On Michigan doorsteps, Republicans sell Democrats-as-extremists message with mixed success
Candidates in North Carolina, Iowa, Alaska and Kansas are stressing bipartisanship, border security and law-and-order to appeal to independents and moderate Republicans.
- Democrats fighting to regain control of Congress are distancing themselves from their national party in conservative-leaning states like North Carolina, Iowa, Alaska, and Kansas, criticizing their own leadership to appeal to moderate voters.
- Earlier this month, Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper explained his strategy to CNN, noting that skepticism of national Democrats in North Carolina forces candidates to forge independent paths to win statewide offices.
- Cooper's ads emphasize he 'toughened bail laws' and opposed defunding police, while Iowa Democratic nominee Josh Turek runs ads decrying the 'broken immigration system,' saying, 'I'll work with anyone to fix it, including President Trump.'
- Republican opponents attack these tactics as insincere; Ashley Hinson called Turek a 'far-left fraud,' while the Senate Leadership Fund accused Cooper of 'masquerading as a moderate' to disguise a liberal agenda.
- Other candidates like Democrat Rob Sand and Mary Peltola pursue similar strategies, with Sand describing the political system as run by 'two private clubs' and Peltola reviving her 'fish, family, freedom' slogan.
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Republicans say Democrats are extremists. These Democrats want to convince voters that’s not true - Regional Media News
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - As Democrats try to take back control of Congress, they're trying a familiar tactic to win over voters in conservative areas - they're criticizing their own party. They're complaining about former President Joe Biden, promising to work with President Donald Trump [...]
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Republicans say Democrats are extremists. These Democrats want to convince voters that’s not true
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As Democrats try to take back control of Congress, they’re trying a familiar tactic to win over voters in conservative areas — they’re criticizing their own party. They’re complaining about former President Joe Biden, promising to work with President Donald Trump to secure the border, insisting they’ll never defund the police...
Republicans say Democrats are extremists. These Democrats want to conv
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who is running for U.S. Senate, holds hands with a woman following a campaign event at St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Goldsboro, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Democratic candidates competing in states won by Donald Trump try to take off from their party's national leadership to attract conservative, independent, and moderate Republican voters.
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