Weekly Battleground Roundup

Happy Friday!

A highlight of the week was watching Bob Brooks & Pete Buttigieg being coached on how to be relatable and authentic by the Dem establishment to win over voters they’ve lost.

Here’s your weekly battleground roundup:

AZ-01

AZ Free News: Amish Shah Blasts National Democratic Campaign Arm Over ‘Interference’ In Arizona CD1 Primary

AZ-06

AZ Free News: Ciscomani Secures New Military Mission For Fort Huachuca

CA-22

San Joaquin Valley Sun: Pro-Israel launches ad blitz against Villegas in Dem primary against Valadao

CO-08

Colorado Politics: Colorado Politics’ 8th CD primary debate canceled after Democrat Shannon Bird withdraws 

IA-01

Iowa Field Report: National Police Week Spotlights Bohannan’s Record on Law Enforcement and Public Safety

IA-03

Capital Dispatch: DMACC receives federal money for new Ankeny trades and industry facility

ME-02

Fox Bangor: Paul LePage leads candidates in Maine’s Second Congressional District, according to NRCC polling

MI-07

WILX: Rep. Barrett secures $1 million for Eaton Rapids mill demolition

Free Beacon: Michigan House Candidate Says She Would Ban Stock Trading Among US Officials To ‘Fight Corruption.’ As Biden’s Ukraine Ambassador, She Made 179 Stock Trades Worth Up to $4M.

NE-02

KETV: ‘I don’t think it matters’: Harding ready for challenger in Nebraska District 2

Nevada

Nevada Globe: Police Week renews scrutiny of Titus, Lee, and Horsford’s anti-law enforcement record

NM-02

Pinon Post: New poll shows Cunningham surging as Vasquez slips in NM-02

NY-17

Lohud: Trump post endorses Mike Lawler and goes after a Democratic rival

NC-01

Free Beacon: House Dem Don Davis Touts His Eastern North Carolina Bona Fides—but Nearly All His Individual Campaign Donations Come From Outside the State

OH-01

Washington Reporter: INTERVIEW: Eric Conroy has a plan to go from the CIA to Congress in a Trump-won district

PA-07

Fox News: Democrats caught on camera coaching candidate on how to be ‘authentic’ in 2026 messaging

VA-02

Newsmax: Rep. Kiggans: Virginia Court Ruling ‘Victory for Rule of Law’

WI-03

WXOW: Rep. Van Orden and Sec. Collins host veterans roundtable

Heartland Post: Exclusive: Dem Congressional Candidate Cooke Called Hometown of Eau Claire Racist