(Recorded September 8, 2018) This Week: our senate election preview: (1) Wisconsin; (2) Michigan; (3) Ohio; and (4) Pennsylvania.

This Week’s Links:

Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting.

VA (Kaine v Stewart)

• RealClearPolitics – Election 2018 – Virginia Senate – Stewart vs. Kaine
• Corey Stewart, Virginia Senate Nominee, Evokes Trump on Racial Issues – The New York Times
• White Nationalists Love Corey Stewart. He Keeps Them Close. – The New York Times
• How Corey Stewart Could Endanger Other Virginia Republicans – The New York Times
• Corey Stewart campaigns alone in Virginia as other Republicans keep their distance – The Washington Post
• Taibbi: Corey Stewart, Donald Trump’s Favorite Nut Job – Rolling Stone

MN Special (Housley v Smith)

• RealClearPolitics – Election 2018 – Minnesota Senate Special Election – Housley vs. Smith
• Sen. Tina Smith holds off Richard Painter, will face Karin Housley in historic matchup
• Tina Smith defeats former Bush ethics lawyer in Minnesota Dem primary | TheHill
• Karin Housley Wins GOP Special Election Primary For Senate « WCCO | CBS Minnesota
• Al Franken hasn’t ruled out another run for office – CNNPolitics
• DFL in bitter clash with Senate candidate Richard Painter
• Is Karin Housley the Minnesota GOP’s best shot at a Senate seat in a decade? | MinnPost
• Minnesota Senate Race Could Bolster GOP Firewall | RealClearPolitics

NJ (Menendez v Hugin)

• RealClearPolitics – Election 2018 – New Jersey Senate – Hugin vs. Menendez
• Menendez Is ‘Severely Admonished’ by Senate Panel for Accepting Gifts – The New York Times
• NJ Senate election: Could Bob Menendez get boost from House races?
• Jersey GOP Senate candidate’s company slashed price for cancer drug in Russia while raising it here | NJ.com
• Menendez, Hugin Locked In Contentious U.S. Senate Race In N.J. « CBS New York
• In Deeply Blue New Jersey, an Unexpected Battle for Senate – The New York Times
• Amid anger over drug prices, former pharma CEO Bob Hugin runs for the Senate
• Poll pegs Menendez’s lead in single digits – NBC News
• Here are all the stunning ways N.J. Republicans lost Senate races over 40 years. Can they win this fall?

CA (Feinstein v de Leon)

• RealClearPolitics – Election 2018 – California Senate – Feinstein vs. de Leon
• Feinstein Has Advantages in California Race. De León Now Has Party Leaders. – The New York Times
• De Leon demands Feinstein ‘come home to California’ – POLITICO
• Republican Voters Are Sitting Out California’s Senate Race
• Why California Hasn’t Moved On From Dianne Feinstein | FiveThirtyEight
• The Former College Dropout Who Would Be Dianne Feinstein – POLITICO Magazine

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