Former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-AK) Senate <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/politics/kamala-harris-mary-peltola-endorsement.html">campaign</a> made clear this week that it wants nothing to do with former Vice President Kamala Harris’s message of support.
On Wednesday, Harris’s Fight for the People PAC sent an email urging supporters to “stand behind Mary,” The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/us/politics/kamala-harris-mary-peltola-endorsement.html">reported</a>. It called the Alaska contest a “must-win race” for Democrats hoping to retake the Senate and declared, “If there’s anyone who can flip Alaska and secure the Senate majority for Democrats — it’s Mary.” The message linked to a page asking donors to split contributions between Peltola’s campaign and Harris’s own committee.
Peltola’s team responded immediately. The campaign said it had not approved the email and had no knowledge of it before it went out.
“Mary isn’t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48 — her focus is and always will be Alaska,” the statement read, citing support she has received from several Alaska labor groups.
Peltola did not endorse Harris in 2024.
Peltola, a former congresswoman, is running against incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK). Limited polling thus far shows the race to be competitive, but Peltola would need to far outperform Harris’s 2024 showing in the state: a 13-point loss.
Republicans moved fast to connect the two. Nick Puglia, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said Peltola had worked “hand in hand with Kamala Harris to put Alaska last, so it’s no surprise that Harris is backing Peltola.”
Nate Adams, speaking for Sullivan’s campaign, added, “No matter how hard Mary Peltola tries to hide from the endorsement, Alaskans can see exactly whose team she and Kamala Harris are on.”
This was not the first time Harris’s PAC has pushed Peltola. On January 12, the day Peltola announced her candidacy, the same group sent a similar appeal that read, “This is the race that may determine control of the Senate.” The latest message emerged just days before Alaska’s August 18 nonpartisan primary. Under Alaska&#8217;s odd voting system, the top four finishers in the primary advance to November, regardless of party.
State Representative Rebecca Himschoot, an independent, called the email “really dumb” and said Harris was “riding Mary Peltola’s coattails.” Himschoot noted that Harris is not currently running for anything and “didn’t do well here to begin with.” She described the overall swarm of outside messaging in the race as “tremendously manipulative.”
Harris has left the door open for another presidential run in 2028.
Alaska has not sent a Democrat to the Senate in nearly two decades. Most voters in the state are politically unaffiliated. Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who often crosses party lines to vote with Democrats, won re-election in 2022 by defeating a Trump-backed challenger.
Another candidate named Dan Sullivan, a former elementary school teacher with no prior political experience, is also on the ballot. Republicans have accused the other Dan Sullivan of working with Democrats and Peltola’s campaign to confuse voters and siphon support from incumbent Sen. Sullivan. The Peltola campaign has denied any coordination. The second Sullivan successfully fought in court to remain on the ballot after election officials tried to remove him.

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Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed will spend Labor Day weekend speaking at a Muslim conference alongside an antisemitic cleric who said he forced his 13-year-old niece into marriage.
El-Sayed, the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee in Michigan, is slated to speak at the Islamic Society of North America&#8217;s annual convention, held in Detroit from September 4-7, The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/abdul-el-sayed-to-headline-islamic-event-alongside-pakistani-cleric-who-forced-his-13-year-old-niece-into-marriage-was-denounced-for-pedophilic-rhetoric/">reported</a>. ISNA was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 federal prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation, and a judge ruled in 2009 that the government had presented &#8220;ample evidence&#8221; tying the group to Hamas.
Also on the convention roster is Tariq Masood, a Pakistani cleric who has urged followers to marry off their young female relatives, citing his own niece&#8217;s marriage at 13.
Masood is scheduled to moderate a panel on &#8220;avoiding mental illness in youth&#8221; aimed at addressing how parents &#8220;can prevent or minimize the impact of any trauma leading to a mental illness.&#8221; He will moderate that session alongside ISNA president Syed Imtiaz Ahmad, who is separately listed on El-Sayed&#8217;s own panel, <a href="https://isna.net/annual-convention">according</a> to the convention itinerary.
Masood has also preached against Jews. In a 2024 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhvnB-DBRR4">sermon</a> titled &#8220;The Final Humiliation of the Jews,&#8221; he said Jews&#8217; &#8220;cunning minds&#8221; had worked to bring the world under their control, according to translations reviewed by the Free Beacon. &#8220;The Quran condemns Jews,&#8221; he said, adding that &#8220;not all Jews are the same&#8221; before claiming no other community in the world matched Jews for &#8220;evil and turmoil.&#8221;
The El-Sayed campaign told The Daily Wire on Saturday that the Democrat &#8220;does not endorse&#8221; anyone speaking at the conference.
&#8220;Abdul is not affiliated with and does not endorse any other participant of the conference,&#8221; a spokeswoman for the campaign said. &#8220;He is scheduled to participate in a different panel at the ISNA conference to speak on unity and commitment to justice in public service.&#8221;
El-Sayed is scheduled to speak on a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DbtLp_ZDRqJ/">panel</a> titled &#8220;Cultivating God Awareness in a Turmoiled America.&#8221; Ahmad is listed on that panel as well, alongside Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks founder and uncle of America-hating streamer Hasan Piker.
El-Sayed&#8217;s panel discussion is advertised as a way to push Muslim Americans and their faith into the public square.
&#8220;In this storm, remaining principled, morally clear, and emotionally steady is essential for Muslim Americans,&#8221; the ISNA wrote. &#8220;ISNA meets the moment by framing taqwa (God-Awareness) not only as personal piety but as a public strategy for success. It urges the Muslim community to mobilize taqwa to uphold unity, ethical integrity, and an uncompromised commitment to justice. This session turns taqwa into actionable guidance, equipping participants not merely to survive but to thrive in workplaces, schools, digital spaces, and community life — and to succeed on their own terms.&#8221;
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El-Sayed&#8217;s ties to ISNA are also familial and financial. His father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku, has sat on the group&#8217;s founders committee since at least 2007 and also serves on the board of CAIR&#8217;s Michigan chapter, according to the Free Beacon. Jukaku has given $300,000 to a super PAC backing El-Sayed&#8217;s Senate bid.
Another scheduled speaker is Siraj Wahhaj, a Brooklyn imam who testified as a character witness for Omar Abdel-Rahman, the &#8220;blind sheikh&#8221; convicted in 1995 of plotting a wave of New York terror attacks. Prosecutors listed Wahhaj among roughly 170 people who might be named as co-conspirators in that case, though he was never charged and the lead prosecutor <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/siraj-wahhaj-and-the-1993-world-trade-center-bombing-again/amp/">has said</a> inclusion on the list did not mean the government alleged he was a conspirator.
The leftist Democratic Senate nominee narrowly won his party&#8217;s primary earlier this month pushing a far-Left agenda that includes Medicare for all and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the recent past, he has also called to defund the police and restructure the U.S. Supreme Court, both issues that are pushed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). While El-Sayed has said that he doesn&#8217;t identify as a socialist, the Democrat rode a wave of DSA support in his primary election.
El-Sayed campaigned alongside Hasan Piker ahead of the primary and has resisted calls to cut ties with him, dismissing Piker&#8217;s claim that &#8220;America deserved 9/11&#8221; as a &#8220;dumb statement.&#8221; Asked on Meet the Press whether he would campaign with the communist streamer again, El-Sayed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacRksAPl4s">said</a> he was &#8220;a lot more focused on who I&#8217;m campaigning to.&#8221;
El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers in the November general election.

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is bringing the full weight of her political influence to bear in an increasingly bitter fight over who will succeed her in Congress.
Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress for nearly four decades, is throwing her support behind San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan as she works to defeat state Sen. Scott Wiener, and to do it, the retiring congresswoman has spent weeks mobilizing her network on Chan’s behalf. She has hosted major fundraisers for the supervisor, secured endorsements from congressional allies, and even loaned a top adviser to Chan’s campaign.
“Nancy has basically taken over Connie’s campaign,” Wiener told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/10/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession-01030149">Politico</a>, contrasting Chan&#8217;s operation with his own campaign, which he said has “enormous grassroots support.”
Pelosi has made clear that she intends to see Chan elected. “I know and love this district, I know the Congress, and I know Connie. I’m proud to endorse Democrat Connie Chan and ask you to join me in electing her to Congress,” Pelosi said when she endorsed Chan.
Pelosi’s intervention is particularly notable because Wiener was once considered an ally. The two have known each other for decades, and Pelosi previously supported Wiener in his campaigns for local office. But their relationship deteriorated as Wiener positioned himself to succeed Pelosi. Wiener announced his congressional campaign in October 2025, before Pelosi publicly announced that she would not seek another term.
The timing of Wiener&#8217;s announcement has remained a point of contention among Pelosi&#8217;s allies. Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, a longtime Pelosi ally who now supports Chan, told Politico that Wiener had assured him he would not announce a congressional bid before Pelosi made her own plans public. Wiener disputes that account, calling it “fabrication” and saying he never made such a commitment.
Several of Pelosi’s longtime political allies and constituencies have followed her in backing Chan, including organized labor. Chan is also supported by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the California Working Families Party and Our Revolution. Wiener, meanwhile, has endorsements from the California and San Francisco Democratic parties, along with several major labor unions and a majority of San Francisco’s moderate-leaning Board of Supervisors.
The latest escalation in the intraparty feud came over an AI-powered campaign chatbot created by Wiener’s campaign to attack Chan. The website, ConnieChan.ai, portrayed Chan as someone who says “no” to proposals involving housing and public transportation. Pelosi and a coalition of Democratic lawmakers and San Francisco political organizations condemned the chatbot, arguing that it could reinforce sexist and racist stereotypes.
“Women have spent generations fighting to have our own voices heard in the halls of power,” Pelosi and her allies said in a <a href="https://x.com/TeamPelosi/status/2085488807152136474">joint statement</a>. “We should not have to fight against artificial intelligence putting words in our mouths.” Wiener later apologized and announced that he would remove both the chatbot and the billboards advertising it.
The controversy has nevertheless given Pelosi another opportunity to draw a sharp contrast between her preferred successor and Wiener. Pelosi’s political intervention comes after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosis-pick-stumbles-as-pro-trans-radical-moves-one-step-closer-to-congress?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Pelosi%E2%80%99s+Pick+Stumbles+As+Pro-Trans+Radical+Moves+One+Step+Closer+To+Congress">June primary</a> demonstrated that her endorsement alone may not be enough to determine the outcome. Wiener finished first with roughly 41% of the vote, while Chan received about 29%, sending the two into the November general election under California’s top-two primary system.
Pelosi has said her support for Chan is motivated in part by concerns over female representation in the Bay Area’s congressional delegation. Several prominent women who once represented the region, including former Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Vice President Kamala Harris, former Rep. Jackie Speier and former Rep. Anna Eshoo, have all been succeeded by men.
With Pelosi deploying her fundraising network, congressional relationships and longtime San Francisco allies on Chan’s behalf, the November contest is shaping up as more than a race between two Democrats. It is also a test of whether one of the most powerful political figures in San Francisco history can determine who inherits the seat and influence she spent nearly 40 years building.

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Far-Left Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed received loud cheers during his election night speech in Michigan on Tuesday when he used the Arabic phrase “inshallah,” meaning “God willing,” a phrase commonly used by Muslims.
&#8220;I want you to remind them, that if we come through this, when we come through this, inshallah —&#8221; El-Sayed said before the crowd erupted. The Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful was referring to people skeptical that he can beat Republican Mike Rogers in a general election.
El-Sayed, a former public health official, is projected to defeat Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), who was viewed as a leading contender by many establishment Democrats, in the closely watched race. The race was finally called by Decision Desk HQ on Wednesday morning, with El-Sayed at 48.9% to Stevens’ 47.5%.
The nominee&#8217;s &#8220;inshallah&#8221; remark, and the crowd&#8217;s reaction, highlights the rapid growth of Michigan’s Muslim population over the past several decades, particularly in the Detroit metropolitan area, which is home to one of the largest Arab and Muslim communities in the United States. Immigration from places like Somalia, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and other Muslim-majority nations has transformed the state&#8217;s demographics, and subsequently, its politics.
Moreover, if elected to the Senate, El-Sayed would become America’s first Muslim senator, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abdul-el-sayed-secures-far-lefts-biggest-victory-yet-over-dem-establishment?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Abdul+El-Sayed+Secures+Far-Left’s+Biggest+Victory+Yet+Over+Dem+Establishment">The Daily Wire</a> noted on Wednesday. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants, and his father <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0329/Can-a-Michigan-doctor-become-America-s-first-Muslim-governor">was a part-time imam</a>. On his wife&#8217;s side, his father-in-law <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/abdul-el-sayeds-father-in-law-a-top-donor-to-an-el-sayed-super-pac-is-among-top-leaders-of-muslim-brotherhood-organization-linked-to-terror-funding/">is a founding committee member </a>of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the federal government.
El-Sayed&#8217;s primary victory also shows the Democratic Party’s accelerating shift toward socialism. The Senate candidate ran on far-Left positions, including <a href="https://abdulforsenate.com/priority/money-out-of-politics/#h-supreme-court-reform">Medicare for all</a>, <a href="https://statenews.com/article/2026/04/abdul-el-sayed-denounces-iran-war-calls-for-abolishing-ice-in-campus-rally">abolishing ICE</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-michigans-abdul-el-sayed-really-wants-to-defund-the-police-here-are-the-receipts?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Yes%2C+Michigan%E2%80%99s+Abdul+El-Sayed+Really+Wants+To+Defund+The+Police.+Here+Are+The+Receipts.">defunding the police</a>, <a href="https://abdulforsenate.com/priority/money-out-of-politics/#h-supreme-court-reform">restructuring the U.S. Supreme Court</a>, and raising taxes on billionaires.
He also aligned himself with radical streamer Hasan Piker. The pair were seen together at social gatherings and events. Piker has praised communist Mao Zedong, who was responsible for millions of deaths and human rights abuses. “Mao Zedong is one of the great leaders of this world,” he once said, adding that he would “never” criticize Mao. Piker has also faced backlash over comments related to Israel and Jews. For example, he frequently uses the phrase, &#8220;from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a slogan many view as a call for the elimination of Israel.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/el-sayed-pushed-for-renewed-covid-lockdowns-fines-for-businesses-that-defied-them">El-Sayed Pushed For Renewed COVID Lockdowns, Fines For Businesses That Defied Them</a>

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Horace Sheffield III endorsed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on his radio show last week and urged listeners to make “5 and 10 phone calls” to help him in the Aug. 4 primary against Rep. Haley Stevens. Sheffield is the pastor of New Destiny Christian Fellowship and host of “The Wake-Up Call” on FaithTalk 101.5 FM.
Campaign finance records show El-Sayed’s campaign made 10 payments of $7,500 each to Ecumenical Ministers Alliance, totaling $75,000, between Oct. 21 and June 1. The payments were listed as “political consulting.” Sheffield incorporated the nonprofit in 2010. It is registered to his home address.
Sheffield has publicly supported El-Sayed several times without publicly disclosing the payments. During a Dec. 6 appearance on his show, he endorsed the candidate and pledged to put his “full force of soldiers” behind him.
In a June 20 video filmed at El-Sayed’s campaign headquarters, Sheffield said he expected El-Sayed to beat Stevens. The nonprofit itself endorsed El-Sayed last month. El-Sayed said he was “deeply honored” by the endorsement and features it on his campaign website.
In 2018, Sheffield faced a similar situation. He was suspended from WFDF after endorsing Shri Thanedar for governor while Thanedar’s campaign was paying his nonprofit tens of thousands of dollars for consulting work.
WFDF owner John Adell pointed to FCC equal-time rules. Sheffield later said, “I won’t be involved in any more campaigns.” Records from that year show three other Michigan candidates — Kevin Robbins, Tracy Green, and Terra Defoe — each paid the nonprofit $750 listed as “endorsement fees.”
Sheffield is the father of Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield and serves as president of the Michigan chapter of the National Action Network.
He has referred to Al Sharpton as a longtime friend. In 2024, the Free Beacon reported that Kamala Harris’s campaign paid $500,000 to Sharpton’s National Action Network shortly before she appeared on his MSNBC program.
A spokeswoman for Salem Media, which owns FaithTalk 101.5 FM, said: “We completely reject the endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed made during this paid programming. Pastor Horace Sheffield is not a Salem Media employee and has no affiliation with Salem Media other than purchasing airtime for his independently produced program. Salem Media is supporting Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate, and the views expressed during this paid program do not reflect the views of our company.”
In last week’s interview, Sheffield echoed El-Sayed’s arguments against corporate PAC money and in favor of Medicare for All. He described Stevens as “the person who is running” and claimed she “has never been seen” in Detroit. Polling shows Stevens ahead by 46 points among black voters in Michigan. Sheffield closed one segment by saying, “Lord, help this man win.” El-Sayed responded, “You can’t buy authenticity.”

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday that she will skip next month&#8217;s Michigan Democratic Party convention because she fears being harassed, adding another flashpoint to a party increasingly divided over Israel and antisemitism during a bitter U.S. Senate primary.
Speaking during a <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/30/nessel-says-she-wont-attend-michigan-dems-convention-over-safety-concerns/">roundtable</a> discussion with Jewish leaders and community members, Nessel said she no longer feels safe attending the party&#8217;s August 29 convention in Lansing after what she described as repeated harassment.
&#8220;I feel like my presence isn&#8217;t going to be welcome. I don&#8217;t want to get chased around. I don&#8217;t want to get harassed. I don&#8217;t want to get yelled and screamed at. I don&#8217;t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I&#8217;m saying,&#8221; Nessel said. &#8220;And I believe that if I go, that is what will happen because it&#8217;s been happening to me.&#8221;
Nessel also criticized Democratic Party leadership for failing to adequately respond to concerns she said she had repeatedly raised about individuals who have targeted her, warning that antisemitism on the political Left has become a growing problem within the party. 
&#8220;I will speak as a member of the Democratic Party here in Michigan, that some things have changed,&#8221; Nessel said. &#8220;This cannot continue, and the fact of the matter is, we have to be able to be a society where we can have intelligent discourse and debate about ideas without people being threatened, and certainly without people carrying out those threats.&#8221;
Her comments come as Michigan Democrats are engaged in one of the country&#8217;s most closely watched Senate primaries, with the party&#8217;s ideological divide over Israel increasingly spilling into public view.
Left-wing candidate Abdul El-Sayed has embraced some of the Democratic Party&#8217;s most vocal anti-Israel activists during the campaign, including <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hasan-piker-michigan-senate-race-abdul-el-sayed/">campaigning</a> with far-Left political streamer Hasan Piker. Third Way, a center-left think tank, <a href="https://x.com/ThirdWayTweet/status/2036484738022596671?s=20">condemned the partnership</a>, calling Piker &#8220;anti-American, anti-women, anti-western and antisemitic&#8221; and arguing he should be &#8220;pushed to the fringe, not welcomed onto the stage.&#8221; El-Sayed dismissed the criticism in an interview with <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2026/03/25/michigans-el-sayed-unfazed-by-backlash-against-upcoming-campaign-event-with-hasan-piker/">Michigan Advance</a>, portraying it as an attack from establishment Democrats and &#8220;corporate-funded think tanks.&#8221;
Former Senate candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/influential-democrat-drops-out-of-primary-in-key-senate-battleground?trueLinkId=6JvjPnkjnAeCumQ6ZN%2BoGpNLJEFZ07Awl5KNTB6i2A1L44xz%2BMg08Mz8M%2BYvzzUKo9coheltLMaAYibfZ9nbDQ%3D%3D&amp;trueLinkTs=1783452774&amp;trueLinkExpiry=43200">Mallory McMorrow</a> has also acknowledged antisemitism within the Democratic Party, recounting an incident at the Democratic National Convention in which, she said, an attendee shouted an antisemitic slur at her Jewish husband while he was walking with their five-year-old daughter. 
&#8220;There is,&#8221; McMorrow <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/05/mcmorrow-says-dems-have-an-antisemitism-problem-during-mich-senate-debate/">replied</a> when asked whether antisemitism was a problem within the party. &#8220;That is terrifying,&#8221; she added.
El-Sayed, by contrast, argued that antisemitism and Islamophobia both stem from &#8220;the scourge of white supremacy&#8221; before pivoting to criticism of U.S. support for Israel. 
&#8220;We can walk and chew gum at the same time,&#8221; El-Sayed said. &#8220;It should not mean that we allow our money to subsidize apartheid and genocide.&#8221;
Responding to Nessel&#8217;s decision not to attend the convention, Michigan Democratic Party spokesman Derrick Honeyman said the party remains committed to ensuring the gathering is safe for all attendees. 
&#8220;We reject antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all forms of hateful conduct,&#8221; Honeyman said. &#8220;We are working diligently with stakeholders, elected officials, and party membership to prepare for our August convention and look forward to welcoming Michigan Democrats to the Lansing Center on August 29.&#8221;

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Kalshi on Wednesday launched its Midterm Elections Hub, the first-ever election dashboard fueled by &#8220;the wisdom of the crowd.&#8221;
The latest venture from the country&#8217;s largest prediction market features polling averages, fundraising data, historical results, and campaign news and analysis, as well as access to Kalshi&#8217;s election markets. The company says the hub will provide accurate, unbiased forecasts of midterm races based on where people are risking real money.
“Prediction markets don’t care about spin or partisanship. They cut through polarization and show you what the wisdom of the crowd actually believes, backed by real money, not rhetoric,” Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour said in a press release. “That kind of clarity is rare right now and that’s what people are getting with the Midterms Hub.”
Millions of Americans already use Kalshi to see what other citizens predict will happen in upcoming elections. According to the market, roughly 75% of visitors check odds while 25% are actively trading. Kalshi’s new site gives an unfiltered, view of how an election is currently taking place. The Midterms Hub will update by the second based on breaking news, speeches, polls, and more.
Kalshi being powered by the “wisdom of the crowds” allows their markets to be perfectly aligned to up-to-date predictions on candidates winning their respective race, which has been proven for years.
In every American election since 2024, candidates favored to win on Kalshi won roughly 90% of the time.
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/23/why-prediction-markets-election-picks-are-useful-even-when-they-seem-wrong/">analyzed</a> hundreds of the 2026 primary races on the prediction market. It found that candidates priced “70-80%” odds on Kalshi won “75%” of the time, confirming Kalshi’s proclaimed “statistically calibrated” 2024 election markets.
The Midterms Hub also builds on Kalshi’s recent release of KPOW, the American Power Index. KPOW will combine information on who currently holds seats of power with what the prediction market expects to happen next. It will give a number on a scale from +50D, full Democratic control, to +50R, full Republican control.
Kalshi will mark the hub&#8217;s launch today in Washington, D.C., at an event featuring a live demonstration of the hub and a panel featuring Mansour, Republican pollster Kristin Soltis Anderson, and former White House Director of Digital Strategy Rob Flaherty.

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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) incorrectly described Virginia&#8217;s own voter identification law during a Sunday interview, prompting a correction from the host of a Democrat-friendly network.
The awkward exchange came on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrsZthfIo9M">This Week</a>&#8220; with host Jonathan Karl, as Warner criticized President Donald Trump&#8217;s election security agenda and defended Democratic opposition to the SAVE America Act, legislation that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
Karl asked Warner whether Democrats should embrace photo voter identification requirements, noting that polls consistently show broad public support for voter ID laws.
&#8220;You know what? In Virginia, we have voter voter ID and photo ID,&#8221; Warner responded.
Karl immediately corrected the senator. &#8220;That&#8217;s actually not the case,&#8221; Karl replied. &#8220;I mean, I&#8217;m a Virginia voter. You don&#8217;t need to show a photo ID in Virginia. There are a wide range of things you can show for ID. And if you don&#8217;t show one of those, you can sign an affidavit.&#8221;
Warner attempted to recover by arguing that Virginia still has &#8220;voter ID of one form or another,&#8221; before pivoting back to criticizing Republican-backed election reforms.
Under Virginia law, voters may present numerous forms of acceptable identification, including certain government-issued IDs and other approved documents. If a voter does not have acceptable identification, he or she may sign an ID Confirmation Statement affirming their identity and cast a regular ballot. Virginia does not require voters to present a photo ID in order to vote.
The exchange occurred after Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, spent several minutes attacking Trump&#8217;s election security policies, arguing foreign adversaries such as Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China continue to pose cyber threats to American elections. 
Warner argued that Republicans were using the issue to suppress turnout through the SAVE America Act. 
&#8220;The SAVE Act is about voter disenfranchisement,&#8221; Warner said. &#8220;The SAVE Act is going to take anybody that changed their name when they got married. They don&#8217;t get to vote unless they go back and find [proof of a name change].”
Warner also argued that some Republican-led states permit voters to use gun-related identification while refusing to accept student IDs. 
&#8220;The irony here would be the case if you can show any photo that is government stamped would be fine,&#8221; Warner said. &#8220;Certain states will say we&#8217;re going to let you show your &#8230; NRA gun license but you can&#8217;t show your student ID.&#8221;
While some states do accept certain handgun carry permits as valid identification, a majority of those same states also permit qualifying student IDs for voting under specified circumstances.

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Top Democrat Doesn’t Know His Own State’s Voter ID Policy

Mark Warner

SAVE America Act

Virginia

Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson has all but secured the Democratic nomination in one of the nation&#8217;s most closely watched Senate races after dominating the party&#8217;s delegate selection process over the weekend, prompting his two strongest rivals to suspend their campaigns ahead of next week&#8217;s state convention.
Jackson <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/19/troy-jackson-likely-maine-senate-nominee-platner-01004490">won</a> overwhelming victories across Maine&#8217;s county meetings, with more than two-thirds of the 601 delegates pledging to back him at Saturday&#8217;s Democratic convention in Bangor. While delegates are not formally bound to support him, there has been little indication that his commanding lead will erode before the final vote.
The rapid consolidation around Jackson comes less than two weeks after Democratic nominee Graham Platner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/graham-platner-ends-senate-bid-with-profane-political-message">ended his campaign</a> following allegations that he sexually assaulted a former girlfriend, accusations Platner has denied. His withdrawal forced Maine Democrats to scramble to choose a replacement with less than four months remaining before Election Day.
Jackson&#8217;s emergence as the presumptive nominee also represents a continuation of many of the themes that powered Platner&#8217;s campaign. Like Platner, Jackson has campaigned as a Left-wing populist focused on working-class voters, Medicare for All, and confronting corporate power. A logger from northern Maine and former president of the state Senate, Jackson also enjoys close ties to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who previously endorsed his gubernatorial campaign.
The results quickly reshaped the race, as both Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and former Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah suspended their campaigns as the delegate math became increasingly lopsided. 
&#8220;A few weeks ago, I entered this race because I could not accept the idea of Susan Collins gliding to a sixth term,&#8221; Shah said in a <a href="https://x.com/nirav_maine/status/2078960353405190321">statement</a> announcing his withdrawal. &#8220;Today, I am stepping aside &#8230; because we must defeat Susan Collins, and the Democratic Party must be unified to do it.&#8221;
Shah formally endorsed Jackson, arguing Democrats could not afford divisions heading into November. Jackson himself struck a similar tone after securing a majority of delegates, telling supporters that defeating Republican Sen. Susan Collins would require expanding the coalition rather than narrowing it.
&#8220;Whether you supported me from the beginning, or are still deciding, or support another candidate, there is a place for you in this movement,&#8221; Jackson said during a rally Sunday. &#8220;Because we&#8217;re not going to defeat Susan Collins by making this movement smaller.&#8221;
The delegate victories were driven in large part by Jackson&#8217;s organizational strength. Backed by much of Maine&#8217;s organized labor movement and many volunteers who had previously supported Platner, Jackson swept many of the state&#8217;s largest counties, including nearly every available delegate in Cumberland County, Maine&#8217;s most populous county.
Jackson now faces a compressed timeline to challenge Collins, who is seeking a sixth Senate term and enters the race with a substantial fundraising advantage and decades of statewide electoral success. The Democratic nominee will have roughly three months to pitch himself to voters across Maine while attempting to unify a party still recovering from Platner&#8217;s dramatic exit.
If officially nominated Saturday, Jackson will become Democrats&#8217; latest attempt to unseat Collins, one of the GOP&#8217;s most durable incumbents despite representing a state that has consistently favored Democrats in presidential elections.
For national Democrats, the race remains one of the party&#8217;s best pickup opportunities as they seek to regain control of the Senate in November.

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graham platner

Maine Democrats

A Thursday night speech from President Donald Trump on “free and fair elections” may not be broadcast on any of the major channels. 
The network television stations — ABC, NBC, and CBS — have not yet committed to airing the primetime speech. The speech, expected to focus on election integrity, is set for 9:00 p.m. EST and will be streamed by The Daily Wire and across the White House social media channels. 
No adjustments to the channel&#8217;s primetime <a href="https://www.tvinsider.com/network/cbs/schedule/">schedules</a> have been made yet, and representatives from the networks have not commented on their plans when asked by media outlets, including The Daily Wire. 
Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/trump-speech-elections-networks?utm_source=chatgpt.com">reported</a> that officials from the networks “declined to comment” when asked if they would broadcast the speech, while Status reporter Natalie Korach reported that officials had yet to “divulge their coverage plans” for the speech. The Daily Wire reached out to representatives from the networks for comment. 
Trump said earlier this week that his speech would focus on “free and fair elections.” 
&#8220;It&#8217;s really, really big news, and our country has to shape up. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to be talking about Thursday,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t get bigger because without free and fair elections, you don&#8217;t have a country.&#8221;
While various reports have suggested that the speech could focus on alleged election fraud in Georgia or Chinese election interference, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt kept the topic of the speech broad when asked by Axios. 
&#8220;President Trump will deliver a major address to the nation on protecting the integrity of our elections. We encourage every American to watch the president&#8217;s speech,” she said. 
The speech comes as Trump has repeatedly pushed Republicans in Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require photo ID to vote in federal elections.
MS Now reported that Trump plans to discuss newly declassified intelligence reports on foreign efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. The White House would not confirm the report, referring The Daily Wire to Trump’s public remarks.
Washington Reporter journalist Matthew Foldi reported, citing “a well-placed source in Georgia,” that Trump could declare that Georgia Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock “are illegitimate because of fraud.”
Trump and the broadcast channels have fought for years, and the president has sued both CBS and ABC News. 
A lawsuit against CBS over its selective editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris resulted in a $16 million settlement for Trump. The president was also paid $16 million to settle a defamation lawsuit against ABC over comments by host George Stephanopoulos.

President Trump Participates In A Rose Garden Club Lunch

Major TV Networks Won’t Say Whether They Will Broadcast Trump’s Primetime Speech

Where Will Trump's Primetime Election Integrity Speech Be Broadcast?

2020 Election

Donald Trump

election integrity

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros upset incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) in the primary for Colorado&#8217;s 1st congressional district on Tuesday night as the far-Left continues its hot streak in Democratic contests.
With 93% of the vote counted as of Wednesday morning, Kiros <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/colorado-us-house-district-1-results">holds</a> 51.3% to DeGette&#8217;s 41.7%, with Wanda James, another candidate in the race, taking 7%.
DeGette, who has held the House seat for as long as 29-year-old Kiros has been alive, will likely be replaced by Kiros after the general election. Kiros will be heavily favored over Republican nominee Christy Peterson in the general election in a district that last elected a Republican in 1970.
Kiros, endorsed by democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), <a href="https://www.kirosforco.com/priorities-2#">wants</a> to increase publicly owned housing, make college tuition free, hike the corporate tax rate from 21% to 50%, end at-will employment, create an AI moratorium, abolish ICE, allow gender-affirming care for all ages, and invest in &#8220;community-based&#8221; emergency response teams over police.
Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was an infant, also <a href="https://x.com/EYakoby/status/2072145312743915590">proposed</a> giving immediate citizenship to all illegal immigrants in the United States.
&#8220;Abolishing ICE is just one step &#8230; I think there has to be an immediate pathway for every single undocumented immigrant that&#8217;s here in this country today that doesn&#8217;t require them to shell out thousands of dollars to go through the process,&#8221; she said.
The leftist Democrat has also faced criticism over recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/october-7-comments-put-dsa-backed-candidate-under-scrutiny?author=Leona+Salinas&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=October+7+Comments+Put+DSA-Backed+Candidate+Under+Scrutiny">comments</a> she made on the 9/11 and October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks, arguing that 9/11 was the result of American foreign policy and October 7 was “the inevitable consequence of apartheid.”
Kiros has spent the majority of the last decade in school, obtaining an economics and political science degree from Washington College, a law degree from Notre Dame, and is currently pursuing her PhD in public affairs at the University of Colorado. She currently works as a barista while running for Congress. 
She was an attorney for about 15 months before she was fired after criticizing her own law firm and other firms for signing a <a href="https://aboutblaw.com/bbju">statement</a> that pushed for deans to address antisemitic language and protests on college campuses after Hamas&#8217; October 7 attack on Israel. In her own letter in November 2023, Kiros <a href="https://medium.com/@melatakiros/dear-us-law-firms-77ec63e838af">claimed</a> she was confused why calls for the elimination of the Israeli state were seen as antisemitic. 
Kiros is the latest democratic socialist to cruise to a primary victory after three radical leftists won their primaries in New York last week. Some sitting Democrats are embracing the radical newcomers. 
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/influential-dem-doubles-down-on-partys-hard-left-turn-after-socialist-primary-sweeps?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=6&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Influential+Dem+Doubles+Down+on+Party%E2%80%99s+Hard-Left+Turn+After+Socialist+Primary+Sweeps">said</a> after New York&#8217;s wins there is &#8220;a new, strong, and bold Democratic party.&#8221; On Tuesday, New York City democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani claimed socialists &#8220;not only understood economics&#8221; but they can right the so-called wrongs created by capitalism. 
Kiros told SiriusXM radio, &#8220;People are seeing that capitalism is responsible for a lot of the degradation that we&#8217;re seeing in our economy, in our democracy, in our climate.&#8221; She attributes socialism&#8217;s rise to people &#8220;demanding a new way to organize our economy, our government and making sure that&#8217;s all centered on working families and protecting basic needs.&#8221;
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Melat Kiros: “People are seeing that capitalism is responsible for a lot of the degradation that we’re seeing in our economy, in our democracy, in our climate and they’re demanding a new way to organize our economy, our government and making sure that’s all centered on working… <a href="https://t.co/SKwvzP8KIt">pic.twitter.com/SKwvzP8KIt</a>
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) <a href="https://x.com/MarcoFoster_/status/2072069801867129156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2026</a></blockquote>

League of Women Voters forum

Socialist Hot Streak Continues As Radical Leftist Unseats 15-Term Democrat

Colorado

Democratic Socialism

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed states to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, rejecting a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee that would&#8217;ve upended voting rules in more than a dozen states ahead of the November midterm elections.
In a 5-4 ruling, authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the high court held that nothing in federal election-day statutes prohibits states from counting late-arriving mail-in ballots. 
&#8220;The election-day statutes say nothing about ballot receipt, and we cannot add to the words Congress chose,&#8221; Barrett wrote in the opinion. Chief Justice John Roberts also joined the court&#8217;s liberal wing to form a majority.
&#8220;This is not a case about the Constitution. We do not consider the scope of Congress’s authority to regulate federal elections,&#8221; Barrett added. &#8220;The sole question before us is whether counting ballots postmarked by election day, but received up to five days later, violates the federal election-day statutes.&#8221;
It’s a stinging defeat for election-security advocates, including President Donald Trump, who has long criticized the practice. <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116834002761429397">On Truth Social</a>, Trump called the ruling a &#8220;tremendous loss&#8221; and renewed calls for Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act. 
&#8220;If we want fair and secure elections, Election Day should mean exactly what it says, which is why this decision makes it even more imperative that Congress pass the SAVE America Act,&#8221; RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said in a statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;Democrats are inviting chaos at the ballot box by allowing elections to drag on for days and weeks after voters cast their ballots. Republicans are not going to be deterred by this decision, and the RNC will keep fighting to have elections end on Election Day as Americans want.”
 Mail-in ballots have become a key target for conservatives following California’s recent primary, where leftist Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman advanced to the November mayoral election after nearly a week of counting late-arriving ballots, locking Republican Spencer Pratt out of the race. 
The Supreme Court case centered on a challenge to a Mississippi law that allowed a grace period for mail-in ballots. 
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented. 
&#8220;It opens up and fails to resolve a host of questions for state election officials and courts,&#8221; Alito wrote in a scathing dissent. &#8220;And it creates a serious risk of further undermining public confidence in our elections and our system of self-government.&#8221;
Before the case reached the Supreme Court, the Mississippi Republican Party and the Republican National Committee (RNC) sued the state, arguing that its law violated <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/1">federal statutes</a> enacted by Congress in 1845 establishing the Tuesday after the first Monday in November as “Election Day.” <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/7">In 1872</a>, Congress extended that requirement to congressional elections as well, <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/court-appears-ready-to-overturn-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/">according to SCOTUSblog</a>.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Mississippi, saying that federal law preempted state law and required all ballots to be received by Election Day. 
Trying to overturn the 5th Circuit, Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson asked the Supreme Court to weigh in. Watson argued to the court that the 5th Circuit’s decision “defies statutory text, conflicts with this Court’s precedent, and — if left to stand — will have destabilizing nationwide ramifications,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-to-hear-critical-challenge-to-mail-in-ballots">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported. 
He said that as long as the ballots had been filled out by Election Day, they should be counted. Nineteen mostly blue states and the District of Columbia are supporting Mississippi in its efforts to reverse the lower court’s decision. 
The RNC disagreed, noting that accepting ballots after Election Day could delay election results for weeks. 
“Many States can’t conclude their elections for weeks after election day because they’re still receiving ballots from voters. Weeks after the ‘day for the election’ has come and gone, the elections in those States continue,” they wrote in a brief. 
In executive orders, President Trump has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/">called</a> for an end to mail-in voting, alleging the practice opens the door to election fraud.

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