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Jun 28 2022
Analysis
Why Trump’s preferred candidates keep losing in Georgia
The state of Georgia is putting former President Trump’s grip on the Republican Party to the test.
Trump-backed candidates have faced a handful of setbacks in recent primary races, but nowhere has that been as evident as Georgia. Trump’s revenge-driven push to take down Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) fell short, and his preferred congressional
The HillNov 10 2021
Opinion
Progressive coalition retools ahead of 2022
The Center for Popular Democracy, a nationwide alliance of progressive groups, is retooling for the 2022 midterm cycle with a new leadership team and a pledge to spend more than $4 million on next year’s elections.
Analilia Mejia, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ former national political director, and DaMareo Cooper, BlackPAC’s previous national organizing director, will be co-executive directors
VoxJul 26 2022
News
As Pelosi Eyes Taiwan Trip, US Anxious On China Red Lines
Apotential visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is stirring alarm in President Joe Biden's administration which fears the trip may cross red lines for China -- and that there is no exit path.
China on Monday warned it was "getting ready" for a Pelosi visit to the self-ruling island next month and that the United States would "bear all responsibility for all serious
International Business TimesMar 20 2022
Analysis
Alaska will try something completely new in the fall election
Alaska’s Supreme Court ruled this week that a new election system can go forward, clearing the way for ranked-choice voting to get its highest-profile test yet in a contested U.S. Senate race there.
Later this year, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, is likely to face a challenge from a former state official, Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Yahoo NewsAug 17 2022
News
Trump foe Cheney loses Wyoming GOP primary, ponders 2024 bid
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, soundly lost a GOP primary, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a rout that reinforced his grip on the party’s base.
The third-term congresswoman and her allies entered Tuesday downbeat about her prospects, aware that Trump’s backing gave Harriet Hageman considerable lift in the state
Associated PressAug 29 2022
News
Will ‘candidate quality’ doom Republicans’ Senate hopes?
Fresh doubts about the Republican Party’s chances of winning Senate control in midterm elections are being fueled by a slate of first-time candidates struggling to find their footing against seasoned Democratic competition.
Initial projections suggested a red tidal wave might sweep Republicans to power in November, ousting Democrats from Georgia to Washington state and New Hampshire to
Washington ExaminerAug 10 2022
News
Republican Brad Finstad wins special election for Minnesota House seat
Republican Brad Finstad won a special election to fill the remainder of late U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn's term in southern Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, the Associated Press reports.
The big picture: Finstad, a former legislator and USDA rural development director, defeated Democratic nominee and former Hormel CEO Jeff Ettinger.
Background: Hagedorn, a two-term GOP
AxiosMar 29 2021
News
Biden’s China Challenge: Counter Its Perception of American Decline
U.S. relations with China are a minefield of potentially explosive problems, yet the biggest risk is a subtle one: the danger that China overestimates the decline of U.S. power and acts accordingly.
If China is as convinced as its representatives and media organizations proclaim, that the U.S. and the entire Western liberal order are in the early stages of a long-term decline, an
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 27 2022
News
Pelosi says House Democrats are looking at legislation to protect personal data in reproductive apps and other actions post-Roe v. Wade
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday outlined House Democrats' legislative response to Roe v. Wade being overturned, saying her party is looking at codifying a federal right to an abortion.
Pelosi outlined three areas that House Democrats are examining just days after the Supreme Court gutted federal abortion rights, overturning nearly over a half-century of precedent. These are:
Business InsiderAug 26 2021
News
Police 'reviewing correspondence' after Boris Johnson used tax-funded jet to campaign in election
Cleveland Police have "received correspondence which is being reviewed," following disclosures by Insider about Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party's spending in the Hartlepool by-election, a spokesperson has said.
Insider reported Monday that a Conservative Party spending return for the Hartlepool by-election, obtained by Insider, suggested the party spent nothing
Business Insider