TUREK IS MIA: Josh Turek, the Democrats’ Senate nominee facing Rep. Ashley Hinson (R., Iowa) skipped the Iowa State Fair to go to Nantucket with major Democratic Party donors. Addie Lavis with Hinson’s team eagerly posted a picture of a swarm of Hinson supporters taking over the Iowa State Fair during Turek’s absence.
JEWS FOR ROGERS: A trio of top Jewish Democrats in Michigan are hosting a fundraiser for Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Mich.). “This is something that none of us has ever done,” Hannan Lis, who is leading the fundraiser with Brian Hermelin and Rob Orley, told Jewish Insider’s Matthew Kassel. “But we feel this is a departure in the direction of the Democratic Party.”
WIN FOR KASH: The FBI under Kash Patel is overseeing historic drops in crime. Ben Williamson with the FBI touted that “violent crime plummeted in 2025, with murder rate hitting 20-year low.”
PELTOLA’S POLAR PLUNGE: Former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D., Alaska) approval ratings are dropping amidst ongoing GOP ad campaigns criticizing the former Democratic congresswoman in her campaign against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R., Alaska). Internal GOP polling obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter shows a steady erosion in Peltola’s approval ratings in Alaska.
CARPENTERS FOR FLINT: Aaron Flint, the GOP nominee to succeed Rep. Ryan Zinke (R., Mont.), rolled out an endorsement from a major Carpenters Union. Joel Worth, the Representative for the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters, said that he is backing Flint because “Aaron understands that lowering the cost of living goes hand in hand with strengthening Montana’s workforce and creating good-paying jobs. We know he will support the infrastructure projects and workforce investments that create opportunities for working families across Montana.”
JD BACKING THE NEXT GENERATION: Vice President JD Vance made a rare down-ballot endorsement in Tennessee; the vice president endorsed his “friend Kenny Cody” for Tennessee’s 11th State House District.
MUST READ: The White House’s Olivia Wales called an op-ed in the New York Post by the New York City police officer who had previously arrested the man who murdered Laken Riley a “must read.” In the op-ed, Ethan Curreri explains how “sanctuary cities failed her and all Americans.”
HIDDEN HEROES: In NOTUS, Igor Bobic, Al Weaver, and Reese Gorman profile the Senate’s Body Guy Caucus.
FOOTBALL-GATE ROILS MICHIGAN SENATE RACE: Following reports that Abdul El-Sayed attacked football, Maryland football superstar — and Communications Director for Rep. Bryan Steil’s (R., Wis.) Committee on House Administration Walt Smoloski warned the Michigan Democrat that “you learn who the real men are when the pads go on.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS: The Washington Reporter wants to wish Nick Hawatmeh with Rep. Lisa McClain (R., Mich.), Sophie Cunningham with the Indiana Fever, Emily Fehsenfeld with the Department of Labor, Kate Vittone with Rep. Laurel Lee (R., Fla.), and Annie Price happy birthdays!
