Convention features first Kansas GOP gubernatorial debate

The Kansas Republican Party hosted its first debate among gubernatorial candidates at the GOP convention in Wichita, giving attendees a chance to hear from the field of candidates seeking the party’s nomination.
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GOP’s Slim House Majority Shrinks Further After Dem Wins Special Election

The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives narrowed further this week after Democrat Christian Menefee won a special election in Texas’s 18th Congressional District, reducing the GOP’s slim margin in the chamber.

'The party left me': Longtime Indiana lawmaker is leaving the GOP

Rep. Ed Clere said he won't run for re-election and will campaign for New Albany mayor as an independent.

Trump questions if GOP can overcome voters’ ‘psychological’ midterms hurdle

President Trump is warning of a possible Democratic victory in November’s midterm elections, seemingly lowering expectations for Republican wins well ahead of any voters heading to the ballot box. Trump regularly notes that the party in control of the White House historically tends to lose the midterms,

The GOP is losing one of its best issues

Even amid the backlash from Donald Trump’s 2016 pledge to ban all Muslim immigrants to his 2024 amplification of baseless claims that migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets—immigration remained a durable, winning issue for the GOP. Now the ground is shifting under them.

House GOP's already fragile majority to further shrink after Democrats' ballot box victory

Democratic runoff decides Texas special election for vacant congressional seat, shrinking Republican House majority to razor-thin margin of control.

Has Trump's control over the GOP in Congress waned? It's complicated.

Recent votes have made it clear: While the hold of Trump and GOP leaders on Republican rank-and-file remains strong, it's slipping in notable ways.

Minnesota Republican drops out of governor's race, citing GOP's handling of immigration enforcement

Republican Chris Madel announced on Monday that he was ending his run for Minnesota governor, pointing to his party's handling of immigration enforcement in his state as his rationale."I cannot support the national Republicans' stated retribution on the citizens of our state,

House GOP majority on the brink as all-Democrat Texas special congressional election underway

Republicans' razor-thin House majority shrinks further as Democrats set to win Texas special election, giving GOP leadership new headaches in Congress.
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Opinion: Trump helps Democratic candidates by waging a civil war against GOP critics

President Trump is waging a civil war against fellow Republicans who oppose him, increasing the chances Democrats will capture control of the House and Senate in November's midterm elections.

Democrats Menefee, Edwards vie for vacant US House seat

Voters are deciding a runoff between Menefee, the Harris County attorney, and Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. The winner will replace the late Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner for the rest of his term,