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Jul 21 2022
Analysis
Herschel Walker Is A Messy Candidate, But The Georgia Senate Race Is Still A Toss-Up
Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign in Georgia has been mired by scandal over just how many secret children he has fathered, allegations of domestic violence and multiple lies about his credentials. His own campaign reportedly described him as a “pathological liar,” but the race between the former NFL star and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock isn’t over yet — and Walker could win it all.
HuffPost
Oct 31 2022
News
Abrams seeks to tie Kemp to Herschel Walker at final Georgia debate
In Georgia's final gubernatorial debate, Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams sought to attack incumbent GOP Gov. Brian Kemp's controversial social policies in a rematch for the job that has appeared less competitive than their 2018 race — and even to tie him to his embattled counterpart in the state's high-stakes Senate race, Herschel Walker.
Why it matters: With polling averages
Axios
Jun 16 2022
News
White House reiterates Biden's plan to run for re-election in 2024
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that President Biden's 2024 plans have not changed — he will run for re-election.
Why it matters: Biden has said that he intends to run in two years with Vice President Harris as his running mate if he remains in good health and if his predecessor campaigns again, but it hasn't quelled public scrutiny of his chances of winning
Axios
Aug 29 2022
Fact Check
Florida GOP misleads on Crist’s stance on ‘defund the police,’ IRS
After U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist clinched the Democratic gubernatorial nomination for Florida governor, the Republican Party of Florida aired an ad bashing his support of President Joe Biden.
The 30-second ad, which aired in English and Spanish, tied Crist to Biden on crime and new money for the IRS.
"Charlie Crist thinks Joe Biden is the best president of his lifetime," the Aug. 24
PolitiFact
Jul 21 2022
News
Climate emergency declarations already cover 14% of the global population
US president Joe Biden is under pressure to declare a national climate emergency and free up federal resources to address the global temperature rise. The move would put the US in the company of 18 other nations, and the EU, that have made the dire declaration.
Already 14% of the world’s population is under some form of formal climate emergency acknowledgment, according to Cedamia, an
Quartz
Jan 09 2023
Perspectives Blog
When No One Wins an Election For Speaker
From the CenterThe biggest mistake that Kevin McCarthy made is that he ran for Speaker of the House in the wrong century.
That’s not a criticism of the new House leader (nor of either the 20th or 21st centuries, for that matter.) But the week-long ordeal that finally resulted in his election in the early hours of Saturday morning should serve to remind is how much politics has
Dan Schnur
Jul 02 2022
News
Dems meddle in Trump-Hogan proxy war in Maryland
Dan Cox’s campaign for governor of Maryland got an early endorsement from Donald Trump last fall. And now, Democrats want Republican primary voters to know all about it.
The Democratic Governors Association launched a new ad Friday blasting Cox, a state lawmaker, for his ties to Trump, for being “100 percent pro-life” and for “refusing to support any federal restrictions” on guns. “Dan
Politico
Sep 25 2022
News
Liz Cheney says she will not remain a Republican if Donald Trump is GOP nominee in 2024
Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney said at The Texas Tribune festival Saturday that if former President Donald Trump becomes the Republican Party’s nominee for president in 2024, she will not remain a Republican.
“I’m going to make sure Donald Trump, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure he is not the nominee. And if he is the nominee, I won’t be a Republican,” Cheney said.
CNN (Online News)
Nov 03 2022
News
Pence backs GOP’s Kemp as Democrat Abrams hits on Medicaid
Former Vice President Mike Pence took the stage Tuesday in Georgia to reinforce the main thrusts of Gov. Brian Kemp’s case for reelection against Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams, arguing that Kemp has been good for Georgia’s economy and Abrams is soft on crime.
“No one in Georgia’s history has done more to create jobs, cut taxes, restore sanity to your schools, put criminals behind
NewsNation
Oct 10 2022
News
Health questions, verbal slips loom over John Fetterman in tightening Pa. Senate race
Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman survived a stroke in May, but his health remains a central issue in his bid to edge out Republican foe Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, with verbal stumbles raising questions about his fitness.
Mr. Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, said he has a fixable “auditory processing” issue, but recent polling shows the race tightening alongside
Washington Times