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Sen. Joe DonnellyJoseph (Joe) Simon DonnellyEx-Sen. Joe Donnelly endorses Biden Lobbying world 70 former senators propose bipartisan caucus for incumbents MORE (D-Ind.) is set to square off in a Monday night debate against businessman and former state Rep. Mike Braun (R), in one of the country’s most competitive Senate races.

Donnelly is one of 10 Senate Democrats up for reelection in a state that President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE won in 2016. While Trump carried Indiana by 19 points, Donnelly still has a small edge in polling in the toss-up race.

Libertarian Lucy Brenton, a business consultant who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate from Indiana in 2016, will also participate in the debate.

See The Hill’s live updates from the hourlong debate below. The debate starts at 7 p.m.

Candidates make their final pitch

Updated at 8 p.m.

In his final pitch, Donnelly said he would fight for health care and jobs while working with both parties.

“It’s not about R or D or red and blue. It’s about the red, white and blue,” Donnelly said.

Braun, who has been casting himself as a political outsider, used his final 30 seconds to contrast himself with Donnelly, who he argues would be “more of the same.” “I’ve done things in the real world. This gentlemen is a career politician,” Braun said. “That’s part of the problem.”

Donnelly, Braun get in heated exchange over pre-existing conditions

Updated at 7:58 p.m.

The question over the anti-ObamaCare lawsuit that could unwind protections for those with pre-existing conditions elicited one of the most heated exchanges of the night.

Donnelly lashed out at Braun for supporting the lawsuit, calling on Braun to denounce it.

“I can hardly believe you’re standing here and telling everyone you’re for coverage of pre-existing conditions,” Donnelly said to Braun. “Tell us you’ll denounce that lawsuit, you’ll denounce that effort on pre-existing conditions.”

For Braun’s part, he touted the health insurance he provided at his own business, saying that he’s the “only one here who had the nerve to take on insurance companies.”

“I would never be for any replacement of the Affordable Care Act unless it covered pre-existing conditions and it didn’t have any cap on coverage,” Braun said. “The government always wants to do stuff and they never worry about the cost of it, wouldn’t count on career politicians doing it.”

Donnelly sounds positive note on Trump’s approach abroad

Updated at 7:54 p.m. Asked about the U.S. relationships with its allies, Donnelly said he supports Trump’s approach.

“I support President Trump’s efforts. I want him to be successful,” he said.

“When a president is successful, that means the United States is successful.”

Braun praised Trump’s stance that NATO countries pay “their fair share.”

“Thank goodness he’s taken on this stuff that others were either too politically correct or just unwilling to do,” he said.

Audience member asks emotional question about gun laws

Updated at 7:42 p.m.

A mother in the audience asked the candidates if they’d support a “safe storage” gun law since her 4-year-old son was killed at a babysitter’s house that left out a fully loaded hand gun.

Donnelly said that he supports the Second Amendment, but “believes the rights come with responsibility.” He said that the safe storage law “needs to be looked at.” The Democratic senator also called for the gun show loophole to be closed.

“We have to make it that there are some standards, not just rights but some responsibilities as well,” Donnelly said.

Braun called for looking into enhanced school security in the state and also taking a look at mental health in the context of gun violence.

“When it comes to things like storage, the places where we’ve tried to use gun laws generally impact folks who are law-abiding,” Braun said, adding that he’ll work to “always keep guns out of the hands of criminals.”

Candidates asked to weigh in on Roe v. Wade

Updated at 7:37 p.m.

Both candidates dodged questions about whether they think Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, was correctly decided.

Still, Donnelly said he is a “pro-life” senator — even though the leading anti-abortion groups endorsed his opponent.

“I am a pro-life senator … I believe in a stance that protects all life,” he said.

But, he said, he supports exceptions for rape, incest and when the life of the mother is in danger.

Braun said supporting exceptions is Donnelly “trying to have it both ways.”

“When he says he’s pro-life, I don’t think he can have it both ways,” Braun said. “I would never demonize anyone that disagrees with me, but you can’t have it both ways. I’m the one being endorsed by the organizations that know where your heart is.”

Donnelly, Braun both pick Republican role models

Updated at 7:25 p.m.

Asked about their “political role models”, Donnelly said the late Sen. John McCainJohn Sidney McCainThe Hill’s Campaign Report: Bad polling data is piling up for Trump Cindy McCain ‘disappointed’ McGrath used image of John McCain in ad attacking McConnell Report that Bush won’t support Trump reelection ‘completely made up,’ spokesman says MORE (R-Ariz.) and Braun said former Sen. Tom CoburnThomas (Tom) Allen CoburnTom Coburn’s annual gift to taxpayers Joe Biden still doesn’t have a campaign theme The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Drug companies inch closer to COVID-19 vaccine MORE (R-Okla.)

When McCain ran for president, Donnelly said, “he said country first, and that’s what this should be about is our country — how to make it so our children and grandchildren — we leave them a safer and stronger America.”

Braun said Coburn was “never afraid to bust the government.” “He was honest. He would speak up, and that’s what you’re going to get out of me.”

Health care becomes wedge issue

Updated at 7:15 p.m.

Donnelly hit Braun on health care in his opening remarks, highlighting the significance the issue has taken in Senate campaigns this year.

Donnelly said he was the final vote to “save health care,” referring to his vote against the GOP’s ObamaCare repeal attempts last year.

He also hit Braun for supporting a lawsuit led by 20 Republican attorneys general that argues ObamaCare is unconstitutional, and criticized the health care Braun offers his employees.

“He has every time tried to take away pre-existing coverage, and he supports a lawsuit today that would do that,” he said.

Braun defended his insurance plans, saying it “might not be the perfect plan, but it’s a great plan.”

“I took on the insurance companies when no one else would,” he said, noting his company kept premiums flat for 10 years.

Kavanaugh confirmation quickly grabs the spotlight

Updated at 7:10 p.m.

The first question of the debate revolved around the contentious Supreme Court fight over Brett KavanaughBrett Michael KavanaughGOP senators urge Trump to back off Murkowski threat Judd Gregg: A government in free fall The 7 most anticipated Supreme Court decisions MORE’s confirmation.

Braun has lashed out at Donnelly for voting against Kavanaugh’s nomination. Donnelly explained that his vote opposing the confirmation came down to concerns over “impartiality and judicial temperament.” He also touted that he backed Trump’s first Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch.

“I voted against Judge Kavanaugh because of concerns about his impartiality and concerns about his judicial temperament,” Donnelly said. “My job is not only to determine the nominee but to protect the court. Justice Gorsuch met every test.”

“Mike [Braun] was for Judge Kavanaugh on the first day,” Donnelly added. “If President Trump put up Bugs Bunny, Mike would have put him up on the court.”

Braun pushed back, accusing Donnelly of joining Democrats in obstruction of Kavanaugh.

“I think what you should have gotten from the recent spectacle, Democrats including Joe Donnelly will do or say anything when it comes to their political interests,” Braun said.

“It’s a blood sport — it’s a decision based not on what Hoosiers want but what [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck SchumerChuck SchumerOvernight Health Care: US showing signs of retreat in battle against COVID-19 | Regeneron begins clinical trials of potential coronavirus antibody treatment | CMS warns nursing homes against seizing residents’ stimulus checks Schumer requests briefing with White House coronavirus task force as cases rise Schumer on Trump’s tweet about 75-year-old protester: He ‘should go back to hiding in the bunker’ MORE [D-N.Y.] wants.”

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While President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke have both maintained that, at least for now, Zinke will remain in his post despite ongoing ethics probes, as rumors continue to mount that his days in the administration are numbered, so do concerns about his second-in-command, David Bernhardt.

“He is the guy behind the curtain who’s manipulating everything.”
—Jim Lyons, ex-Interior staffer

As the Interior Department’s deputy secretary, Bernhardt would likely take the helm if Zinke resigns or is fired. Bernhardt worked his way up to serve as solicitor of the department during the George W. Bush administration.

After that, as the Washington Post reported Monday, he worked as a lobbyist for polluting industries—which means that now, he has “so many potential conflicts of interest he has to carry a small card listing them all.”

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)—a critic of the department’s approach to California water issues, from which Bernhart had to recuse himself for a year—and others have called him “a walking conflict of interest.”

“He is the guy behind the curtain who’s manipulating everything, which he can do with his wealth of knowledge and experience,” Jim Lyons, who served as deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management under the Obama administration, told the Post.

As Jeff Turrentine of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) warned last week, Bernhardt’s “long Washington résumé suggests that he would happily continue to carry out the Trump administration’s war on public lands and federal waters—albeit with greater legal sophistication and fewer unforced ethical errors than his predecessor.”

But even as Zinke’s No. 2, Bernhardt has played a key role in shaping policy. As the Post detailed:

Asked about calls for efforts to curb the global climate crisis, the Post reported that “Bernhardt said he had virtually no legal obligation to act—even though climate change is already raising global temperatures and Interior scientists warn it is harming land and key species under the department’s control.”

He’s been a guiding force behind the administration’s efforts to overhaul the Endangered Species Act, bringing together Fish and Wildlife Service officials and political appointees to craft an a formal proposal. As the Post noted:

Noah Greenwald, endangered species director for the advocacy group Center for Biological Diversity, described the proposal as “death by a thousand cuts.”

“If Americans think they’ll be getting a better secretary of the Interior once Zinke’s out, they’re sadly mistaken. They’ll just be getting a shrewder one.”
—Jeff Turrentine, NRDC

Various progressive groups have raised concerns about Bernhardt’s goals at the department and conflicts of interest, given “his long history working as a lobbyist for Big Oil and Big Ag.”

The Western Values Project, for example, has issued a report on his time at the department, filed records requests to gather more information about his service under Trump, and, in a lawsuit filed last month, alleged that his ex-clients “began receiving sudden and dramatic windfalls only months since his swearing in.”

While acknowledging the lawsuit, Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik concluded: “Bernhardt’s putative conflicts all have the virtue of deniability. At least one or two steps separate Interior actions from benefits flowing to his former clients, so who can say that he’s violating his explicit promises to recuse himself? But that deniability could make an Interior Secretary Bernhardt much more dangerous than the hapless Secretary Zinke.”

Turrentine concurred, writing, “Zinke needs to go, but not just because of his shady real estate deals and pricey travel habits. He deserves to lose his job over what he’s done to public lands such as Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante—shrinking their borders and imperiling sacred lands to appease industry—and to our federal waters, 90 percent of which he wants to open up to oil and gas drilling.”

“But if Americans think they’ll be getting a better secretary of the Interior once Zinke’s out, they’re sadly mistaken,” he added. “They’ll just be getting a shrewder one.”

Climate action groups slammed the outcome of the 24th annual Conference of the Parties (COP24) in Katowice, Poland on Saturday, calling the agreement reached by about 200 diplomats and negotiators “barely adequate” as a plan to ensure that countries will follow through with their emissions reduction pledges.

Concluding two weeks of talks on how countries can implement the Paris climate agreement to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), the diplomats reached a deal standardizing how countries measure their carbon emissions and ostensibly ensuring that world leaders will be more aggressive in reaching their emissions targets in time for the next global summit next September.

The final agreement left out directives on specific reductions in emissions by 2030. While it calls on wealthier countries to clarify how they will provide aid to less well-off nations, many of which are on the front lines of the climate crisis, more in-depth talks about developing countries needs were put off until next year.

Advocates for bold, concrete reforms and directives—outlined in the People’s Demands for Climate Justice—said the required sense of urgency for avoiding the climate catastrophe that the world’s top scientists warn could take hold by 2030, was missing from the deal.

“The weak outcome of this COP runs contrary to stark warnings of the IPCC report and growing demand for action from citizens,” said Wendel Trio, director of Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe. “Governments have again delayed adequate action to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown. The EU needs to push ahead and lead by example, by providing more support to poor countries and increasing its climate pledge before the UN Secretary General Summit in September 2019. It must be a significant increase, even beyond the 55 percent reduction some Member States and the European Parliament are calling for.”

The inadequate agreement, said the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), was the result not of a lack of understanding at COP24, but a lack of political will.

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Reasonable observers and analysts concluded weeks ago that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the gruesome killing of Washington Post journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi.

Though it took them far longer than most, a small group of Republicans finally fell in line with this widespread consensus after a secretive briefing by CIA chief Gina Haspel on Tuesday, admitting that all the available evidence suggests MBS orchestrated the murder that has sparked international outrage and brought America’s longstanding military relationship with the brutal kingdom under sharp scrutiny.

“There’s not a smoking gun, there’s a smoking saw,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters after the behind-closed-doors briefing. “I think he’s complicit in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi to the highest level possible.”

Graham went on to say he will not support U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia until all who are responsible for Khashoggi’s murder are “brought to justice.”

As Common Dreams reported, the Senate last week advanced Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi kingdom’s assault on Yemen. Graham voted in favor of the resolution.

Echoing his GOP colleague following the CIA briefing, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said, “All evidence points to that, that all this leads back to the crown prince.”

These long-overdue statements place Shelby and Graham firmly at odds with President Donald Trump, who issued a bizarre and “dangerous” statement last month claiming that it may be impossible to know who is ultimately responsible for Khashoggi’s murder and vowing to continue selling weapons to the kingdom.

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As more than 30,000 educators and supporters prepared Monday to protest the Los Angeles school district’s overcrowded classrooms, low teacher salaries, and refusal to hire sufficient support staff, observers noted how the lines being drawn reflect divisions within the Democratic Party regarding education policies: corporate-backed privatization versus strengthening public schools.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos attacked teachers across the country for going on strike last year over their chronically low wages, claiming Oklahoma teachers were allowing “adult disagreements” to get in the way of “serving the students”—ignoring the fact that educators there walked out of classrooms last April largely because funding cuts had left schoolchildren with dilapidated textbooks and insufficient supplies.

But the fight over the future of education and teachers’ rights in Los Angeles is revealing rifts among Democrats and progressives, with former Education Secretary Arne Duncan also expressing support for the school district while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stands firmly on the side of the educators.

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Sanders has vocally supported other teachers’ strikes in recent months, expressing solidarity with educators in Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Arizona last year as demands for fair wages and sufficient resources spread through several states.

Meanwhile, Duncan, President Barack Obama’s education secretary and a charter school proponent, released a statement over the weekend saying Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) “is spending half a billion dollars more each year than it brings in and is headed toward insolvency in about two years if nothing changes… It simply does not have the money to fund UTLA’s demands.”

LAUSD posted the comments on its Twitter account along with the claim, “The community agrees: a strike will hurt our kids.”

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Weeks into a national conversation over the possibility of taxing the wealthiest Americans at far higher rates in order to correct severe income inequality in the U.S., Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made clear that the issue will be addressed in the 2020 presidential election, unveiling a plan to tax assets over $50 million.

Two economists who are advising Warren, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman of University of California at Berkeley, announced to the Washington Post that the senator is proposing an annual tax of two percent for assets over $50 million, as well as a three percent tax for assets above $1 billion. The proposal, the economists estimate, would raise $2.75 trillion over 10 years and would affect just .1 percent of American households—raising the percentage at which their wealth is taxed to just 4.3 percent from 3.2 percent.

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“It’s wonderful to see Democrats coloring outside the lines and taking addressing the immorality of our economy seriously.” —Krystal Ball, The Hill

The “Ultra-Millionaire Tax” would apply to “all household assets…including residences, closely held businesses, assets held in trust, retirement assets, assets held by minor children, and personal property with a value of $50,000 or more,” according to a paper by the economists.

Warren’s proposal, which economist Thomas Piketty recommended in his book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” comes weeks after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) first told the press about her plan to tax income over $10 million at 70 percent—a proposal supported by a majority of Americans, including 45 percent of Republicans, according to a poll by The Hill.

As journalist David Dayen explained at The Intercept and on Twitter, Warren’s plan would raise more than Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal, which the Post estimates would create $720 billion in tax revenue over a decade.

Some suggested that Warren’s plan represents a clear shift away from Democrats’ fear of pushing to raise taxes, as progressives like Ocasio-Cortez force their colleagues to pay more serious attention to nation’s crisis of economic inequality. If embraced by the party, such a proposal would certainly be an alternative to the Republican Party, which passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut for corporations and the wealthiest Americans in 2017, falsely claiming that working families would benefit from pay raises which never materialized.

Saez told the Post that Warren’s is rooted in the fact that “inequality has been increasing so much, particularly in wealth, and the feeling our current tax system doesn’t do a very good job taxing the very richest people.”

Speaking with The Intercept, Piketty said that while the U.S. once “led the world toward the development of progressive taxation and reduction of inequality” in the last century, he is confident that Warren’s proposal on taxing wealth “will not only help curb inequality and ultimately promote growth in the U.S., but also have a major impact all around the world.”

Progressive critics on Monday condemned a statement by Democratic congressional leaders—including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi—who demanded an apology from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) regarding statements she made about the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

Among those critics was healthcare activist Ady Barkan, who said he was “deeply disappointed” in the Speaker’s “failure” on the matter.

“When AIPAC and its army try to silence criticism of the immoral, illegal, inhumane occupation by screaming about anti-Semitism and claiming that nobody may ever talk about how the Israel lobby, uses money to build power,” Barkan declared, “don’t fall for their bullshit.”

And while Omar on Monday afternoon did “unequivocally” apologize for a pair of tweets Sunday night that some registered as containing “anti-Semitic tropes,” she reaffirmed her belief that powerful lobbying interests—including AIPAC, the fossil fuel industry, and the NRA—remain “problematic” in U.S. politics.

“Listening and learning,” Omar declared in a tweet, “but standing strong.”

Even while many Jewish Americans and other progressives defended Omar from an onslaught of attacks over her tweets—because, as one noted, “accurately describing how the Israel lobby works is not anti-Semitism”—the freshman congresswoman said in her Monday statement that “We always have to be willing to step back and think through criticism.”

She added, “Anti-Semitism is real and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes. My intention is never to offend my constituents or Jewish Americans as a whole.”

Omar’s apology for her comments came shortly after she was rebuked by members of her own Democratic Party, led by Pelosi.

“We are and will always be strong supporters of Israel in Congress because we understand that our support is based on shared values and strategic interests,” the House Democratic leadership said in a rare joint statement. “Legitimate criticism of Israel’s policies is protected by the values of free speech and democratic debate that the United States and Israel share.”

Such a statement, of course, immediately drew outrage from human rights advocates and progressives.

Barkan, meanwhile, issued a scathing indictment of Democrats and other lawmakers who continue to pretend that AIPAC does not use its vast resources and political organizing to “silence” lawmakers on the issues of Israel’s apartheid state and the wholesale suppression of the Palestinian people as he offered his real-life experience as a Democratic campaign staffer in this astounding 11-part thread:

Earlier in the day, journalist Glenn Greenwald appeared on Democracy Now! where he condemned those attacking Omar and also challenged the notion that being critical of AIPAC has anything to do with being anti-Semitic.

“This is all so ridiculous,” argued Greenwald. “It’s all based upon this demand that we indulge what everybody knows is an utter and complete fiction, which is that we’re allowed to talk about the power of the NRA in Washington, we’re allowed to talk about the power of the Saudis in Washington, we’re allowed to talk about the power of big pharmaceutical companies and Wall Street and Silicon Valley and the fossil fuel industry in Washington, but we’re not allowed to talk about an equally potent, well-organized and well-financed lobby that ensures a bipartisan consensus in support of U.S. defense of Israel, that the minute that you mention that lobby, you get attacked as being anti-Semitic, which is what happened to Congresswoman Omar.”

“What the congresswoman said is very uncontroversial,” Greenwald added. “Everyone knows AIPAC is an extremely intimidating lobby, just like the NRA is. There’s nothing wrong with pointing that out. There’s certainly nothing anti-Semitic about saying that, about criticizing the Israeli government for its aggression and militarism. And anybody who cares about Palestinians and about the ability of Muslims in the United States to be able to speak freely ought to be defending her.”

Ivar (real name Todd Smith) is set to undergo surgery following the injury that he suffered on last week’s episode of Raw.

Bryan Alvarez reported on today’s episode of Wrestling Observer Live that Ivar will be undergoing neck surgery in Birmingham, Alabama this Tuesday. The injury happened when Ivar hit a suicide dive to the outside during an eight-man tag match on Raw last Monday.

The Viking Raiders teamed with Apollo Crews & Ricochet against The Hurt Business (MVP, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin & Cedric Alexander) in last week’s eight-man tag match. After the injury happened, Ivar started putting up the X sign with his hands. Alexander hit a Michinoku Driver on Ricochet in the ring and the referee counted the pin despite Ricochet kicking out. Medical personnel were shown checking on Ivar after the match.

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In an update that was posted after last Monday’s Raw, WWE announced that Ivar suffered a cervical injury: “During the Eight-Man Tag Team Match on Monday Night Raw, Ivar suffered a cervical injury on a Viking Dive to the floor. As a precaution, Ivar was transported to a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.”

Ivar sent out a message on social media last Tuesday thanking everyone for the support he’s received: “From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to every single friend, family and fan who has reached out to me. My heart is truly touched from all the love and support. Still figuring it all out but I am working hard to recover and be better than ever! Love you all.”

Dave Meltzer wrote in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter last week that Ivar has a previous history of neck issues before this.

Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (D) announced Saturday that he will miss the first of three scheduled debates against former Rep. Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisGOP tentatively decides on Jacksonville for site of convention DeSantis pushing to host Republican National Convention in Florida Florida bars and theaters to reopen starting Friday, DeSantis says MORE (R) as he directs storm cleanup efforts in Tallahassee.

Gillum, who is the mayor of Tallahassee, told the Tampa Bay Times in a statement that he would miss Tuesday’s planned debate in Orlando, Fla., and would return to the campaign trail on Thursday.

“In times like these, campaigning has to take a backseat to governing. My job is to keep our community safe and ensure Tallahassee recovers as quickly and fully as possible,” he told the Times.

“Over the past several days I have been unable to participate in dozens of campaign events, and this week that will include our participation in the debate sponsored by Telemundo 31 Orlando. I deeply appreciate the organizers’ understanding of the situation in Tallahassee. We will work diligently to ensure Telemundo and its audience are represented in the two scheduled debates and other possible forums,” he added.

Gillum confirmed his plans to remain off the campaign trail through Wednesday in a Facebook video posted to his campaign’s account on Saturday afternoon.

A CNN debate originally scheduled for Tuesday between Florida Sen. Bill NelsonClarence (Bill) William NelsonNASA, SpaceX and the private-public partnership that caused the flight of the Crew Dragon Lobbying world The most expensive congressional races of the last decade MORE (D) and his opponent GOP Gov. Rick Scott was also postponed.

Florida is a top battleground state this November, with Republicans and Democrats closely watching its Senate and gubernatorial races.

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Scott is in the middle of a tight Senate race against Nelson, who is facing a crucial test of his leadership as he spearheads rescue and recovery efforts.

Gillum and DeSantis are also locked in a heated race for the state’s governorship. RealClearPolitics has ranked the race a “toss-up” with an average of polling giving Gillum a slight edge.

A Democratic congressional candidate in Alabama is claiming that thousands of voters in her district have been removed from active voter lists.

Mallory Hagan, a former Miss America, is running to represent Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District, said Thursday that more than 55,000 voters have been disqualified or labeled inactive since February 2017, according to numbers her campaign obtained and reported by The Associated Press.

Hagan is not accusing the state of any malfeasance, but said the figure is worrisome to her campaign.

“Across the country, voters are seeing their rights slip through their fingers,” Hagan said, according to the news agency. “According to our most recent findings, more than one in 10 voters here in east Alabama have been removed from the active voter rolls.”

In response, Hagan created a committee of lawyers that will offer aid to voters. Her campaign is also planning to have a hotline through which voters can call and report concerns.

“They purge voters, we register them,” Hagan tweeted on Friday. She is vying to unseat 16-year incumbent Rep. Mike RogersMichael (Mike) Dennis RogersThe Hill’s Morning Report – Capitol Hill weighs action on racial justice as protests carry on Bottom line Officials warn Chinese hackers targeting groups developing coronavirus treatments MORE (R-Ala.) in November’s midterm election.

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— Mallory Hagan (@HaganforHouse) October 19, 2018

The AP noted that Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill said in 2017 that 340,162 people were placed on inactive voter status throughout the state due to a mandated update of voting rolls.

“They’ve just been placed on the inactive list, which means before they can vote they have to fill out the updated form,” Merrill said.

The secretary of state added that people were labeled inactive after a mailed registration card was returned as undeliverable and after an individual failed to reply to a second forwarded postcard seeking an updated address. Merrill said inactive voters can vote on Election Day, but must update their registration first.

The AP noted that the Southern Poverty Law Center sent a letter to Merrill last year prior to the state’s Senate race, voicing concerns that some voters might have been falsely designated inactive.

An APM Reports analysis released Friday revealed that Georgia officials removed an estimated 107,000 people from voter rolls because they decided not to vote in prior elections.

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Such laws, generally enacted by Republican governments, have grown increasingly common, with at least nine states now having them, according to APM Reports.

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