Trump allies look to primaries as they escalate Indiana redistricting pressure

Donald Trump’s political operation is considering primarying Indiana lawmakers who don’t embrace his mid-decade redistricting plans. “They have a mountain of cash and even more motivation to win the redistricting wars Democrats started long ago,” a person familiar with the White House’s thinking told POLITICO. The electoral threats are an escalation of a pressure campaign…

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Jay Jones is back in the Democratic fold amid texting scandal

NORFOLK, Virginia — Jay Jones, the embattled Democratic nominee for attorney general in Virginia, made a surprise appearance at a major Democratic campaign rally Saturday aimed at revving up the party faithful ahead of the high-stakes statewide elections Tuesday. Jones — whose years-old violent text messages triggered a nationwide GOP backlash and a steady drumbeat…

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Missouri to take up redistricting in special session, likely netting GOP 1 seat

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that the state’s Legislature will draw new congressional maps in a special session, officially inserting the deep-red state into the nationwide redistricting battle that will reshape the fight to control the House in 2026. Missouri’s redistricting push could see the state add an additional Republican-majority district to its eight-member…

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