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This week's POLITICO Magazine story: The governor’s race that 2028 Democrats need to watch. Nevada's Aaron Ford is making his biography and labor record central to his bid for governor. Will skeptical rank-and-file voters buy his pitch? 🔗 politi.co/4eRwLvq Also in this issue👇

Florida gubernatorial hopefuls seek to expand the campaigning map politi.co/4yPTVcJ

Trump debuts oil rule rollback as Texas wobbles toward blue politi.co/4A2Q11v

Abbott taps tech cash for closing push in Texas governor’s race politi.co/4A3qhlz

Trump touts methane rollback at Paxton campaign stop politi.co/4A2Q11v

Hackers attempted to access national campaign finance systems 1 week before midterms politi.co/4jFQxNX

Hackers attempted to access national campaign finance systems one week before midterms politi.co/4jFQxNX

DeSantis emerges as Florida GOP’s closer amid multiple tight midterm races politi.co/3W7Wd9O

Anthropic to Newsom: courts should have power to block risky AI politi.co/4srtOHA

Israel faces another period of political uncertainty — here are the scenarios politi.co/4zSgm20

Republicans wanted Rubio on the stump. Trump coaxed him there. politi.co/4zprkvW

Trump administration grants Flávio Bolsonaro visa after election loss politi.co/4zdGzbt

‘The same issue’: Why the US and Canada are still a ways from a trade deal politi.co/4yMjgEu

The U.S. and Canada are talking trade. That doesn’t mean they're near a deal. politi.co/4yMjgEu

Alaska’s ranked choice voting is on the ballot this year. Republicans want it gone. politi.co/4jLGHKn

Trump’s last-minute lawsuit supercharges the fight over Alaska’s ranked choice voting politi.co/4jLGHKn

Trump admin zeroes in on noncitizen voting in final midterm push politi.co/4ijDalz

No clear winner in Israeli election, exit polls suggest, with Netanyahu’s fate uncertain politi.co/4ioofFt

Judge slams DOJ in ex-FBI officials’ false-statement case politi.co/4irCEkh

CFTC expands prediction market clash to GOP-led Utah politi.co/47ERxuv

Australian Labor spent AU$2.6M ousting 2 Greens rivals from parliament politi.co/3UST6lA

Ceasefire begins in Ukrainian city of Oleshky, Melania Trump announces politi.co/4jJB8MA

FBI raids Beverly Hills mansion tied to former Eric Swalwell donor politi.co/4z4vmt3

Rubio touring Texas with Trump as the president rallies supporters politi.co/4ByaNaQ

Capitol agenda: Democrats face reckoning on trans issues politi.co/47D25dD

Democrats fracture on transgender rights as voters demand affordability focus politi.co/4zW3Nmm

Texas officials huddled with tech companies before grid blitz politi.co/4yKnTyS

The hidden GOP fundraising weakness is getting worse politi.co/4yMFiHl

‘Everyday people’ vs the 1%: Australian Greens push to raise the tax-free threshold politi.co/4eTbAsU

How Big Tech and Abbott made Texas the ‘epicenter’ of data centers politi.co/4yKnTyS

Trump’s fundraising dominance is masking a long-term problem for Republicans politi.co/4yMFiHl

Democrats’ affordability message collides with calls to defend transgender rights politi.co/4zW3Nmm

Conservative climate movement faces a blue wave wipeout politi.co/48jxJwQ

Netanyahu’s legacy is on the line as Israelis vote in the first elections since the Oct. 7 attack politi.co/4zYz4oQ

Judge bars Trump admin from further tree-felling, closures, at golf course politi.co/4zbAsEz

Albanese promises Australian MPs security upgrade after Haines attack politi.co/4jDNzJK

Appeals court rejects DOJ’s bid to quickly force California to set aside ballots politi.co/4zbadOF

Justice Department charges James Comey with sharing classified information politi.co/4kfIpDV

Justice Department charges James Comey with sharing classified information politi.co/4kfIpDV

Trump says Brazil election looked ‘rigged’ after Bolsonaro loses politi.co/4zlGiTR

Brazil voted to re-elect Lula. Trump’s allies aren’t happy. politi.co/4BtVEaa

Ralph Norman under pressure from fellow South Carolina Republicans to campaign for Darline Graham politi.co/4ijpDJn

Mamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friends politi.co/4eW6bBo

House Republicans set leadership elections politi.co/4iox4iw

Florida GOP spends millions in push to save Tallahassee supermajority politi.co/47MJfRh

Catholic leaders distance themselves from Trump after Oval Office prayer video politi.co/4yBN8TX

Raskin warns oil industry against Trump's Russian diesel deal politi.co/4snmY5W

Gallego plans final midterm travel around Latino enclaves politi.co/4iH54I7

Australia’s new electoral laws hand $25M windfall to major parties over independents politi.co/4ssdy9h

Asian voters are swinging toward Talarico in Texas. Dems still say more outreach is needed. politi.co/4iHjEiQ

Jeffries edges closer to Hegseth impeachment as he eyes the gavel politi.co/4BjQWvI