Even the most competitive and evenly balanced states are infected by the same contagion as the hardened one-party states.

S enator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who voted against the President Donald Trump -backed "Big Beautiful" spending bill last night, has announced he will not seek reelection in a Sunday statement, according to the Associated Press. Newsweek has reached out to Tillis' press office for the statement via email on Sunday.