Ken shares his thoughts on political news and history in his blog.
The election is a week away and there are still so many contests for the Senate and for governor that are too close to call. The answer to such uncertainty? Another Political Junkie contest! The person who calls every race correctly wins a Political Junkie t-shirt, plus their choice of an Eisenhower or Stevenson campaign …
The reported late surge of Republican voter strength seems to be in evidence in this year’s gubernatorial contests. Three top governors Democrats had long hoped to defeat — Ron DeSantis in Florida, Brian Kemp in Georgia and Greg Abbott in Texas — are in good shape for re-election. Even Kari Lake in Arizona, the GOP …
Two weeks to go, and no one can say with any certainty which party is going to win control the Senate. We’ve seen an unusual number of polling swings in the past few months, and there’s no telling how many more may come as we approach November 8th. The House is another animal altogether; there’s …
For Donald Trump, this one is personal. “This” is today’s Georgia primary, where two key Republican figures — Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — went on record early to renounce the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. They looked at the numbers and declared that Joe Biden carried …
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 …