At the Races: Sunflower shocker - Roll Call The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter. Roll Call · Aug 4, 2022
Today in Nashville, 9 Republicans run for a seat redistricted out of Democrats' reach GOP lawmakers in Tennessee have redrawn Nashville from one Democratic congressional district into three GOP-leaning districts. Democrats will have a difficult, if not impossible, time getting elected. WEKU · Aug 4, 2022
Alyssa Farah Griffin, Ana Navarro join 'The View' as cohosts Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump administration spokeswoman who broke from her old boss following the Jan_ 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, will be the conservative voice on the daytime talk show “The View.” The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Why does Biden want to hire 100,000 more police officers? Advocates fear plan is repeat of 1994 crime bill, ‘one of the great mistakes this country has ever made’, Josh Marcus and Alex Woodward report The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
2024 GOPers back federal worker purge GOP plan could allow the next president to purge up to 50,000 civil servants and install die-hard supporters Salon · Aug 4, 2022
Hungary's autocratic PM Orban addressing US conservatives Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is in the U.S. to speak to one of the nation's largest gatherings of conservative activists The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Seth Meyers on Kansas abortion vote: ‘A promising sign of progress’ Late-night hosts discuss Kansas’s overwhelming vote to protect abortion rights and Alex Jones’s inept defamation trial lawyer The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2022
Trump-aligned challengers ousting GOP legislative incumbents Republican state lawmakers this year have been losing in primaries at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Jan 6 witness defiant after losing primary and standing up to Trump: ‘I would do it again in a heartbeat’ Rusty Bowers says ‘I’d do it 50 times in a row’ The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Can ‘America First’ exist without Trump? Conservatives are planning on it WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Donald Trump’s administration officials, White House aides and supporters in Congress gathered in a downtown D.C. hotel last month to lavish praise on the former president at a policy summit put on by a think tank promoting his agenda. Los Angeles Times · Aug 4, 2022
John Fetterman’s parents gave him money into his 40s. Republicans say that undercuts his blue-collar image PHILADELPHIA — In his ads, and much of the public imagination, John Fetterman is a tattooed everyman from a rugged steel city outside Pittsburgh. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 4, 2022
After 16 Florida elections, Charlie Crist gears up for one more TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The last time Charlie Crist was considering a run for Florida governor, in 2014, he shared a moment of clarity with one of his consultants. Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022
US midterm elections are happening now. Here are the key primaries to watch Here are the key dates ahead in the 2022 midterm elections, as Democrats try to hold onto and even expand razor-thin majorities in the U.S. House and Senate and Republicans weigh the influence of former President Donald Trump. Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022
Democrats double down on abortion rights after Kansas referendum The defeat of a Kansas abortion referendum by 18 points signals voters are rejecting what Democrats call the GOP's "extreme" politics. Roll Call · Aug 4, 2022
The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2022 Election denialism remains powerful in Republican politics Republican nominees in Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania are on the verge of claiming offices where they would have enormous power over elections
Axios · Aug 4, 2022 Kansas referendum boosts Democrats' midterm focus on abortion The resounding win for abortion rights may shape November contests across the country.
WEKU · Aug 4, 2022 Biden used to keep Trump mentions to a minimum. Not anymore With the midterms approaching and lots of chatter about whether Biden will run in 2024, Donald Trump is a useful foil for the president once again.
Chicago Tribune · Aug 4, 2022 Commentary: Cheney and Kinzinger deserve our support to save the soul of the Republican Party On July 14, 1964, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller approached the rostrum of the Cow Palace in San Francisco. With a defiant smile on his face, he warned the assembled delegates of the Republican National Convention “that the Republican Party (was) in real danger of subversion by a radical, well-financed,…
Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022 Carl P. Leubsdorf: Will Trump hand Senate to Democrats again? Nineteen months ago, Donald Trump’s fixation on unproven allegations of election fraud played a major role in the Republicans’ loss of two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia and, with them, their Senate majority.
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022 GOP eyes Nashville seat for flip; Dems vie to face governor Tennessee Republicans are set to settle a nine-way primary in a reconfigured congressional district in Nashville they are hoping to flip
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022 On NATO, McConnell nudges GOP away from Trump-era approach Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell played a pivotal role in the Senate ratifying NATO membership for Sweden and Finland
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022 Arizona county hit with voting problems, officials vow fixes Officials in an Arizona county are vowing to overhaul their election procedures after a shortage of some ballots at about two dozen voting sites led to some voters leaving before being able to cast their primary ballots
Tribune News Service · Aug 4, 2022 Two Republican candidates who lost by big margins in Michigan say they're 'not conceding' DETROIT — Two Michigan Republicans who lost their primary races by more than 10 percentage points declared on social media Wednesday that they were "not conceding" while make dubious claims of election day wrongdoing.
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022 Jan. 6 witness Rusty Bowers has no regrets in GOP race loss Arizona voters relegated House Speaker Rusty Bowers to the history books after the conservative Republican crossed former President Donald Trump and refused to back his unsupported claims that he lost in 2020 because of fraud
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022 GOP targets for Dem bill: Inflation, taxes, Manchin, Sinema Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking in the upcoming battle over an economic package the Democrats want to push through the Senate