Democrats Have Edge Across Four Key House Races in Pennsylvania, Polls Find  —  Democratic candidates are ahead in two, hold a narrow edge in a third and are tied in a fourth, new polling shows.  The seats embody the fights playing out nationwide in the midterms.

Pennsylvania House Race Tests If Republican Distance From Trump Works  —  For one Pennsylvania Republican, winning reelection to the US House in a suburban Philadelphia seat likely hinges on his long-standing effort to keep President Donald Trump at arm's length.

The educational divide could spell trouble for Republicans  —  Republicans tend to run better among voters without a college degree than those with one, which has battered Democrats in recent presidential elections.  But that same pattern could give Democrats a potentially decisive boost in next month's midterms.

Latinos Are Now America's Most Important Swing Voters  —  Latinos helped fuel President Trump's return to the White House.  But Democrats have won back the trust of many Hispanic voters over the past two years.  —  In the 1990s, politicians fought for the support of soccer moms.

The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President  —  Donald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide.  Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is among the chief election officers standing in his way.  —  Now and then, not often …

How Ohio Trump Voters Reacted to Vivek's Attack Ad  —  He spent millions smearing Amy Acton, prompting national criticism.  But how low is too low for Trump voters?  —  BY NOW, YOU'VE SURELY HEARD about the ad Vivek Ramaswamy is running against his opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial election …

The Republicans' Remarkably Bad Midterm Campaigns  —  The midterm campaigns have been going badly enough for the Republicans that they have inspired in White House principals some rare candor.  “You don't turn the Titanic around overnight,” Vice-President J. D. Vance said on the trail earlier this year, in Toledo.