Jay Howser News Today

The GOP candidates vying for the Keystone State’s seat in the upper house are wildly out of the mainstream. That doesn’t mean Democrats can beat them.

The endorsement by Jake Corman, who dropped out of the race, represents the starkest step yet for Republicans who are trying to halt the primary’s front-runner, Doug Mastriano.

Bo Hines, a leading candidate in a Republican House primary next week in North Carolina, has little political experience but holds major campaign advantages, including money and powerful backers.

The battle for control of Atlanta is one of several in state capitals where former President Donald Trump is pitted against his party’s governors.