Trump will campaign in Georgia to boost embattled challenger to Sen. Jon Ossoff

On the campaign trail

• Coming up: President Donald Trump will attend a rally in Georgia, where Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is running for reelection against GOP Rep. Mike Collins after flipping the seat in the 2020 election cycle. Collins, who is trailing Ossoff, has faced criticism over social media posts and for his associations with far-right figures.

• Democrats rallying: In Michigan, Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues campaigning for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, with Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley joining them today. In North Carolina, former Gov. Roy Cooper is campaigning for Senate, where the open seat is a key Democratic pickup opportunity . And Senate nominee Troy Jackson will attend a rally in Maine.

• Inside party thinking: While Democrats are benefitting from a growing number of Republican endorsers crossing party lines and are enthusiastic about the possibility of flipping deep-red states — they are quietly nervous about holding a Senate seat in one under-the-radar state.

Here are the highlights from last night's Senate debates in Alaska and Maine

Candidates faced off in heated debates Thursday night in two of the country’s most competitive Senate races , showing how bitter — and personal — each contest has become.

In Maine , Democratic nominee Troy Jackson told GOP Sen. Susan Collins to “shut up” after she suggested a protester was one of his supporters.

During the Collins-Jackson debate, both candidates tried to portray their opponent as corrupt, a major theme that has loomed over the hotly contested race and the midterms nationally.

And in Alaska , Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan questioned Democratic opponent Mary Peltola’s “character” while citing allegations she mistreated staff.

The races are unfolding thousands of miles apart but both are critical to the Senate majority. Collins, a moderate Republican, is seeking reelection in a blue state, while Sullivan is running for another term in more GOP-leaning Alaska where Peltola, a former congresswoman, is well-known.

Both debates showed how much of a political liability President Donald Trump’s war in Iran has become for Republican incumbents. Sullivan said it “needs to end soon,” while Collins continued to insist Trump should have consulted Congress on the conflict.

El-Sayed and Vance spar on campaign trail, plus more headlines from Thursday

Yesterday, we heard Michigan voters weigh in on gas prices , saw third-quarter fundraising reports to the Federal Election Commission trickle in for some key races, and heard from President Donald Trump , who sought to lay blame for a potential Texas Senate loss on Sen. John Cornyn.

Most notably, voters heard from Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and from Vice President JD Vance, who revived his ongoing feud with El-Sayed , casting the candidate as “obsessed” with conflicts in the Middle East rather than issues in the state he’s running in.

El-Sayed fired back at Vance , saying, “At his little rally, he wanted to raise questions about my commitment to America. Let me tell you, nobody understands how deep and profound the gift of this country is, like a kid who was born here but for the accident of history that allowed that to happen.”

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , who joined El-Sayed on the campaign trail, backed him and said Republicans are trying to make El-Sayed “look big and scary” in advertisements as the GOP tries to win the critical seat.

While it was already known that Elon Musk has plowed big sums into helping Republicans win the midterms, new filings with the Federal Election Commission are offering more details on exactly where that money landed. In addition to the $158 million he sent to the Senate Leadership Fund in the July-to-September fundraising quarter, the tech billionaire also donated nearly $89 million to his own super PAC, America PAC, records show.

In Maine, GOP Sen. Susan Collins doubled down on her criticism of the war in Iran as she continues to distance herself from Trump. When asked if Congress should have been consulted before Trump decided to go to war, she said: “Congress definitely should have been consulted.”

Meanwhile, Trump also insisted Thursday there is “no real reason” for him to campaign in Maine, where a crucial Senate seat and a seat in the House could be up for grabs.

CNN’s Fredreka Schouten, Molly English, Gloria Pazmino, Kit Maher, Elise Hammond

在竞选活动中

接下来：唐纳德·特朗普总统将出席在佐治亚州举行的一场集会。民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫正在竞选连任，他的对手是共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯。奥索夫在2020年的选举中赢得了该席位。目前，柯林斯的支持率落后于奥索夫，他因社交媒体上的言论以及与极右翼人士的联系而受到批评。

• 民主党人积极集结：在密歇根州，纽约州民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯继续为参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德助选，马萨诸塞州众议员阿亚娜·普雷斯利今天也加入他们的行列。在北卡罗来纳州，前州长罗伊·库珀正在竞选参议员，该州空缺的席位是民主党赢得的关键机会。此外，参议员候选人特洛伊·杰克逊将出席在缅因州举行的一场集会。

• 党内想法：虽然民主党人受益于越来越多的共和党支持者跨越党派界限，并且对翻转深红州的可能性感到兴奋，但他们却暗自担心能否在一个不为人知的州保住参议院席位。

以下是昨晚在阿拉斯加和缅因州举行的参议院辩论的要点。

周四晚，在全国竞争最激烈的两场参议院竞选中，候选人展开了激烈的辩论，这表明每场竞选都变得多么激烈和私人化。

在缅因州，民主党候选人特洛伊·杰克逊在共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯暗示一名抗议者是他的支持者后，让她“闭嘴”。

在柯林斯和杰克逊的辩论中，两位候选人都试图将对方描绘成腐败分子，这一主题一直笼罩着这场竞争激烈的竞选以及全国范围内的中期选举。

在阿拉斯加，共和党参议员丹·沙利文质疑民主党对手玛丽·佩尔托拉的“人品”，并援引了她虐待工作人员的指控。

这两场选举相隔数千英里，但对参议院多数席位的归属都至关重要。温和派共和党人柯林斯在民主党占优势的州寻求连任，而苏利文则在共和党倾向更为明显的阿拉斯加州竞选连任，前国会议员佩尔托拉在该州颇具知名度。

两场辩论都表明，特朗普总统对伊朗发动的战争对共和党现任议员来说已成为多么大的政治包袱。苏利文表示这场战争“必须尽快结束”，而柯林斯则继续坚持认为，特朗普本应就这场冲突咨询国会。

埃尔-赛义德和万斯在竞选活动中针锋相对，以及周四的更多新闻头条

昨天，我们听到密歇根州选民对汽油价格发表意见，看到一些关键竞选的第三季度筹款报告陆续提交给联邦选举委员会，并听到唐纳德·特朗普总统试图将德克萨斯州参议院可能出现的失利归咎于参议员约翰·科宁。

最引人注目的是，密歇根州的民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德和副总统JD·万斯发表了讲话。万斯重提了他与埃尔-赛义德之间的长期争端，称这位候选人“痴迷”于中东冲突，而不是他竞选所在州的事务。

埃尔-赛义德反驳万斯说：“在他那场小小的集会上，他想质疑我对美国的忠诚。让我告诉你，没有人比一个出生在这里，却因历史的偶然性而失去这一切的孩子更能理解这个国家给予我们的馈赠有多么深厚和意义非凡。”

纽约州众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯曾与埃尔-赛义德一同参加竞选活动，她支持埃尔-赛义德，并表示共和党人正试图在广告中将埃尔-赛义德塑造成“强大而可怕的形象”，因为共和党正努力赢得这个关键席位。

虽然此前人们已经知道埃隆·马斯克投入巨资帮助共和党赢得中期选举，但联邦选举委员会最新公布的文件提供了更多关于这些资金流向的细节。记录显示，除了在7月至9月的筹款季度向参议院领导基金捐赠1.58亿美元外，这位科技亿万富翁还向他自己的超级政治行动委员会“美国政治行动委员会”（America PAC）捐赠了近8900万美元。

在缅因州，共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯加倍抨击伊朗战争，并继续与特朗普保持距离。当被问及特朗普决定发动战争前是否应该咨询国会时，她说：“绝对应该咨询国会。”

与此同时，特朗普周四也坚称，他“没有真正的理由”在缅因州进行竞选活动，尽管该州一个至关重要的参议院席位和一个众议院席位可能面临改选。

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