Weekly Battleground Roundup

Happy Friday!

In a move that shocked no one, Democrats chose three more socialist darlings as their nominees in Michigan.

Here’s your weekly battleground roundup:

AZ-01

KOTA: From locker rooms to Congress: Jay Feely latest athlete seeking to take lessons in leadership to Capitol Hill

AZ Republic: Amish Shah, in private call, says ‘bruising’ primary damaged campaign

AZ-06

California Globe: AZ Democrat JoAnna Mendoza Reaffirms Opposition To Transgender Sports Restrictions Ahead Of Prop 318 Vote

KVOA: Rep. Ciscomani secures $4.2 million to strengthen Oro Valley public safety

CA-13

California Globe: Adam Gray Says Costs Are Too High – He Voted to Keep Them That Way

CA-22

Breitbart: Socialist Randy Villegas Placed Teens with Far-Left Activist Groups

Fox26:  Investigates: Rehired despite prior misconduct allegations at Visalia Unified?

Ripon Advance: Valadao, Fong propose measure supporting home-state community revitalization effort

IA-01

Daily Nonpareil: U.S. House passes Miller-Meeks’ project transparency bill

Fox News: WATCH: Battleground Democrat called Iowa a ‘backwater’ over transgender athletes ban

IA-03

Racoon Valley Radio: Congressman Zach Nunn Tours AAI/Spalding, Jeffersonian Apartment Project in Jefferson Monday

Capital Dispatch: Rep. Zach Nunn, U.S. labor secretary say 2025 tax cuts help Iowa businesses expand

ME-02

Maine Wire: LePage Campaign Fires Back After Dunlap Uses Healthcare Press Conference to Push Medicare for All 

WABI: NRA endorses Paul LePage for CD2 race

MI-07

Washington Examiner: Democrats face major questions after William Lawrence wins nomination in battleground district

NV-01

Washington Examiner: GOP bets Carrie Buck and Trump’s ‘no tax on tips’ will win battleground Nevada House seat

NV-03

Nevada Globe: HOUSE ALWAYS WINS: Susie Lee’s Trust Cashed Out Before Casino Stock Cratered

Nevada Globe: Susie Lee Lectures Nevadans on Affordability in Apparent $5,700 Necklace

Nevada Independent: O’Donnell launches first TV ad of the general election, plans more than $2M in spending

NJ-07

Save Jersey: Temu Mikie Sherrill Can’t Find Her Own Dishes

Patch: Kean Secures $975K To Upgrade Outdated Hillsborough Police Radio System

WRNJ: Congressman Kean helps reopen New Jersey’s only long-term care facility for seniors with traumatic brain injuries

NM-02

Santa Fe New Mexican: Vasquez staff defends timed New Mexico social media posts during Alaska trip

Pinon Post: Vasquez hitches campaign to anti-ICE radical to attack former cop

NY-17

Midhudson News: Lawler backs congressional stock trading ban as House approves bipartisan bill

Monsey Scoop: Airmont Residents Meet With Congressman Mike Lawler at Community Meet-and-Greet at the Home of Airmont Trustee Yehuda Zorger

NY-19

Free Beacon: Dem Congressman Josh Riley’s Father-in-Law Founded CCP-Tied Center Boosting Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative

NC-01

WITN: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks in support of Laurie Buckhout at Greenville campaign event

PA-08

NOTUS: Paige Cognetti Refuses Corporate PAC Money. But Some Is Arriving Indirectly.

Standard Speaker: Bresnahan calls for local control of data centers

TX-28

Laredo Morning Times: Walker family targets Cuellar’s remarks on Talise

WA-03

Nisqually Valley News: Democrat Brent Hennrich won’t support MGP in Third Congressional District race

Seattle Times: WA Congressional 3rd District primary exposes Democratic tensions

KATU: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson stumps in Vancouver for Republican candidate John Braun

WI-03

WIZM: U.S. House candidate Berge questions Cooke disclosures, plus Williams on two fatal La Crosse trials

WEAU: FBI Director Kash Patel joins Congressman Derrick Van Orden for a discussion in Eau Claire