Explore Ballotpedia’s Annual Congressional Competitiveness Report Welcome to the Friday, October 28, Brew. Ballotpedia · Oct 28, 2022
Democrats on the defensive as economy becomes primary concern over abortion Polls indicate tide shifting toward Republicans with high inflation rates and gas prices working in their favor The Guardian - US · Oct 28, 2022
LZ Granderson: The 'election police' don't need to be right to be effective Last December, Richard Molina was ousted as mayor of Edinburg, Texas. Los Angeles Times · Oct 28, 2022
Trump news – latest: Trump Organization jury selected as Jan 6 panel plans to interview Secret Service agents Ex-president to campaign for midterms with incumbents and newcomers whom he has endorsed The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022
Trump snubs DeSantis by announcing rally in Florida without governor Former president and Florida governor are GOP’s two top 2024 prospects The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022
Ron DeSantis called out for reaction to woman who passed out at his press briefing It’s unclear why the woman passed out The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022
Trump shares Megyn Kelly rant blasting DeSantis’s 2024 prospects Former Fox News host says Maga base ‘think Trump was screwed out of his last election, that he was screwed out of his first term by all the craziness’ The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022
DeSantis’s old law firm received millions in state funds, investigation finds Daily Beast reports that Holland & Knight, where governor once worked, made nearly $3m in state contracts from 2018 to 2020 The Guardian - US · Oct 27, 2022
Trump to rally for Marco Rubio in Miami, but no mention of DeSantis Ex-President Donald Trump will hold a rally for Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Nov. 6, but Gov. Ron DeSantis does not seem to be invited. Orlando Sentinel · Oct 27, 2022
Trulieve Will Have Weaker Than Expected Q3 Sales, Opines This Analyst With yet another earnings season ahead, Cantor Fitzgerald's analyst Pablo Zuanic proffered some insight into what to expect from one of the largest cannabis MSOs in the U.S. in the upcoming third quarter. Benzinga · Oct 27, 2022
Can Trump run again in the 2024 election? One-term president was cleared in two impeachment trials while in office The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022
Republican Liz Cheney endorses Michigan Democrat in midterm elections – as it happened Cheney plans to campaign for Representative Elissa Slotkin The Guardian - US · Oct 27, 2022
In Florida’s most Hispanic district, Latina politicians spar over immigration and socialism MIAMI — Not three weeks had passed since Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis made headlines all over the country after taking credit for sending planes full of mostly undocumented Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard when U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar — a Cuban American freshman congresswoman from Miami — addressed… Miami Herald · Oct 27, 2022
How Republicans’ ground operation with Hispanics could deliver Miami-Dade for DeSantis MIAMI — Becoming a U.S. citizen was not at the top of Ovidio Rodriguez’s to-do list this year, though the Hialeah resident recently became eligible to apply after leaving Cuba five years ago. Miami Herald · Oct 27, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022 Self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics? The Tesla and SpaceX tycoon has donated to both parties and attacked everyone from Joe Biden through Donald Trump to trade unions and ‘pronouns’, but underneath it all there is a consistent ideology, writes Io Dodds
Tribune News Service · Oct 27, 2022 Editorial: A decent man or a bully? The Tampa Bay Times' pick for Fla. governor The governor should represent all Floridians, including those who disagree with him or didn’t vote for him. Charlie Crist would do that. Gov. Ron DeSantis does not — and would not. In 2018, DeSantis got 49.6% of the vote. In other words, more people voted for someone else. We thought…
Los Angeles Times · Oct 27, 2022 Michael Hiltzik: Those math and reading scores were horrible, but beware of the political spin There's nothing good to say about the newly-released national test scores in reading and math for fourth- and eighth-graders, showing sizable declines in the vast majority of states as a result of the pandemic.
Miami Herald · Oct 26, 2022 Joe Biden, Donald Trump plan 11th-hour campaign stops in Miami for Florida candidates MIAMI — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are doing last-minute South Florida campaign stops to boost their party’s candidates ahead of the midterm election.
Orlando Sentinel · Oct 26, 2022 GOP again deploys task force to challenge ballots in Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla. — As mail-in ballots start to come in and early voting begins, Republicans in Central Florida are taking advantage of the new election law to challenge mail-in ballots as the number of partisan poll watchers also has increased, according to Central Florida election officials.
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022 A ‘good friend’ of Trump on ‘texting terms’ with DeSantis. What are NFL star Tom Brady’s political beliefs? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and seven-time Super Bowl champion has long struggled to distance himself from ties to conservative politicians, Io Dodds writes
Ballotpedia · Oct 26, 2022 Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #36 Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022 Amid wave of opposition, some LGBTQ candidates eye epic wins The home stretch of the midterm election campaign is a good news, bad news phenomenon for LGBTQ activists
Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022 Editorial: Early rebuke for DeSantis’ elections police A Miami judge dealt a victory Friday for the law, decency and common sense by dismissing a fraud case brought by Gov. Ron DeSantis and his new elections police force. The ruling was a high-profile rebuke as early voting began Monday for the November general election, and it should send…
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022 Ron DeSantis says children shouldn’t be taught that US is built on ‘stolen land’: ‘It isn’t true’ The Florida governor is running for re-election against Democratic opponent Charlie Crist
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022 The most important midterm elections to watch ahead of Election Day Nevada’s Senate race could go either way. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott likely to cruise to re-election. And John Fetterman still leads in Pennsylvania, Eric Garcia writes