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This year's hot new liberal strategy: just download the GOP hive mind!

22 Oct 2014: Jeb Lund: If Democratic candidates refuse to stand up for their own party’s ideas, maybe these people don’t deserve to win
Early midterms voters cast their ballots as races heat up down south

22 Oct 2014: More than 3.5m votes have already been cast as debates get spicy in Florida and North Carolina. Here’s the state of the race
Conservative Americans distrust most news that isn't Fox News, survey finds

21 Oct 2014: Pew study on media preferences also finds liberal Americans are willing to cut ties with friends who don’t share political views
US midterms: Clinton campaigns in Kentucky as Democrats bring out the big guns

21 Oct 2014: Former president gives Alison Lundergan Grimes a hand against Mitch McConnell, while Michelle Obama is scheduled to pop up in Iowa and Minnesota
Do Democrats want to fix inequality? Or just complain about it?

20 Oct 2014: Alexis Goldstein: If progressives think they’ve got any chance at midterm victory, it’s time to focus on dramatic solutions for young and minority voters – before it’s too late
US midterms: Republicans looking zippy as candidates sprint to the finish

20 Oct 2014: Obama returned to the campaign trail in Maryland with the Democrats facing a difficult battle to keep hold of the Senate
Supreme court allows Texas to use 'unconstitutional' voter ID law

18 Oct 2014: Court says midterm election’s too close to change procedure even though federal judge called law ‘unconstitutional burden on right to vote’
Obama to nominate Vanita Gupta to head DoJ civil rights division

16 Oct 2014: Praised by the left and the right, ACLU advocate for drug law reform will be thrown into thick of volatile issues such as police behaviour and voting rights
With so many issues off the agenda, no wonder the midterms are a turn-off

16 Oct 2014: Elections offer little chance of change as Republicans and Democrats steer clear of hot-button topics for party advantage
Democratic committee to halt ads in heated Kentucky Senate race

14 Oct 2014: Troublesome sign for Democratic challenger Alison Lundergran Grimes in her race to unseat Republican leader Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger to meet in final TV debate

13 Oct 2014: Mitch McConnell, one of the highest-ranking Republicans, is facing stiff competition from Alison Lundergran Grimes
Jimmy Carter campaigns again – to get grandson elected as Georgia governor

13 Oct 2014: Ex-US president praises Jason Carter’s fight for voter rights as Democrats expect tight race against incumbent Nathan Deal
Army War College revokes Montana senator's degree over plagiarism

10 Oct 2014: John Walsh’s master’s degree revoked after an investigation concluded he plagiarized a research paper needed to graduate
Arizona's high desert: where border politics become a harsh, almost sinister experience

7 Oct 2014: Finds of migrant corpses on border land make security a hot issue but elsewhere lack of immigration reform fuels frustration, reports Paul Lewis
Secret service director Julie Pierson resigns after series of security lapses

1 Oct 2014: Julia Pierson bows to pressure to quit after House hearing revealed devastating evidence chronicling secret service failures