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GOP makes violent crime a key issue

Violent crime became a key issue on the campaign trail in the weeks leading up to Election Day. The outcome of the midterms will not only dictate the balance of power in Congress for the next two years. It will also dictate how Congress will respond to the issue of violent crime for years to come. CBS News political contributor Joel Payne, a Democratic strategist, and Matt Gorman, vice president of Targeted Victory and a longtime Republican strategist, joined CBS News to discuss.

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Concerns grow over election security

Fallout from the 2020 presidential election is causing concerns over the security of this year's midterms. More than 300 Republican candidates on the ballot nationwide have publicly raised baseless claims questioning the outcome of the last presidential election. As a result, there are growing concerns about threats of violence and other attempts at interfering with the midterm results. CBS News spoke with Robert Pape, director of the University of Chicago's Project on Security and Threats.

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Parties make last-minute midterm pitches

Candidates across the country are scrambling to garner last-minute votes. CBS News anchors Scott MacFarlane and Nikki Batiste spoke with GOP strategist and former Republican National Committee spokesman Kevin Sheridan, founding partner of Protean Public Affairs, and senior Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha, president of Solidarity Strategies and the co-host of the Latino Vote Podcast, about the strategy each party is using in this year's election.

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