Top left to right: Democratic senate candidates Sherrod Brown, James Talarico, and Annie Andrews. Bottom left to right: Republican senate candidates Jon Husted, Ken Paxton, and Darline Graham.
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Candidates are trading accusations of being beholden to big donors, debating who wants to restrict congressional stock trading more and running ads in which they stand in literal swamps.

Fighting corruption has emerged as one of the biggest issues of the midterms, shaping battleground races from coast to coast, bolstering Democrats’ focus on lowering the cost of living and extending to other hot-button issues, such as data centers and Jeffrey Epstein.