Politics: Trump rips the Supreme Court as 'nothing more than a political body' after they ruled against him, even though he appointed 3 justices of the conservative majority

McConnell and other Republicans hoped that the popular Gov. Chris Sununu would run. Instead, Sununu backed state Sen. Chuck Morse before Trump swopped in to support Bolduc. The former president touted Bolduc's election denialism. Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general, has been gaining ground in the race's final days, leading some forecasters to deem the race a "toss-up."

The GOP state representative caught Trump's attention as a leader in Arizona's "Stop the Steal" movement. In his endorsement last year, Trump baselessly lauded Finchem's "powerful stance on the massive Voter Fraud that took place in the 2020 Presidential Election Scam."

As secretary of state, Finchem would run Arizona's elections in 2024, when Trump is expected to run for president.

He has a history of sharing far-right extremist posts on social media, including a post about stockpiling ammunition, CNN's KFile team found. On January 6, 2021, Finchem was at the pro-Trump rally at the Ellipse and then outside the US Capitol, and he faced ethics complaints about his attendance. He told Insider last year that the people where he was standing, on the edge of the Capitol plaza near the Supreme Court, were "orderly."

Opinion: Bombshell report deals another blow to the Supreme Court's reputation

A report about anti-abortion groups allegedly gaining access to the Supreme Court will test if the justices have to care about the court's legitimacy after all, writes law professor Mary Ziegler. Mary Zeigler - Bill Lax/Bill Lax/FSU Photography Service

Trump endorsed Gibbs, a far-right election denier, last year shortly after he announced his GOP primary bid against Rep. Peter Meijer.

Meijer was among 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over the January 6, 2021 Capitol siege and Gibbs is known as a conspiracy theorist who has also suggested women should not have the right to vote.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was criticized for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars boosting Gibbs, a Trump administration Housing and Urban Development official, during the primary as a pro-Trump conservative.

But Democrat Hillary Scholten, a former Department of Justice attorney, now has a shot in this race after redistricting turned the seat Democratic-leaning. The Cook Political Report shifted its race rating from "toss up" to "lean Democratic" after Meijer lost the GOP primary.

Trump called the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate a "wonderful patriot" when he endorsed her in April ahead of the state's special election to complete the late Rep. Don. Young's congressional term.

He held a campaign rally for her and Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka in July. He also dialed into a tele-rally for Palin hours after the FBI carried out a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago home, calling it then "a strange day."

Palin lost that race in August — in a state Trump carried in 2020 by 10 percentage points — to Democrat Mary Peltola, the first Alaskan Native to be elected to the House. Republicans blamed her loss on Alaska's ranked-choice voting, a system Palin described as "cockamamie" and "very, very potentially fraught with fraud."

The national focus might be on Congress, but Lake could emerge as the largest pro-Trump ally. Trump was even caught on camera joking to Masters that when Lake is asked about her family, the former newscaster immediately pivots to debunked claims about the 2020 election.

Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Nov. 23 The Washington Post on regaining trust in the ethics of the U.S. Supreme Court Once again, the Supreme Court is finding its ethics under scrutiny. Last week, Justice Clarence Thomas declined to recuse himself in a case involving the plot to overturn Arizona’s 2020 presidential vote, despite his wife’s efforts to pressure state lawmakers to set aside Joe Biden’s victory there.

There's even been talk of Lake becoming a vice presidential candidate. First, Lake will have to get through Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who burst onto the national stage in the aftermath of the 2020 election. But Democrats have fretted about Hobbs for months. While Lake's unconventional campaign may well prove to be successful.

Trump endorsed Majewski in his congressional bid, saying he "bravely served in the U.S. Air Force." But his military record became a source of controversy in September when the Associated Press reported that he misrepresented aspects of his service. Though he said a "brawl" disqualified him from re-enlisting, the AP also found a drunk driving stop may have been a contributing factor.

He also reportedly embraced QAnon theories and was a January 6, 2021 pro-Trump rally participant, according to CNN.

Majewski faces Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in the House. Redistricting helped give her a competitive race, but election experts say the race still leans Democratic.

A long-time ally of venture capitalist, Peter Thiel, Masters candidacy should be compared to Gov. Doug Ducey, a two-term incumbent that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell repeatedly tried to woo. Trump rejected Ducey's candidacy.

Instead of a proven politician, Masters, like Oz and author JD Vance, is a first-time candidate who has repeatedly shown his inexperience. Masters' team even had to scrub his campaign website to make his abortion position seem more centrist following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly was long viewed as the most embattled Senate Democrat heading into this cycle. If Kelly wins, he will do so having a more liberal voting record than Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

Trump is to Oz's aspiring political career as Oprah was to the doctor's reality TV stardom.

Oz barely beat former Trump administration official Dave McCormick in the primary after McCormick lobbied unsuccessfully to secure the former president's backing. To say Oz has struggled would be an understatement. He's been lampooned for everything from his longstanding ties to New Jersey to his love of crudité. During the race's only debate, Oz also included "local politicians" in an answer about who should have a say over a woman's abortion, something his opponent Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's campaign immediately seized on. But Oz has surged in the closing months following Fetterman's stroke.

Just like in Ohio, a win would hand Trump another ally in the Senate. While a loss could doom the party's chances of retaking the chamber.

Trump pushed the former Heisman Trophy winner to run long before Walker's announcement, the latest chapter in a decade-long friendship. Unlike other candidates, the more establishment wing of the party quickly embraced Walker after initial concern about his past violent outbursts toward women. Walker then stormed through his primary like a running back in his prime.

The general election has not been as easy. Walker will end the campaign by having to publicly admit to fathering three more children. Two different women have also accused Walker of pressuring them to get an abortion, which Walker has denied knowing about. Walker's own son Christian lashed out at him. Things were so bad that Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan wrote an op-ed bemoaning that the GOP bet on the football star in such a crucial race.

Despite all the drama, the race has tightened and Walker still remains within striking distance of ousting incumbent Sen. ​​Raphael Warnock.