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On paper, Ohio is the archetypal swing state. Bill Clinton won it twice, then George W. Bush won it twice, then Barack Obama and then Donald Trump. But a look below the surface shows a growing conservative state, with overwhelming Republican dominance (12-4) in its U.S. House delegation and a huge advantage in the state …
It’s time to predict the Senate vote on confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
The Lone Star State kicked off the 2022 primary season on Tuesday, offering little excitement though some surprises. Here’s what happened: GOVERNOR: A relatively few Republicans bought the argument that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) was insufficiently conservative, as the incumbent took more than 66% of the vote. Allen West, the former Texas GOP chair and …
The Democrats got some good news in the past couple of weeks that could help them when it comes to Senate races up in 2022. There was a big surprise in New Hampshire, where Chris Sununu, the popular Republican governor, said he would not challenge Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan next year. The guessing all along …
If you’ve picked up a newspaper in the past few weeks, you’ve probably read that this year’s Virginia gubernatorial race is historically significant, and especially so this year, that it will send a signal to the rest of the country about what to expect in the 2022 midterm elections. If Democrat Terry McAuliffe wins, the …
The worst year ever? Certainly in our lifetime. But for the first time in a long time, there is a sense that things *might* get better in the new year, regarding both the virus and civility. We can only hope. For now, at least, let’s stop and remember those who left us this year, those …
We had so much success with our first round of “S” unknown buttons that we’re offering a second batch — and these look even tougher. As our fellow political junkies know, for some time now we’ve been showing photos of unknown buttons, arranged alphabetically by candidate names, for you to help identify. We can’t make …
Here is the Political Junkie’s tabulation of winners for each state’s presidential, Senate and gubernatorial contests, plus new House members. All results as of 11/13. We’ll update these numbers when new results are announced. ALABAMA: PRESIDENT — Trump. SENATE — Incumbent Democrat Doug Jones was ousted by Republican Tommy Tuberville. GOVERNOR — None. NEW HOUSE …
Kamala Harris made history by becoming the first woman and the first person of color to be elected vice president. At some point, she is going to vacate the Senate seat she was elected to in 2016. And that will put California Gov. Gavin Newsom in the not-so-enviable position of having to choose among some …
We’ve never seen an election quite like this one, and we’ll probably never see an election day like this one. With some 97 million votes having already been cast and most unlikely to be counted by November 3rd, the odds of states declaring winners on Tuesday are not great. The era of going to bed …