8th CD candidates spar

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We’re making the assumption that the president is not going to accept the results of what looks to be a very challenging election for him and his party.”

– U.S. Rep Jim Himes (D-Connecticut) on the discussions in Congress about what to do if Trump claims midterm results are invalid due to alleged foreign interference

Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Wied and his Democratic challenger, former Green Bay school board member and U.S. Army veteran Rick Crosson, met Thursday afternoon for a debate as the two compete for the Green Bay area’s 8th Congressional District seat. Henry Redman has the recap.

As Election Day approaches, top Democrats on the intelligence committees in Congress are preparing for the possibility that President Donald Trump will allege foreign interference to discredit unfavorable results. And they want leading U.S. intelligence officials to be immediately reachable if he does. Jonathan Shorman reports

Tom Tiffany’s special relationship with billionaire Republican donors Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein stretches back to his days as their state Senator. Now that relationship is paying off in the form of tens of millions of dollars in campaign donations, unprecedented even for the Uihleins, writes Editor Ruth Conniff in a commentary exploring what the return on the Uihleins’ investment might be.

After a sometimes-bitter primary season, shared policy goals on affordability for Americans and accountability for the Trump administration have bonded the party’s left wing and its establishment factions, analysts say. Jacob Fischler reports on the likelihood of party unity if Democrats win the House and Senate.

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