Lisa Lerer

Election Dispatches:: Senate Rivals Clash in High-Stakes Debates in Maine and Georgia

Angela Paxton is urging Texas voters to support Mr. Paxton’s Senate campaign, even as she is divorcing him and accusing him of adultery. She has political aspirations of her own.

It’s Oct. 5 — 29 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.

In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.

A group supporting Dan Osborn, the independent Senate candidate in Nebraska, is airing an ad attacking Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican, for pardoning a man convicted of sexual assault.

The dissent reflects growing unease about the party’s prospects in November, as the G.O.P. struggles to overcome the president’s unpopularity.

Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska has shown quiet support for President Trump’s tariffs. His brother, the head of their family business, has described the economic volatility as an enormous challenge.

At an unusual midterm gathering, President Trump and his allies painted Democrats as dangerously un-American.

A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its possible limitations.

In an upset, Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, won the Democratic nomination, capitalizing on calls for generational change.