In a recent interview trashing Sen. John Fetterman, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed revealed that his Instagram feed is flooded with OnlyFans models.
People on social media aren’t buying his explanation for it.
“My team has had access to my Instagram account and like the things that I actually look at on Instagram … we get served that on your For You page but then like every third video that scrolls on its own is going to be some Only Fans model,” El-Sayed told The Lever in an interview posted on July 31. “It's because it clocked me as being a 40-some year old man”
El-Sayed was remarking on how social media algorithms allegedly push adult content on individuals who aren’t otherwise interested in it. A clip of the interview was resurfaced on X by the RNC on Tuesday.
“It’s 2026. There’s really no need to lie. We all get it. That’s the stuff he watches,” conservative radio host Jesse Kelly wrote in response to the resurfaced clip. “Just come out and admit it. That isn’t even a political liability anymore. This is my Instagram feed. Why? Cause that’s the kind of crap I watch when I log in there.”
Kelly posted a picture of his Instagram feed, which included no OnlyFans models.
“Bro's telling on himself,” Anthony Constantini, policy director of the conservative Bull Moose Project, wrote.
The polls are now closed in Virginia, one of five states from coast-to-coast holding primary elections on Tuesday.
But the biggest spotlight is on Michigan, where the high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party is front-and-center.
Boosted by a string of victories this spring in mostly blue congressional districts across the country, the Democrats' ideological war moves to the Great Lakes battleground state, where progressive victories could reshape the party and endanger must-hold seats in the midterm elections.
Also at stake as Michigan and Virginia join Kansas, Missouri, and Washington State in holding mid-summer primaries is President Donald Trump's immense clout over the GOP and the power of his endorsements in Republican nominating contests.
But taking top billing is Michigan's divisive and expensive Democratic Senate primary, which is seen as the biggest stage to date in the fierce fight for the future of the Democratic Party.
"This is ground zero in the battle for the future of the Democratic Party, pitting status quo corporate Democrats against shake up the system economic fighters, and we’ll see who wins," Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), a leading group on the left, told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed spent the night before Election Day at a pool party with far-left streamer Hasan Piker, sparking pushback both from his primary opponent and his Republican opposition.
The event was hosted by a content creator in Detroit, Michigan , and also attended by progressive House candidates Melat Kiros and Chris Rabb, both members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), The Associated Press reported.
Michigan Democratic state Rep. Donavan McKinney was also reportedly in attendance.
Piker, who has roughly 10 million followers across multiple social media platforms, has made multiple appearances on the campaign trail with El-Sayed, raising questions about the ideological similarities between the two. Last month, Piker drew backlash after addressing a group of college students while wearing an outfit resembling that of former communist dictator Mao Zedong.
"I never would and never will criticize Mao Zedong," Piker said earlier this year in a clip that recently resurfaced on social media. "One of the great leaders of this world."Piker has also said in the past that "America deserved 9/11" and has made controversial comments about Hamas and the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.While El-Sayed has said he doesn't agree with all of Piker’s positions, he has faced criticism for not distancing himself from the controversial streamer.
{{#rendered}}Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, once proposed allowing undocumented immigrants to secure driver's licenses, making the case that not doing so would be discriminatory.
"We’ve got to make sure that in this state we are not discriminating against documentation status. Right now, if you’re undocumented, you don’t get access to a driver’s license. You’re stuck," El-Sayed said in a 2018 campaign interview.
At the time, El-Sayed was running for governor.
Eight years later, as he looks to join the U.S. Senate, the resurfaced clip sheds light on El-Sayed’s past thinking about how local governments should interact with illegal aliens and raises questions about whether granting them state identification would in some ways legitimize their presence in the U.S.
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., cast her ballot Tuesday and urged supporters not to sit out Michigan’s closely watched Democrat Senate primary.
“I just voted! Now it’s your turn,” Stevens wrote on X alongside a photo displaying her “I Voted” sticker. “There’s too much at stake in this election to stay home. Make sure your voice is heard.”
Stevens, a pro-Israel moderate, is facing progressive former public health official Abdul El-Sayed in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. The contest has become a major test of the Democrat Party’s divide over Israel and the direction of the party platform ahead of November.
A supporter of former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., urged the Democratic Party to move further left Tuesday while accusing some of its elected lawmakers of being too “passive.”
Grace, a St. Louis voter waiting for Bush at a polling location, told Fox News that the former congresswoman was the “obvious candidate” because she does not accept money from billionaires and remains active in the community.
“She’s boots on the ground,” Grace said. “I believe she practices what she preaches.”Asked whether Democrats should move left or right, Grace replied, “Definitely more left.”
“I feel like there are definitely some passive members,” she added. “We can be outraged all we want. What we’re looking for is actually actionable change.”
Grace said voters have now had an opportunity to assess Rep. Wesley Bell’s time in office since he defeated Bush in 2024 and suggested some are looking for another change in Tuesday’s rematch.
Fox News' Matthew Donnell contributed to this reporting.
{{#rendered}}Trump-endorsed Republican congressional candidate Amir Hassan urged Michigan voters to back his campaign Tuesday as he made an Election Day stop in Davison.
“I’m grateful and blessed to be here as we’re running to represent this district and flip the 8th District,” Hassan said in a video posted on X. “Bringing back common sense, bringing back the nuclear family and manufacturing to this district.”
Hassan appeared alongside other Republican candidates and supporters who called for the party to unite after the primary and spend the final 90 days of the midterm campaign fighting Democrat control of the state.
“We’re only going up from here,” Hassan said. “We’re looking for your support as we unify our party and we unify our state.”
Polls in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District close at 8 p.m. ET.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urged Michigan voters to head to the polls Tuesday, sharing a photo wearing an “I Voted” sticker alongside Chasten Buttigieg.
“Happy Primary Day, Michigan!” Buttigieg wrote on X.
The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor, whose X profile now lists Traverse City, Michigan, later directed voters to an online polling-place lookup and encouraged those who had not yet voted to cast their ballots before polls closed.
Buttigieg also reposted a report that he will headline a Michigan Democratic Party rally in Detroit on Friday intended to unite the statewide ticket ahead of the November midterms.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., declined Tuesday to say whether he would support Abdul El-Sayed if the progressive candidate defeats Schumer-backed Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.
Asked whether he would endorse El-Sayed as the party’s nominee, Schumer responded, “Bottom line, we are going to win Michigan, take back the Senate and have a majority.”
Schumer also defended the Democratic Party amid questions about the growing number of candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
“Look, we are a big tent party, and being a big tent party is a strength, not a weakness,” Schumer said during his weekly leadership news conference.
El-Sayed, meanwhile, told MS NOW’s Chris Jansing that Democrats must come together after Tuesday’s contest, saying their internal disagreements are “way smaller” than their differences with Republican nominee Mike Rogers.
“I’m interested in figuring out how to heal those divides,” El-Sayed said before confidently predicting, “I’m looking forward to beating him by seven in November.”
{{#rendered}}Republican congressional candidate Michael Bouchard released an Election Day video Tuesday urging voters in Michigan's 8th Congressional District to head to the polls, saying his campaign is focused on public safety, lowering costs and boosting manufacturing jobs.
“I just voted at my home precinct in Rochester Hills Adams,” Bouchard said in the video posted from outside his polling place.
“This time last year I was in Iraq. I got back the next day, I started running for this because I have a mission, and it's to keep your family safe, it's to lower costs for everybody in this district and it is to bring jobs back to our manufacturers all across this community,” he said.
Bouchard closed the message by encouraging supporters to cast their ballots before polls close at 8 p.m. local time, saying, “Please get out and vote. Please vote Mike Bouchard. Really appreciate your support. Let's keep fighting.”
Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich. , criticized the Justice Department’s decision to monitor polling sites in four Michigan cities during Tuesday’s primary, calling the move “not normal.”
“It is not normal that the president is threatening to nationalize elections to upend our Constitution,” Stevens told reporters after casting her primary ballot Tuesday.
The DOJ deployed monitors to Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing and East Lansing, saying the effort was intended to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws.
Stevens said she was relying on Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s oversight and vowed to oppose what she described as efforts by President Donald Trump to expand federal control over elections.
"We have an incredible attorney general, Dana Nessel, in this state," Stevens continued. "I'm proud to have her support in this race, and I'm proud to have her protection, and oversight in this moment.
"We are truly in a see-something, say-something moment. We have been briefed that the DOJ is coming, and I am doing everything in my power to stop this president from nationalizing our elections."
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned Tuesday that the Democratic Socialists of America is mounting a broader effort to push the Democratic Party further left as several DSA-backed candidates face primary voters.
In an opinion piece titled “The DSA is Coming for Congress,” Gingrich wrote that the organization has endorsed 29 House candidates this year. According to his tally, seven have won their primaries, 11 have lost and 11 are still awaiting results.
Gingrich touched on both Michigan congressional candidate Donavan McKinney and Missouri candidate Hartzell Gray, each on Tuesday’s ballot. McKinney has called for ending U.S. military aid to Israel, while Gray supports Medicare for All, abolishing ICE and stopping federal funding to Israel, according to their campaign platforms cited by Gingrich.
“Taken together, these endorsements illustrate a broader effort by the DSA to move the Democratic Party further to the left and cement it as the party of big government socialism,” Gingrich wrote.
He argued that victories by openly socialist candidates should concern voters and warned that traditional Democrats are only beginning to recognize the movement’s growing influence within the party.
{{#rendered}}A Jewish St. Louis voter who backed Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., in Tuesday’s Democrat primary told Fox News she believed former Rep. Cori Bush’s rhetoric went beyond criticism of Israel.
“I didn’t like Cori Bush when she was in office, I didn’t like her sort of attitude and I actually felt like she was sort of a bit antisemitic,” Carol said after casting her ballot.
Asked whether she was referring specifically to Bush’s position on Israel, Carol replied, “Not just Israel, but just her feelings toward Jewish people in general.”
Bell declined to apply the label himself when asked about the voter’s comments.
“I think that our friends in the Jewish community can make that decision for their own,” Bell said, adding that every community in his diverse St. Louis-area district should feel “welcome, appreciated and respected.”
Bell is seeking to fend off Bush’s bid to reclaim the seat she lost to him in 2024. Polls in Missouri close at 8 p.m. ET.
Fox News' Matthew Donnell contributed to this reporting.
Republicans targeted Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., on primary day after her campaign website dropped a section highlighting GOP endorsements once used to bolster the Washington Democrat’s bipartisan image.
The current endorsement page no longer lists former Clark County Councilors Julie Olson and John Blom, Lewis County Farm Bureau President Maureen Harkcom, former Longview City Council member Mike Wallin or former Oregon Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron Saxton.
It instead prominently features labor unions and Democratic-aligned groups under a banner declaring support from “Washington’s working families.”
“Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has finally dropped the act, and now we know why she was too cowardly to condemn the socialist radicals taking over the Democrat Party: they own her,” NRCC spokesman Christian Martinez wrote in a blistering statement, accusing the congresswoman of hiding her political loyalties and abandoning Southwest Washington voters.
"Perez is a weak, socialist-funded puppet who lies about her loyalties, hides the extremists bankrolling her, and betrays Southwest Washington to keep herself in power."
Gluesenkamp Perez is seeking reelection in Washington’s competitive 3rd Congressional District, which President Donald Trump carried in both 2016 and 2020.
Two sources familiar confirm to Fox News Digital that DNC Chair Ken Martin, who has faced increasing scrutiny this summer over his leadership of the national party and the massive fundraising deficit to the rival RNC, told DNC members on a call Monday that he’s putting together a special committee of big-name fundraisers to help bring more “financial firepower” to the DNC.
Martin said on the call that outreach has begun to potential committee members.
The news was first reported by Politico.
“To meet this moment, and to keep our momentum, we need more resources. And I want you to hear from me today that I get this and I'm on it – and we're ratcheting up. That's why I'm convening a special finance committee, with big name fundraisers, to bring more financial fire power to the DNC. In fact, calls have already been made to get folks on this committee as soon as possible. We will bring in more high power fundraisers to support our efforts and hit the gas on raising money. We need everybody to come to this table. This is not about one person.”
{{#rendered}}The Justice Department monitoring polling sites in four Michigan cities during Tuesday’s primary was rebuked as an effort to discourage voters, according to Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey.
“Those kinds of tactics are tactics that are used when they want to discourage the vote,” Winfrey said at a Tuesday news conference on primary Election Day. “They absolutely have a right to observe, but they don’t have a right to interfere.”
The Justice Department said staff from its Civil Rights Division and Michigan’s U.S. attorney’s offices were monitoring polling locations in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing and East Lansing to promote transparency, ballot security and compliance with federal voting laws.
Winfrey said Detroit’s election process is open to observers and would demonstrate “professionalism at its best,” while defending the city’s record of running accurate and fair elections.
Detroit expects between 25,000 and 40,000 voters to cast ballots in person Tuesday. Winfrey said roughly 4,000 residents had voted during the first two hours after polls opened.
Fox News' Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.
Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., cast his ballot Tuesday in Missouri’s Democratic primary as he sought to fend off a comeback bid from former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo.
Asked about Bush’s focus on the war in Gaza, Bell argued the race should remain centered on voters in his St. Louis-area district.
“The M in Missouri does not stand for ‘Middle East,’” Bell told reporters. “It stands for ‘Missouri.’”
Bush, who is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, is trying to reclaim the seat she lost to Bell in the 2024 primary. Bell is hoping to avoid becoming the latest incumbent defeated by a DSA-supported challenger.
Polls in Missouri close at 8 p.m. ET.
Fox News' Matthew Donnell contributed to this report.
Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers cast his primary ballot Tuesday and declared Michigan’s Senate contest a “change election,” arguing that voters are frustrated with the state’s direction and rising costs.
“We’re going to beat either one,” Rogers said of Democratic contenders Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., after casting his primary ballot in White Lake, Michigan, on Tuesday morning. “We’ve got a plan for either one.”
Rogers pointed to utility bills, auto insurance rates, education and manufacturing losses as issues he believes will drive voters in November. He said Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters have told him they are losing confidence in the party’s handling of affordability.
The former congressman also touted his campaign’s field operation, saying it surpassed 1 million door knocks in July and plans to reach as many as 4 million before Election Day.
Rogers said the eventual Democratic nominee will have little time to reunite the party before early voting begins, arguing that the primary has pushed both leading candidates too far to the left for Michigan voters.
{{#rendered}}The Justice Department is monitoring polling places in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing and East Lansing during Michigan’s primary election Tuesday, the agency announced.
DOJ staff from the Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section and the U.S. attorney’s offices for Michigan’s eastern and western districts are observing election operations for compliance with federal voting rights laws.
“Our primary monitoring efforts continue today as we seek to ensure free and fair elections nationwide,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote in a statement.
“The Department of Justice is devoting extensive resources to ensure uniform and nondiscriminatory monitoring. We appreciate the cooperation of these jurisdictions in promoting trust and transparency.”
Civil Rights Division personnel will continue accepting questions and complaints about possible federal voting rights violations through the Nov. 3 general election.
“Transparency promotes both trust and better behavior in election administration,” U.S. Attorney Timothy VerHey for the Western District of Michigan said in a statement. “Our office is always going to be ready to lead in promoting free and fair elections.”
President Donald Trump has endorsed Kansas state Senate President Ty Masterson in the five-way Republican primary for Kansas governor, giving Masterson a powerful advantage in a race with no shortage of well-funded rivals.
Masterson is competing against former state Rep. Charlotte O’Hara, financial services executive Philip Sarnecki, state Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt and Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab.
The contest will offer another measure of how strongly Trump’s endorsement resonates with Republican primary voters.
Masterson has not matched some of his opponents’ self-funded spending, but he has raised more from donors than Sarnecki and Schwab when candidate loans are excluded.
Trump has also endorsed Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., who is seeking his party’s nomination for a second term. Marshall faces a long-shot challenge from Arch “Pond” Naramore.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Missouri voters will decide Tuesday whether citizen-led constitutional amendments should face a much higher threshold for approval.
Amendment 4 would require such measures to win a majority in all eight congressional districts, rather than simply carrying the statewide vote. Legislative amendments would still need only statewide approval.
The proposal follows voter-backed measures involving abortion rights, recreational marijuana, sports betting and Medicaid expansion — none of which would have passed under the proposed district-by-district standard.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
{{#rendered}}A rare open-seat contest is unfolding in northern Missouri after longtime Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., announced he would not seek reelection.
Graves, who has represented the district for 25 years, endorsed conservative radio host Chris Stigall.
Kansas City Council member Nathan Willett is also among the five Republicans seeking the nomination.
The GOP-leaning district was reshaped to include more northern Kansas City neighborhoods. Three Democrats are competing for their party’s nomination.
Republicans are choosing among six candidates Tuesday for the chance to challenge Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., in the state's newly redrawn 5th District.
State Sen. Rick Brattin enters the primary with endorsements from President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Kehoe.
His chief advertising rival has been Taylor Burks, a Navy officer and former Boone County clerk.
The revamped Kansas City-area district now stretches into rural central Missouri and carries a Republican tilt. Cleaver is unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Missouri voters are considering a proposal that could eventually eliminate the state’s individual income tax.
Amendment 5 would direct lawmakers to phase out the tax as state revenues increase.
It would also permit the Legislature to broaden the sales tax to additional goods and services without another statewide vote.
The measure would give lawmakers five years to determine what new sales could be taxed, setting up a major debate over how Missouri would replace lost income-tax revenue.
The Missouri measure marks the first time since the modern income tax began over a century ago that a U.S. state legislature has asked voters whether to eliminate the tax.
Alaska is the only state so far to impose a general individual income tax and then repeal it, doing so in 1980 by a legislative vote.
Massachusetts voters rejected income tax eliminations in 2002 and 2008 that were initiated by citizens, not lawmakers.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
{{#rendered}}Virginia Republicans are deciding Tuesday which candidate will face Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., in November.
The three-way GOP primary features accountant Kim Farington, retired Army Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa and Marine Corps reservist David Williams.
Warner, a former governor first elected to the Senate in 2008, is unopposed in the Democratic primary.
The eventual Republican nominee will enter the general election as an underdog in a race not currently viewed as a top Senate battleground.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., is seeking another shot at Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., in one of Virginia’s most closely watched House races.
Luria is the leading candidate in Tuesday’s four-way Democratic primary in the Virginia Beach-based 2nd District.
A retired Navy commander, she served two terms in Congress before Kiggans defeated her in 2022.
Luria has the backing of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a major fundraising advantage over physician Nila Devanath, scientist and veteran Bill Fleming, and former humanitarian worker Patrick Mosolf.
Democrats consider the district a must-win in their fight for the House. Democrats currently hold six of Virginia’s 11 House seats.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
A crowded Democratic primary will determine who faces Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va. , in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District.
Henrico County prosecutor Shannon Taylor enters Tuesday’s seven-way contest with the backing of national House Democrats and a large fundraising lead.
Her rivals include attorney Salaam Bhatti, military veterans Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs, Jason Knapp and Mel Tull, environmental advocate Tim Cywinski, and attorney Ericka Kopp.
The district includes parts of suburban Richmond and a wide stretch of more conservative rural territory.
Democrats view it as a possible pickup opportunity, though it leans more Republican than Virginia’s coastal 2nd District.
Democrats currently hold six of Virginia’s 11 House seats.
{{#rendered}}Virginia’s delayed congressional primary arrives Tuesday after a failed Democratic redistricting effort threw campaigns into uncertainty.
The state moved its usual June primary to August while Democrats pursued a map that could have improved their chances in 10 of Virginia’s 11 districts.
The Virginia Supreme Court ultimately rejected the new boundaries.
By then, candidates had already launched campaigns based on the proposed map. Some dropped out, while others switched races or continued in districts less favorable to their party.
Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger nevertheless says Democrats can still make gains under the existing map.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Political chatter around Virginia’s primary is raising an unusual turnout question in Fairfax County: Could Democrats outvote Republicans even though the Democratic contest is limited to the 8th Congressional District, while Republicans have countywide U.S. Senate and congressional races on the ballot?
Virginia political observer Ben Tribbett suggested that outcome would be striking, given the broader Republican slate.
Separately, another conservative-leaning account warned of weak GOP awareness, saying politically active voters appeared unfamiliar with the candidates — or even that primary day had arrived.
The posts are anecdotal, not turnout data, but together they frame the early storyline: Democratic enthusiasm may be worth watching, while Republicans face questions about voter engagement in a state some activists fear the GOP has neglected.
As the Democratic National Committee (DNC) shouldered significant debt and fell behind its GOP equivalent, Democratic leadership decided to use its headquarters as collateral for a $15 million loan, according to public records.
The loan was taken out in 2025 as the DNC struggled to keep pace with the Republican National Committee’s fundraising efforts ahead of the midterm elections.
While taking out loans ahead of high-stakes races is common, and using property as collateral to do so is not unheard of, the line of credit secured by the DNC was reportedly the largest ever taken out by the committee for an off-year election.
The terms of the loan allow the DNC to withdraw an additional $5 million beyond the $15 million it already has taken, public records show.
"This is not new," a DNC official told Fox News Digital of the loan. "The loan documents were publicly released in November, and the DNC’s building was also used as collateral in our prior lines of credit in 2019, 2018, 2014 and many other years."
What is new, however, is the DNC’s considerable debt.
The financial gap between Democrats and Republicans, as well as the former's higher-than-usual debt load, could leave the DNC with less flexibility to support candidates in the midterm elections.
The national party’s debt and smaller cash reserves could limit its ability to respond quickly, invest broadly and compete with the GOP’s far larger war chest, a boon to conservatives who are currently struggling in the polls.
As of June 30, the DNC has $18.5 million in debt against just $16.3 million in cash on hand, according to campaign finance records.
For comparison, the DNC ended 2022, the previous midterm cycle, with $30.5 million in cash against roughly $420,000 in debt.
The Republican National Committee, by comparison, had $128.5 million in cash with no debt as of June 30, per Federal Election Commission records.
This is an excerpt from Fox News' Robert Schmad's report.
{{#rendered}}The House Republican campaign arm is hailing its multimillion-dollar fundraising advantage and an expanding battlefield of Democratic-held seats, claiming its strongest midterm position in two decades.
A July 26 National Republican Congressional Committee memo marking the 100 days until the November elections reported a $13.7 million cash-on-hand advantage over the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
The NRCC say it is the strongest financial position at this stage of an election cycle in 20 years, arguing that the money will fund advertising, campaign staff and voter-turnout operations in the districts expected to decide control of the House.
But the committee’s most aggressive claim centers on the map.
Democrats are defending 23 seats carried by President Donald Trump in 2024, while Republicans are defending only eight seats carried by Harris — a nearly 3-to-1 disparity that the NRCC believes gives Republicans room to play offense, according to the NRCC.
Several of the seats are identified as open races.
The NRCC's offensive target list has now grown to 36 Democrat-held seats, after seven were added during the week the memo was issued.
“This is not a defensive battlefield,” the NRCC wrote in the memo.
“The next 100 days won’t be easy.”
"For the next 100 days, House Democrats will spend every day trying to explain away their radical socialist record and opposition to countless commonsense policies Americans overwhelmingly support. Republicans have the momentum, the candidates, the resources, and the map to grow our House majority in November, and we’re ready to take it across the finish line."
Fox News' Charlie Hurt reviews Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's policy alignment with the Democratic Socialists of America platform.
Despite denying the socialist label, his agenda matches the DSA perfectly on Medicare-for-all and abolishing ICE.
The high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party is front-and-center Tuesday in Michigan's primary.
Boosted by a string of victories this spring in mostly blue congressional districts across the country, the Democrats' ideological war moves to the Great Lakes battleground state, where progressive victories could reshape the party and endanger must-hold seats in the midterm elections.
Taking top billing is Michigan's divisive and expensive Democratic Senate primary, which is seen as the biggest stage to date in the fierce fight for the future of the Democratic Party.
The primary face-off pits Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director, against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., a more moderate candidate backed by the establishment.
The race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who is backing Stevens, is a must-hold for the Democrats and one of roughly a dozen Senate races from coast to coast that will determine if Republicans hold onto their slim Senate majority.
This is an excerpt from Fox News' Paul Steinhauser, Andrew Mark Miller and Luke Trevisan's report.
"This is ground zero in the battle for the future of the Democratic Party pitting status quo corporate Democrats against shake up the system economic fighters, and we’ll see who wins."
{{#rendered}}Washington voters are casting primary ballots Tuesday as devastating wildfires force evacuations across the Spokane area and complicate the state’s largely vote-by-mail election.
Officials have urged affected residents to confirm that their ballots were received or request replacements.
The leading congressional contest is in the competitive 3rd District, where Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., faces eight challengers, including President Donald Trump-endorsed Republican state Sen. John Braun.
Voters will also narrow an 11-candidate field seeking to replace retiring Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., in the 4th District. Newhouse voted to impeach Trump.
Washington’s top-two system advances the two highest vote-getters in each race, regardless of party. Ballots must be returned to a drop box or postmarked by 8 p.m. Pacific time (11 p.m. ET). Because mail ballots are counted over several days, close races may not be settled Tuesday night.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Virginia voters are choosing congressional nominees Tuesday in primaries that could help shape the fight for control of the narrowly divided House.
The biggest contest is in the 2nd Congressional District, where former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., is seeking a rematch against Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va.
Democrats are also choosing from a crowded field in the 1st District to challenge longtime Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.
Another former lawmaker, Democrat Tom Perriello, is attempting a comeback in the Republican-leaning 5th District.
Meanwhile, Republicans are selecting a Senate nominee to face Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who is running unopposed for a fourth term.
The voting follows a failed Democratic effort to adopt more favorable congressional boundaries.
The Virginia Supreme Court invalidated the new map, forcing candidates to compete under the state’s existing districts and raising the stakes in several potential November battlegrounds.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Kansas voters will consider a referendum that would replace the state’s current Supreme Court selection system with elections for six-year terms, a change critics warn could threaten abortion rights.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the state constitution protects a person’s right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy and reaffirmed that protection in 2024. In 2022, nearly 60% of voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed lawmakers to restrict abortion access.
Under the proposed system, three Supreme Court seats would be elected in 2028, two in 2030 and the final two in 2032. Vacancies would be filled through special elections.
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach said in 2022 that electing justices could gradually produce an anti-abortion majority on the court after voters rejected the earlier amendment.
Reuters contributed to this report.
{{#rendered}}Former members of Congress have struggled to mount successful comebacks this year, with only four advancing through their primaries so far.
Several others have suspended their campaigns or lost before reaching the general election.
The next major test comes in Missouri, where progressive Democrat Cori Bush is seeking to unseat Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., in a rematch of their 2024 primary.
Bush, a vocal critic of Israel, lost that race after the pro-Israel super PAC United Democracy Project spent $8 million supporting efforts to defeat her. The group has spent more than $3 million this cycle to keep Bush from returning to Congress.
The primary winner will be heavily favored in November because the St. Louis-area district is safely Democratic.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Michigan Democrats are voting Tuesday in a closely watched Senate primary that could influence both the fight for Congress and the party’s approach to Israel.
The contest pits progressive former public health official Abdul El-Sayed against moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich.
El-Sayed wants to end unconditional U.S. military aid to Israel, while Stevens is a longtime Israel supporter backed by Democratic leaders and pro-Israel groups.
“Gaza and Israel is an affordability issue,” El-Sayed told Reuters. “I would rather spend our money on healthcare and schools and infrastructure here at home rather than bombing other people elsewhere.”
Stevens and her allies argue that her more moderate profile would make her a stronger general-election candidate in a swing state. She has also criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he has failed to make Israel safer or bring the region closer to peace.
The primary has become a test of whether Democratic voters are moving toward an anti-establishment message focused on Gaza, corporate influence and domestic spending — or remain more concerned with electability and defeating Republicans.
The race has drawn tens of millions of dollars in outside spending and national attention from both wings of the party.
The winner will face former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. , in November in a race expected to play a major role in determining control of the Senate. The result could also shape how prospective Democratic presidential candidates address Israel heading into 2028.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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