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Elections Of 2019
Bevin Blames His Defeat on ‘Vote Harvesting’ Among Students and Black People Like a lot of Republicans, Bevin considers anything that helps poor people vote illegal or unethical.
By Ed Kilgore
elections of 2019
Nov. 14, 2019
Bevin Concedes After Republicans Decline to Help Him Steal the Election This could be a useful precedent for Republicans whose president has given reason to fear he might not accept 2020 defeat.
By Ed Kilgore
elections of 2019
Nov. 6, 2019
Matt Bevin’s Loss in Kentucky Was About Matt Bevin Kentucky rejected its conservative governor, but Democrats excited about 2020 implications should note the GOP won every other statewide office.
By Adam K. Raymond
Democrats’ Virginia Win Has 2020 Implications It looks like Democratic suburban gains in 2018 are continuing, and Republican efforts to shift attention from Trump to Dems’ scandals didn’t work.
By Ed Kilgore
elections of 2019
Nov. 6, 2019
Beshear Beats Trump-Loving Bevin in Kentucky Partisanship couldn’t pull an unpopular incumbent across the line in the governor’s race.
By Ed Kilgore
elections of 2019
Nov. 5, 2019
Democrats Win in Kentucky and Virginia, and More Results From the 2019 Election Dems won the governor’s race in Kentucky and a trifecta in Virginia, while the Mississippi GOP cemented its power and NYC passed ranked-choice voting.
By Matt Stieb
elections of 2019
Nov. 3, 2019
Off-Year Election Preview: Is It All About Partisanship? Unpopular Republicans struggle to win governorships in red Kentucky and Mississippi, while partisan tides help Democrats in Virginia.
By Ed Kilgore
elections of 2019
Oct. 31, 2019
Republicans Going All-Out Red Scare in Off-Year Elections In Kentucky and even in the more moderate Virginia, Republicans are smearing all Democrats as terrifying socialists. It will get much worse next year.
By Ed Kilgore
elections of 2019
Oct. 13, 2019
Louisiana Governor’s Race Runoff Pits Edwards Against Trumpian Tycoon Democrat John Bel Edwards fell just short of a majority in the state’s nonpartisan primary and will face Republican Eddie Rispone on November 16.
By Ed Kilgore
criminal justice reform
Aug. 22, 2019
Louisiana Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Back Criminal-Justice Reform Congressman Ralph Abraham is so committed to law-and-order politics that he voted against the modest criminal-justice-reform bill Trump signed.
By Ed Kilgore
stacey abrams
Aug. 13, 2019
Abrams Not Running for President but Will Fight Voter Suppression Nationally She is keeping her veep options open and may still run for governor of Georgia in 2022.
By Ed Kilgore
gun violence
July 9, 2019
Virginia GOP Decides an Hour and a Half Is Enough for Special Session on Guns Intimidated by armed gun-rights protesters, Republican legislators refused to respond to last month’s gun massacre despite an impending election.
By Ed Kilgore
gerrymandering
June 17, 2019
Supreme Court Dashes Virginia GOP’s Hopes for New Map in Racial Gerrymander Case An unusual 5-4 majority held that Virginia’s GOP legislature did not have standing to sue to overturn a gerrymandering decision that helped Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
gun violence
June 4, 2019
Northam Calls Special Session for Gun-Safety Bills After Virginia Beach Massacre Virginia Democrats are challenging Republicans to back off alliance with gun lobby after state’s second massacre in 12 years.
By Ed Kilgore
