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2018 Elections
2018 elections
Aug. 15, 2018
Primary Results: Dems Embrace Diversity, GOP Pulls Closer to Trump As Democrats nominated several candidates whose win in November would be a historic first, Republicans continued rejecting their pre-Trump past.
By Margaret Hartmann
2018 elections
Aug. 15, 2018
Tim Pawlenty’s Comeback Flops With Minnesota Gubernatorial Primary Loss TPaw, the state’s former governor, squandered a big advantage in money and name ID as both parties saw primary upsets.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 14, 2018
Vermont’s Christine Hallquist Wins Primary, Could Be First Transgender Governor Hallquist won Vermont’s Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, and will now face GOP incumbent Phil Scott, whose popularity just took a dive.
By Margaret Hartmann
2018 elections
Aug. 14, 2018
Kansas Governor Concedes to Trump Favorite Kris Kobach in GOP Primary Kobach’s win sets up an intense gubernatorial race in the fall, and possibly a Democratic win.
By Ed Kilgore
Gary Johnson, Professional Spoiler, Jumps Into New Mexico’s Senate Rate The election was thought to be in the bag for the Democratic incumbent, Senator Martin Heinrich, but the Libertarian’s entry could make waves.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 14, 2018
Scott Walker and Tammy Baldwin Prepare for a November Slugfest in Wisconsin Democrats will choose an opponent for longtime nemesis Scott Walker while Republicans are staging a pricey primary to challenge Tammy Baldwin.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 13, 2018
Trump Denies Kasich Any Credit for Ohio Outcome Kasich probably had as much to do as Trump with Troy Balderson holding a lead in the 12th District Ohio race, but POTUS just has to call him a loser.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 13, 2018
It’s Establishment vs. Ex-con in Connecticut Democrats’s Gubernatorial Primary Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim probably can’t defeat Ned Lamont, but stranger things have happened.
By David Freedlander
‘Blue Dog’ Moderate Ed Case Wins Primary for House Seat in Deep Blue Hawaii A former congressman who supported the Iraq War and champions bipartisanship defeated a strong group of candidates in the heavily Democratic state.
By Chas Danner
2018 elections
Aug. 11, 2018
Democrats Must Get Real With White Working-Class Voters The left and center prescriptions for reaching these voters often miss the need to connect culturally and to reflect their desire to fix government.
By Ed Kilgore
democratic women
Aug. 10, 2018
Women Have Won About Half of Major Democratic Primaries So Far This Year Finally, a wave of Democratic women running for and winning nominations for high office is producing something close to gender equity.
By Ed Kilgore
What Is a ‘Centrist’ Democrat, Anyway? Left-of-center folk need a good, thorough debate to resolve confusion over the old labels, or maybe a new vocabulary altogether.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 10, 2018
Kris Kobach Says He’ll Recuse Himself From Vote Count in Kansas GOP Primary He reversed his position after a typo cut his tiny lead in half, but he suggested his opponent, incumbent governor Jeff Colyer, is being ridiculous.
By Margaret Hartmann
Typo Decimates Kris Kobach’s Lead in Kansas Primary Kobach’s lead in the Kansas GOP gubernatorial primary is so tiny that changing one number cut his lead by more than half.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
Aug. 9, 2018
Please Enjoy the Chillest Campaign Ad You’ve Ever Seen In which Hawaii congressional candidate and Democratic Socialist Kaniela Ing strums a ukulele and explains the tenets of his platform.
By Gabriella Paiella
The Radical Labor Policy That Every Democrat Should Run On Forcing companies to give workers representation on company boards is wildly popular, requires no tax hikes, and would almost certainly raise wages.
By Eric Levitz
Despite Indictment, There’s a Good Chance That Chris Collins Will Be Reelected Insider-trading charges might not be enough to flip New York’s reddest district, but they could boost Democrats’ midterm message on GOP corruption.
By Margaret Hartmann
Maryland Democrat Deploys Logic, F-Bomb in Parrying ‘Socialism’ Attacks Ben Jealous gave a calm, reasonable answer to the first “socialism” question, but then understandably lost it after the second.
By Ed Kilgore
Former MMA Fighter Changes the Democratic Narrative in Kansas The national buzz in the Third District was about progressive darling Brent Welder. But Sharice Davids, a Native American woman, flipped the script.
By Ed Kilgore
the national circus
Aug. 8, 2018
Frank Rich: Why Trump Goes Out of His Way to Incriminate Himself He doesn’t mind demonstrating that he broke the law, because he doesn’t believe the law is legitimate or as powerful as he is.
By Frank Rich
Did Trump Save Protégé Kris Kobach in Kansas? It could be a while before we know whether Kansas’s quintessential Trumpist has won the GOP gubernatorial nod, giving Dems fresh hope for November.
By Ed Kilgore
state politics
Aug. 8, 2018
Exclusive: Cynthia Nixon and Zephyr Teachout to Announce Dual Endorsement “New York State should be the living counterexample to Donald Trump’s America.”
By Gabriella Paiella
West Virginia to Experiment With Mobile Phone Voting by Overseas Troops It’s been tried by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, so what could go wrong?
By Ed Kilgore
Poll: Support for Trump and His Immigration Policy Are Nearly Identical To a remarkable extent, support for Trump tracks support for his handling of immigration across all sorts of demographic lines.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump’s Push In Michigan’s Primaries Could Haunt the GOP This Fall Trump’s intervention has skewed the Michigan GOP Senate and gubernatorial primaries toward his favorites, but November’s another matter.
By Ed Kilgore
These Trends Suggest the Democratic Midterm Wave Will Get Bigger In the past, the party controlling the White House found itself with a lot more vulnerable House seats than expected late in the cycle.
By Ed Kilgore
Why Diane Black’s Loss in Tennessee’s Gubernatorial Primary Doubly Hurts the GOP Diane Black’s loss in Tennessee’s gubernatorial primary is another setback for House Republicans running statewide, and also for GOP women.
By Ed Kilgore
The GOP’s New Midterm Message: Nancy Pelosi Wants to Cut Medicare Republicans’ closing argument in an Ohio congressional special election is that a Democrat-controlled House would cut Medicare and Social Security.
By Eric Levitz
The GOP Is Setting Up a Narrow Window for the Kavanaugh Confirmation Chuck Grassley says he hopes to wrap it all up by the beginning of October, and his party had better hope he’s not off by much.
By Ed Kilgore
Campaign on Taxes or Culture War? GOP, Trump Divided on Midterm Message Republicans are vulnerable in different kinds of districts, some where Trump’s rhetoric is attractive and others where it’s toxic.
By Ed Kilgore
Rand Paul Remains the GOP Rebel Who Rarely Rebels Paul quickly abandoned his concerns about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, not with a bang but a whimper.
By Ed Kilgore
Let’s Say Ruth Bader Ginsburg Retires in 2023. Then What? Even if Trump is reelected, his ability to reshape the Supreme Court depends on GOP control of the Senate, which looks iffy for 2020 and 2022.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 elections
July 30, 2018
Why’s Everyone Suddenly Talking About Bigfoot Erotica? The 2018 midterm elections have taken an unexpected turn.
By Gabriella Paiella
President Trump Is Threatening to Shut Down the Government Over Immigration POTUS again rattling his saber over the border wall and legal immigration restrictions just after his allies assured us he’d be “patient.”
By Ed Kilgore
Battle for the House: 100 Days Out, Democrats Are on the Brink It could still go either way, but Trump’s lack of popularity and a battleground where Republicans are on the defensive give Democrats an edge.
By Ed Kilgore
Most ‘Trump Ten’ Democratic Senators Doing Better Than Trump in Their States The president isn’t nearly as strong as he was in 2016 in many states where Democratic senators are running for reelection this year.
By Ed Kilgore
This Might Be the Most Important Swing District in the Country Trump and Pence have both visited Iowa’s First in recent days. The GOP is nervous about holding the district — and what it would mean if it can’t.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
Republican Voters Are Sitting Out California’s Senate Race For the moment, half of California Republicans intend to sit out the Senate race and let Democrats choose between Feinstein and de León.
By Ed Kilgore
Democrats Could Make Big Gains in Governor Seats in the Midterms In what might be the most overlooked category in midterm races, there’s lots of potential for a blue wave.
By Ed Kilgore
The ‘Democratic Extremism’ Narrative Distracts Attention From GOP Extremism Republicans and the MSM have their varying reasons for ignoring Trump-era GOP extremism and exaggerating ideological conflict in the Democratic Party.
By Ed Kilgore
Women Win Two More Democratic House Primaries in Georgia In two suburban districts near Atlanta, demonstrably strong women candidates will carry the Dems’ banner in potentially competitive House elections.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump’s Candidate Brian Kemp Wins Georgia GOP Governor’s Bid Easily Now Kemp will face Stacey Abrams in a partisan, ideological, and personal grudge match.
By Ed Kilgore
Don’t Look Now, But Another Government Shutdown Threat Looms This Fall Trump’s demand for border wall funding he can’t get may combine with the desire to pump up the GOP base and produce a shutdown.
By Ed Kilgore
Ex-Con Launches Effort to Get on West Virginia Ballot As Third-Party Candidate Don Blankenship will have to thwart West Virginia’s “sore loser” law in court, but he’s angry and rich and wants to smite Mitch McConnell.
By Ed Kilgore
It’s Hard to Get Too Weird for the Georgia GOP. But Jason Spencer Pulled It Off. Jason Spencer was already on the way out of office thanks to earlier antics, but he insisted on embarrassing his state and his party one last time.
By Ed Kilgore
The Double Down From Hell: Trump Invites Putin to D.C. for Second Meeting At a time when Trump needs to be focused on SCOTUS and the midterms, he may instead be entertaining his toxic twin Vladimir Putin.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Endorses GOPer Who Vowed to ‘Round Up Criminal Illegals’ in His Pickup In a surprise endorsement at the last minute, Trump is at odds with popular Georgia GOP governor Nathan Deal.
By Ed Kilgore
Why We Should Bury the Illusion of a Republican Revolt Against Trump Again and again, scattered GOP elites have called for abandoning Trump, and the rank and file have refused.
By Ed Kilgore
House GOP Passes ‘ICE Is Nice’ Resolution Having failed to get House Democrats to vote on a progressive “abolish ICE” bill, House GOP settles for an empty messaging resolution.
By Ed Kilgore
It’s Hard to Imagine an Endorsement More Useless Than the One Crowley Just Got Whether Crowley wants to back Ocasio-Cortez or challenge her in November, he couldn’t be happy with Joe Lieberman’s support for a third-party bid.
By Ed Kilgore
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