# Iowa enters the competitive column, GOP attacks El-Sayed and more midterm news

https://mins.news/en/video/123591

- CNN, 2026-10-31 10:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYgMLtETVlc

> Anderson Cooper reviews the week’s midterm-election stories: once-solidly Republican Iowa is becoming competitive, Trump and Republicans are making anti-Arab attacks against Abdul El-Sayed, and Democrats are accused of a secret effort to shape Alaska’s close Senate race. The program also covers Trump campaigning for Graham in South Carolina and political ads stirring the Michigan Senate race.

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