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Midterms unleash what may be the nastiest barrage of attack ads yet

Ken Paxton's AI-generated spot and Vivek Ramaswamy's personal ad draw fact-checkers and bipartisan criticism alike

By Howard Kurtz Fox News

Published October 26, 2026 3:00am EDT

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Kamala Harris says Democrats have ‘been pissed’ for the last year and a half

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It’s last-minute garbage time as the midterms are just over a week away, with candidates uncorking their dirtiest ads, their filthiest charges and their ugliest rhetoric. 

This barrage is fueled as never before by social media, and a surging public interest since any one of a dozen states could tip the battle for Senate control.  

I feel like taking a shower. 

The chairman of Montana’s Democratic Party, Shannon O’Brien, just resigned, underscoring the extreme sensitivity to national politics. The party, she said in an MS NOW essay, "is more divided than ever not because of our values but because of the race for the U.S. Senate… The winner of this race will almost certainly vote on a nominee to the Supreme Court."

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President Donald Trump speaks on stage on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 9, 2026. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

O’Brien said there are "real questions" about the Democratic candidate’s views on such issues as abortion and........

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