LEWISTON, Maine — Pamela Edgecomb couldn’t look past Paul LePage’s coarse style of politics as she cast her ballot for a House seat in northern Maine. She was open to supporting a Republican and voted for Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), the longtime GOP incumbent seeking a sixth term this fall. But Edgecomb is among the […]

More than a decade into his political career, President Donald Trump can still draw a crowd. Trump has spent the past month crisscrossing the country, rallying in support of down-ballot Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The Washington Examiner tagged along with the president Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for his latest stops in Florida, […]

TEXAS — Texas Republicans attending rallies for Senate nominee Ken Paxton are expressing more enthusiasm for defeating his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, than for the three-term attorney general himself. In interviews with the Washington Examiner, some rallygoers cited their opposition to Talarico or their support for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has been campaigning alongside […]

The cryptocurrency industry’s multimillion-dollar effort to protect Senate Republicans has expanded to an unlikely midterm battleground: deep-red Nebraska. Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE), an industry ally and member of the Senate Banking Committee, has received almost $11 million in support from Fairshake, a leading crypto super PAC. The spending, which began two weeks ago as a […]