“We’re starting to hear more about [these issues] than before because the voters who are at the ideological ends of the spectrum are already accounted for this election. So the moderate middle, generally, are the voters that are up for grabs,” said Neil Newhouse, a Republican pollster who’s done work this cycle on appealing to female and swing voters.
In Kentucky, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) recently said he could support an increase in the minimum wage if the economy were stronger, while Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said last week he would vote for the state’s minimum wage ballot measure.
Republican Senate candidates in Colorado, Minnesota, Virginia and Louisiana have all embraced the idea of offering some forms of birth control over the counter, as has House GOP challenger Carl DeMaio in California. Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), locked in a tight battle with Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), is making it a centerpiece of his Senate campaign and just ran an ad highlighting his position…
Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst has said she’d work with Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) to tackle sexual assault in the military after the female combat veteran shared her own story of sexual harassment while on duty.
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