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Rep. Julia Letlow won Louisiana's GOP Senate runoff 57–43 over John Fleming, completing President Trump's revenge against Bill Cassidy and extending Trump's ~98% primary endorsement streak. Letlow will face Democrat Jamie Davis in November for the deep-red seat Republicans are heavily favored to hold.
Senate Republicans muscled a $70 billion ICE and Customs and Border Protection funding package through on a near party-line vote early Friday. New Inside Elections ratings show the GOP defending 22 seats with Ohio and Maine tilting Republican and Alaska and Iowa leaning their way.
President Trump pressed Senate Republicans to take up the SAVE America Act voter-ID bill at Wednesday's policy lunch as Majority Leader John Thune held the line on the math. Meanwhile, the America 250 celebration kicked off in Washington and new battleground polling reshaped the November map.
Attorney General Alan Wilson captured the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial nomination, closing out a runoff President Trump had dual-endorsed. In Texas, a new University of Texas poll shows Ken Paxton edging James Talarico 43%-42% as Republicans defend their Senate majority.
South Carolina's 2026 governor runoff pits Pamela Evette against Alan Wilson for the GOP nod today. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
NRSC banked $48.6M and the NRCC $32.2M as Republicans defend six 2026 Senate toss-ups. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
Trump signed a deal ending the war in Iran at Versailles; the Senate cleared the Housing Act 84-8. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
Mike Collins faces Jon Ossoff in Georgia's 2026 Senate race as the GOP holds a cash edge. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
Rep. Mike Collins won Georgia's GOP Senate runoff and will challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November, while Barry Moore (Alabama) and Kevin Hern (Oklahoma) clinched their Senate nominations. In a stunning upset, businessman Rick Jackson defeated Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial runoff.
Republican voters head to the polls in three states today as Georgia and Alabama settle their Senate runoffs and Oklahoma holds its primary. President Trump's endorsement winning streak — already 5-for-5 after Texas and Louisiana — is on the line in marquee races for Mike Collins and Barry Moore.
President Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins on Sunday in Georgia's Republican Senate runoff, undercutting Gov. Brian Kemp's pick, Derek Dooley, one day before voters decide. Georgia and Alabama both set their GOP Senate nominees in Tuesday's June 16 runoffs.
Four days before Georgia's June 16 Senate runoff, Mike Collins and Derek Dooley are locked in a final sprint as President Trump weighs an endorsement that could decide the race. In Alabama, former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson leads Rep. Barry Moore ahead of Tuesday's runoff for Tommy Tuberville's Senate seat.
Sen. Lindsey Graham easily won renomination in South Carolina while Rep. Nancy Mace's bid for governor collapsed without Trump's backing, sending Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette into a runoff. In Maine, Democrats handed Sen. Susan Collins a self-described socialist opponent, while the NRCC posted the best fundraising year in its history.
Republican voters in South Carolina, Maine, Nevada, and North Dakota go to the polls today as Lindsey Graham seeks a fifth term and Democrats fight over who will challenge Susan Collins. Republican committees enter primary season with a commanding fundraising lead over their Democratic counterparts.
Four Senate Republicans joined all Democrats Thursday to kill Trump's voter ID overhaul 48–50, handing the president a sharp legislative rebuke on election reform. As California continues counting ballots placing Republican Steve Hilton on track for the November general election, Republicans in Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina prepare for pivotal primaries and runoffs over the next ten days.
The Senate moved to final passage on the $64 billion Secure America Act Thursday, locking in the largest ICE and CBP funding in history on a 53-46 party-line vote. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Operation Epic Fury has ended and nuclear negotiations with Iran have resumed, even as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Republican candidates in competitive races are growing uneasy about the war's political durability.
Trump-backed Republicans swept Tuesday's primaries: Rep. Ashley Hinson won Iowa's Senate nomination by 50+ points and Kurt Alme cruised in Montana at 77%, while Steve Hilton leads California's governor race with results still coming in. House GOP leaders canceled the Iran war powers vote for a third time, shielding Trump's military campaign from a congressional rebuke.
Trump-endorsed candidates are favored in six-state primary elections on June 2, 2026, including marquee Senate and gubernatorial races in Iowa, Montana, and California. The House faces a constitutional deadline on the Iran War Powers resolution as Senate Republicans advance reconciliation after dropping the anti-weaponization fund. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
U.S. forces bombed Iranian radar and drone sites as Trump negotiators said they are "very close" to a peace deal, fracturing Senate Republicans between hawks and war-weary members. Congress faces dual deadlines: the stalled $72B ICE funding reconciliation bill and FISA expiration on June 12. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.
Rep. Mike Collins holds a commanding 55–39% lead over Derek Dooley in the Georgia Senate runoff as Trump advisers signal a presidential endorsement before June 16. Senate Republicans return from Memorial Day recess with a June vote on the $72B border-security reconciliation package still ahead. — Inbox.GOP daily Republican intelligence digest.