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The Washington Sun: Panic Week

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The Hidalgo County Republican Party Headquarters in McAllen, Texas. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP) Today’s notice: Felt like an inflection point this week. Who got the coveted state dinner ticket. The district to watch this November. A new poll shows a real Senate race in Nebraska. And: Check out our No. 1 story. THE LATEST This was not the week Republicans were looking for. Something feels different about the midterms at the end of this week than at the start. It’s like everyone suddenly got on the same page. “I don’t want to say the bottom is falling out yet, but I feel like we are in this place, and the realization is setting in, that some tough decisions will need to be made,” a Republican consultant told our Elena Schneider. “You can’t get around the fact that Democrats have the advantage on the economy, on gas prices. There’s no choice in this election. It’s a referendum on Trump.” We asked our colleagues covering the midterms for The Washington Sun what this week meant for Novembe