Morning Digest: Virginia attorney general admits to once appearing in...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: Texas Democrat who nearly won 2018 upset in red House seat...
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View ArticleSeveral Texas Democrats consider challenging vulnerable GOP senator
Beto O’Rourke has reportedly decided to run for president rather than challenge GOP Sen. John Cornyn, and while that’s disappointing news to Texas Democrats, Team Blue is hardly out of options here....
View ArticleMorning Digest: Beto O'Rourke may not run for Senate in 2020, but these Texas...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: Prosecutors just let this disgraced Illinois Republican off...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleCrazy/Stupid Republican of the Day: Matt Krause- 2019 Update
In 2016, in 2017, as well as in 2018, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” published its profiles of Matt Krause, from the Texas House of Representatives for District 93, and first won office in 2012....
View ArticleTX-Sen: Splinter, "Democrats Are Hell-Bent on Taking a Texas Senate Seat in...
Hell yeah!According to the Texas Tribune, Texas Democrats already allocating millions of dollars toward a “war room” aimed at taking down Texas Sen. John Cornyn in 2020. Cornyn, meanwhile, already...
View ArticleReproductive health activist and former Texas state senator Wendy Davis...
As first reported by the Texas Tribune, former Texas state senator Wendy Davis is seriously considering a bid for the U.S. House. This is a surprise to some, as many thought she’d run for the Senate in...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Baltimore mayor takes leave of absence amid scandal over...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: Montana Republican who assaulted a reporter and lied about it...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: Despite presidential race, House Democrats still raising...
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View ArticleWomen's rights hero Wendy Davis announces she's running for Congress in Texas
Wendy Davis became a national figure after she stood her ground on the floor of the Texas legislature for a record 12 hours as she filibustered one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the nation....
View ArticleMorning Digest: Puerto Rico governor won't run again but refuses to resign...
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View ArticleWendy Davis launches House bid against Republican who held up billions in...
On Monday, 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis announced that she would take on freshman GOP Rep. Chip Roy in Texas’ 21st District (or as Roy’s own House site identified it, Texas’ 21th...
View ArticleTX-10, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 31: PPP Proves How Competitive Texas Is For...
In case you missed this:A handful of Republican-held House seats in the Texas suburbs represent fertile ground for competitive races in 2020, according to recent Democratic polling.The surveys in six...
View ArticleMorning Digest: House Appropriations chair to retire, triggering scramble for...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: Florida Republican retires soon after not ruling out backing...
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View ArticleDemocratic candidates for Congress keep raising gobsmacking sums, buoyed by...
Daily Kos Elections is pleased to present our third quarterly fundraising charts of the 2020 election cycle for both the House and the Senate!As always at this point in the cycle, we've included every...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Club for Growth tries to stuff impeachment-curious Republican...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: Check out our demographics guide for every general election...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: Ardent Trump ally will reportedly challenge GOP senator in...
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Expunge Representative Chip Roy by Electing Wendy Davis
Representative Chip Roy stated on Fox and Friends that when the Republicans take over the House of Representatives next election they could expunge the impeachment of Donald John Trump from the...
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TX-21: Paul Begala Helps Wendy Davis (D) Defeat GOP Dumb Ass Who Called...
Received this e-mail from Democratic Strategist, Paul Begala, in support of Wendy Davis’ (D. TX-21) congressional campaign:Paul BegalaOur campaign understands that this is a very difficult time for our...
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TX-21, 22, 23 & 32: Council For A Livable Keeps Up The Push To Flip More...
Received this e-mail today from the Council for a Livable World:In 2018, Texas flipped two congressional seats, two state senate seats and 12 state house seats from red to blue. Progressives have a...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Indiana Republicans deny renomination to their disgraced...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: New York Democrats pass raft of bills to ease voting access...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: As 2020 grows grimmer for GOP, we're moving nine more races...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: How a brazen campaign finance scandal led to this Florida...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Vulnerable Democratic congressman gets unusual endorsement...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey wins renomination after tough...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: GOP devotes millions more to defend Kansas Senate seat it...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleCrazy/Stupid Republican of the Day: Chip Roy- 2020 Update
On this date one year ago, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” published our first profile of the U.S. House Representative from Texas’ 21st Congressional District, Chip Roy, who just was elected to...
View ArticleMorning Digest: New Arkansas poll finds an unexpectedly tight House race
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View ArticleMorning Digest: Minnesota House election pushed to February after...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Bogus attack ads leading to death threats for Democrats? The...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: GOP congressman hasn't paid rent on mysterious office that...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Uber's 9-figure ballot measure to curtail driver rights...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View Article'Trump Train' thugs who attacked Biden campaign bus sued under Ku Klux Klan Act
The "Trump Train" vigilantes who endangered a Biden campaign bus in Texas last fall are going to have to answer for their actions in court. A White House staffer, a former Texas state representative...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Iowa GOP rejects nonpartisan maps, a sign gerrymanders may be...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleMorning Digest: New Texas gerrymander cements GOP rule at the expense of...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
View ArticleCatch the Wendy Davis movie.
I don’t have a lot to write. But I watched the MSNBC movie Shouting down midnightIt was awesome! It was exciting, but it didn’t only focus on her. I was gobsmacked that she wore a catheter during...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Our new data shows just how out-of-whack the Senate is
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James...
View ArticleMorning Digest: The campaign spending ratio for Wisconsin's Supreme Court...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Some Michigan Democrats say 'not so fast' to efforts to clear...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James...
View ArticleSplit decisions on mifepristone: Kacsmaryk rules against FDA, while...
Two decisions on mifepristone have been handed down tonight, and they have very different outcomes: The widely-expected Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA ruling that would ban mifepristone...
View ArticleSan Marcos forced to pay $175,000 to Wendy Davis, other Democrats after...
By Kate McGee The Texas TribuneSign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.San Marcos police officers and professional...
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ICYMI: Sidney Powell starts singing with Georgia plea deal, and Matt Gaetz...
Donald Trump’s terrible week in court keeps getting worse. Conspiracy-lovin’ lawyer Sidney Powell accepted a plea deal that has been described as a “significant win” for Fulton County District Attorney...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Retirement sets off another pivotal battle for Wisconsin's...
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View ArticleMorning Digest: A Georgia justice could be the first to lose in over a century
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View ArticleTrial begins over Texas 'Trump Train' highway confrontation
A federal trial began Monday over claims that supporters of former President Donald Trump threatened and harassed a Biden-Harris bus in Texas four years ago, disrupting the campaign on the last day of...
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