‘I’m getting nervous because of the white space I see’: Republican lawmakers worried about surviving midterm elections are jamming their calendars full of events with voters. In Utah, 404 new laws take effect Tuesday. Organizers say the Medicaid ballot initiative has collected enough signatures.
Happy Monday. Last month, a Republican narrowly won special election in a reliably red district of Arizona that President Donald Trump took handily in the 2016 election. Now, conservative lawmakers that seemed safe are bracing for battles against well-funded Democratic opponents — and hoping to survive. Republican Rep. Ted Budd, for instance, has jammed his schedule full of meet-and-greets and veteran breakfasts and opioid discussions.