Hegseth when House returns after election
Refuses to discuss what he thinks of possibly becoming first Black speaker.
“I don't want to get out ahead.”
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Manu Raju retweeted
New - House Rs ringing alarms for incumbents in newly competitive seats, as NONE are hitting 50% in internals. Lots of undecideds still.
Enter: 11th hour Trump $, after calls from Johnson/other Rs
@DavidWright_7
cnn.com/2026/10/23/pol…
Enter: 11th hour Trump $, after calls from Johnson/other Rs
@DavidWright_7
cnn.com/2026/10/23/pol…
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Manu Raju retweeted
"You have to assume... Republicans are going to try to come up with any diabolical scheme to prevent November 3rd from being a free and fair election," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells @mkraju, on the trail in California. #InsidePolitics
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Manu Raju retweeted
Israel goes to the polls this Tuesday. Is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in danger of losing his job? @OrenCNN joins @mkraju from Jerusalem. #InsidePolitics
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Manu Raju retweeted
With just 9 days to go until the midterms, is early voting data signaling an edge for Democrats? @mkraju and @bresreports discuss the numbers in key battleground states. #InsidePolitics
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NEW @InsidePolitics on @CNN 8aET/11aET
- 9 days! Obama tears into Trump on the stump
- Trump’s DOJ goes after Alaska
— My sitdown with Hakeem Jeffries on the trail in Cali: His decision to push into deep-red districts, his warning about November, how he'd handle a divided caucus nt. What he says about potential of becoming first Black speaker.
— The reach states: MS, SC, MN — are they really in play?
@bresreports @daveweigel @alaynatreene
- 9 days! Obama tears into Trump on the stump
- Trump’s DOJ goes after Alaska
— My sitdown with Hakeem Jeffries on the trail in Cali: His decision to push into deep-red districts, his warning about November, how he'd handle a divided caucus nt. What he says about potential of becoming first Black speaker.
— The reach states: MS, SC, MN — are they really in play?
@bresreports @daveweigel @alaynatreene
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