Democrats are gearing for another hard-fought Senate race in Nevada next cycle after the state narrowly decided who would control the upper chamber in the midterms. Last year, Democrats were able to retain Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D-Nev.) seat by less than a point but lost the governor’s mansion after former Clark County Sherriff Joe…
Author: Julia Manchester
Democrats seek to pivot on crime
Democrats are seeking to pivot toward the center on crime and law enforcement in the wake of a series of defeats linked to voter concerns about the topic — most recently reflected in Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s primary election loss last month. In a dramatic initial step, President Biden announced he’d back a GOP resolution…
Five takeaways from this year’s CPAC
Donald Trump loomed large over the annual Conservative Action Political Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., this week, demonstrating the iron grip the former president still maintains over the GOP’s ultra-conservative base. Trump won the event’s straw poll with 62 percent support, while his intraparty rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) came in a distant…
Ohio secretary of state ‘actively’ considering Senate run in 2024
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) said on Saturday that he was being encouraged to run for Senate in 2024 and was “actively” considering a run. “I’m getting a lot of encouragement. I have not made an announcement. It is something I’m actively thinking about,” LaRose said in a brief interview with The Hill…
Why Michigan Republicans are fretting about 2024
Michigan Republicans are anxious about 2024 as the party recovers from a disappointing midterm and struggles to find a way to reset in a key battleground state. As Democrats look to expand on their 2022 victories with Rep. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) announcing her campaign for the state’s open Senate seat in 2024, Republicans in the…
McClellan becomes Virginia’s first Black woman elected to Congress
State Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D) was projected to defeat Republican Leon Benjamin in the special election for Virginia’s 4th congressional district on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to represent the commonwealth in Congress. The Associated Press called the race at 7:22 p.m. ET. McClellan will replace the late Rep. Don McEachin (D-Va.), who died in November. The district…
Haley criticizes US ‘self-loathing’: America is not a racist country
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized what she said was a “self-loathing” taking over the U.S. and dismissed accusations that the country is racist during her campaign launch Wednesday in Charleston, S.C. “A self-loathing has swept our country. It’s in the classroom, the boardroom and the backrooms of government,” Haley said, speaking to supporters. “Every…
Democrats look to squeeze GOP on Medicare, Social Security
Democrats are seeking to go on the offense against Republicans over past calls to slash Medicare and Social Security cuts, with President Biden leading the charge ahead of announcing his reelection campaign. Biden drew the ire of Republicans in the House chamber at his State of the Union address on Tuesday when he accused them…
New Hampshire Democrats in a ‘bind’ over primary election move
New Hampshire Democrats are increasingly at odds with the Democratic National Committee after the organization knocked the Granite State from its perch as the first primary state over the weekend. The new calendar bumps Iowa, which holds caucuses, out of its spot as the first-in-the-nation presidential contest, replacing it with South Carolina on Feb. 3….
Sanders says ‘choice is between normal or crazy’ in GOP response
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders (R ) called for a new generation of Republican leadership in her response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. “The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left,” Sanders said from the governor’s mansion in Little Rock. “The choice is between normal or crazy….