Weeks before the election, Homeland Security agents knocked on doors in several states, asking about immigration status and whether people had voted. A federal judge ordered it stopped, finding DHS's target lists 'voluminous and unreliable' and the operation likely illegal voter intimidation.
Warming up the crowd for Trump in Park City, Tracey Mann said the Democratic Socialists of America had 'completely taken over the Democrat Party' and told Republicans to 'tie every Democrat up and down the ballot to this insanity.' The DSA has endorsed one candidate in Kansas this year, for the state House.
Campaigning for Michael Whatley in Greenville, Donald Trump said he'd settle the remaining claims from veterans and families poisoned by Camp Lejeune's water, but only if Republicans keep Congress. A woman who lost four relatives called it 'sickening.'
ProPublica sued to get the Education Department's civil rights data. Under Trump, the office opens about 100 investigations a month, down from 310, while 24,000 complaints poured in. It opened 29 sexual violence investigations out of 200-plus complaints, and more cases about discrimination against males than against females.
Lisa Demuth's general-election pitch is bipartisan and pragmatic. To win her party's nomination, she told activists she 'fights and wins for the MAGA agenda.' She wrote a fetal-heartbeat abortion ban, blocked an assault-weapons ban after the Annunciation shooting, and still won't say Joe Biden legitimately won in 2020.
Tom Tiffany, the Republican running for Wisconsin governor, amplified a Libs of TikTok post targeting an Eau Claire school board member over a Black parents' group. She says what followed were accusations, misogynistic messages, and police keeping watch on her house.
In a new ad, Ashley Moody says she voted to stop taxing tips and Social Security, and that her opponent backed a $4 trillion tax hike on a diner full of working people. PolitiFact found the law didn't end either tax, most of its tax cuts went to high earners, and Angie Nixon's campaign says she wants to repeal only the parts for the rich.
Scott Perry's campaign ad claims his opponent exposed herself to a neighborhood child, flashing an 'AFFIDAVIT' on screen. WITF found the claim has no evidence behind it, the document is a notarized statement from a Perry supporter, and no charges were filed. The ad also repeats a claim about an immigrant that was already debunked.
Roger Marshall spent the summer saying the price of gas in October would decide the midterms, and predicting it would come down. Gas in Kansas is up more than 56% since the Iran war began. Now he says 'there are things more important than money to Kansans.'