Said Trump: “Mary Peltola should resign from the race. I think she should be prosecuted criminally for what she did.”

ABC News: Peltola campaign under fire after report that it recruited second Dan Sullivan for Alaska Senate race.

“Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s top security body, the Supreme National Security Council, and previously Iran’s longest-serving commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”

“The letter was sent at Trump’s direction and Trump is aware of the outreach. Vance is testing whether Tehran and Washington could find enough common ground to persuade Trump not to give a final order for a short, intense attack on Iran in the coming weeks.”

The New Republic: Trump gets even more disturbing in Texas rallies: “I love the meat.” 

“A majority of Democratic midterm voters (55%) say ads linking candidates to the late convicted sex offender are fair game, and 35% say it would make them think less of the candidate being attacked… Republican midterm voters are more divided, with 47% saying it’s fair game and 35% that it crosses a line.”

“Democratic campaigns are taking notice. Democrats have sunk $36 million into Epstein-related ads this cycle, essentially making the scandal shorthand for their messaging on corruption.”

“McCarthy is working as a key advisor to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan as Jordan potentially seeks the top Republican leadership role in the next Congress.”

“Onetime foes, McCarthy and Jordan became close allies in the final year of the California Republican’s career. As McCarthy sought the speaker’s gavel in January 2023, Jordan was a key partner in helping win over some of the conservative holdouts.”

“According to a police affidavit, Williams’ 47-year-old daughter told a state trooper that her father had hit her in the face with an open hand on Monday night during an argument about a ‘moldy bale of hay.'”

“Vance’s scheduled appearance, which we scooped this morning via text, is a stunning admission of where the House battleground has shifted in the closing days of the midterms.”

Said Cruz: “My nickname for the guy is the jihadist leprechaun.”

The same poll in Texas finds Gina Hinojosa (D) leading Greg Abbott (R) in the governor’s race, 49% to 46%.

“The private poll, commissioned by a Republican group, found Acton leading Ramaswamy by eight points — up from a two-point lead in the same poll earlier this month, before the ad began circulating on Oct. 19.”

“Next year, they’re all but certain to heat up again, and depending on how Tuesday’s elections unfold, the nation’s congressional maps could once again look very different in 2028.”

“The Plains state is one of several GOP strongholds in the region, including neighboring Iowa and Kansas, where polls show Republican candidates in surprisingly tight races, as President Donald Trump’s approval rating slides in places he won easily just two years ago.”

“With razor thin party margins, any race could be the one that decides who dictates the agenda in the Senate.”

“Lakesha Womack, who is running to represent North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District, which is currently held by Rep. Tim Moore (R-NC) said in a Facebook video she was confronted by police about felony charges related to failure to pay for a rental car in 2019 when she arrived to a campaign event in Polk County, N.C., on Oct. 11.”

“But while Netanyahu outperformed exit polls, which had Eisenkot’s opposition coalition ahead, neither bloc will clear a 61-seat majority. That sets the stage for weeks of wrangling over the country’s next government.”

“Netanyahu will emerge from the election down but not out. His bloc is on pace to secure 53 seats — 11 fewer than he currently commands. But Eisenkot’s bloc trails with 48 seats, leaving both men without a clear mandate to lead a government.”

“Fed officials have signaled that while they may well raise interest rates again by year-end, they are in no hurry and prefer to move gradually and with more data in hand.”