Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn of Nebraska joins Morning Joe to discuss his race against incumbent Republican Senator Pete Ricketts. Osborn talks about being a lifelong independent and also unveils his latest campaign ad on the show and argues his grassroots campaign is a stark contrast to Ricketts, a billionaire who he says is not looking out for the needs of voters in Nebraska.
La empresa familiar del gobernador Jim Pillen es uno de los mayores productores porcinos de Estados Unidos. En su campaña por la reelección, se ha alineado con la agenda antinmigrante del presidente Trump, a pesar de que sus granjas han contratado a trabajadores indocumentados.
Gov. Jim Pillen’s family business is one of the nation’s largest pork producers. As he seeks re-election, he has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda even though his farms have taken on undocumented laborers.
Campaigning on health care used to mean talking about coverage or costs . Now, in the run-up to the midterms, it's just as likely to focus on "corruption." The big picture: Candidates are accusing primary or general election opponents of being in the pockets of drugmakers, insurers and other powerful health interests, to the detriment of voters. - It's a strategy that plays into affordability concerns and voter anger at the health system — but frequently avoids addressing what about the system needs fixing. - "Voters want leaders to lower everyday costs and firmly believe that will require taking on political corruption, corporate power and special interests' influence," public opinion firm Lake Research Partners wrote last month in…
Republicans are warning President Donald Trump that his decision to flood supermarkets with foreign ground beef is hurting a key group in his base as the midterm elections near their climax. Voters in beef-industry-heavy states, like South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, supported Trump in his bid for a second term. Now, lawmakers from those states say his decision to lift tariffs on hundreds of thousands of tons of foreign beef is putting the very people who elected him in a bind. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., who is running for re-election, said his voters in South Dakota "love the president," and view him like a member of the family, but the beef import order feels like the administration "pulled the rug right out from underneath" them.
In the small Nebraska village of Murdock, now-paused plans for two potential data centers have sparked the kinds of debates that have raged in cities and towns across the country.
Ten weeks from Election Day, the Senate battlefield is sprawling, scattered — and stretching deep into Trump country . Why it matters: In a normal year, Republicans wouldn't think twice about Alaska, Kansas, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska or Texas. This isn't a normal year. - Republicans expect all six states to revert to their MAGA mean. But they're not betting on it. - The fact that they're still in play has turned the midterms into a game of chess, giving Democrats more openings to attack — and leaving Republicans with more pieces to defend. What we're hearing: While you've been at the beach, we've been at the bar talking to operatives in both parties. Here's what we're hearing: - Democrats are within striking distance in Iowa ,…
