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Three Dan Sullivans walk into a race for Senate

And as they duke it out in Alaska, progressives win in Pennsylvania and Florida, Trump rises and falls, Michigan confronts AIPAC, Markey faces questions about his age, and a fraud fesses up.

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Aug 24, 2026
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Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dan S. Sullivan of Alaska. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Pennsylvania’s progressive surprise

For the first time this century, the Pennsylvania state House district in Butler County, Pa. — the county where an assassination attempt against President Donald Trump occurred just over two years ago — will be a blue se…

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