Vivek Ramaswamy campaign ad for Ohio ‘shameful, disgusting’, says Republican congresswoman – US politics live

Nancy Mace said: ‘This ad is going to go down as the most shameful, disgusting, offensive ad this election season’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email New polls shows the super-tight race in Texas where Democrat candidate James Talarico is challenging Republican Ken Paxton and earlier in the week, won the endorsement of George W. Bush’s brother. New polling from Emerson College Polling published in The Hill shows Talarico at 48%, just in front of Paxton at 46% with about 5% undecided.

Neil Bush, a son of former president George HW Bush and a lifelong Republican, announced on Tuesday that he crossed party lines to vote for Talarico. In a Facebook post, Neil Bush said he chose to vote early for Talarico over Ken Paxton, the current Texas attorney general, because he was “deeply troubled” by Paxton’s conduct and was “enormously impressed” by Talarico’s principles. I have been deeply troubled by Paxton’s conduct as Texas Attorney General, particularly his decision to challenge the…