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Elections Of 2019

  1. voter fraud
    Bevin Blames His Defeat on ‘Vote Harvesting’ Among Students and Black PeopleLike a lot of Republicans, Bevin considers anything that helps poor people vote illegal or unethical.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. elections of 2019
    Bevin Concedes After Republicans Decline to Help Him Steal the ElectionThis could be a useful precedent for Republicans whose president has given reason to fear he might not accept 2020 defeat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. elections of 2019
    Matt Bevin’s Loss in Kentucky Was About Matt BevinKentucky rejected its conservative governor, but Democrats excited about 2020 implications should note the GOP won every other statewide office.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  4. politics
    Democrats’ Virginia Win Has 2020 ImplicationsIt 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
  5. elections of 2019
    Beshear Beats Trump-Loving Bevin in KentuckyPartisanship couldn’t pull an unpopular incumbent across the line in the governor’s race.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. elections of 2019
    Democrats Win in Kentucky and Virginia, and More Results From the 2019 ElectionDems 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
  7. elections of 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
  8. elections of 2019
    Republicans Going All-Out Red Scare in Off-Year ElectionsIn 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
  9. elections of 2019
    Louisiana Governor’s Race Runoff Pits Edwards Against Trumpian TycoonDemocrat 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
  10. criminal justice reform
    Louisiana Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Roll Back Criminal-Justice ReformCongressman 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
  11. stacey abrams
    Abrams Not Running for President but Will Fight Voter Suppression NationallyShe is keeping her veep options open and may still run for governor of Georgia in 2022.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. gun violence
    Virginia GOP Decides an Hour and a Half Is Enough for Special Session on GunsIntimidated by armed gun-rights protesters, Republican legislators refused to respond to last month’s gun massacre despite an impending election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. gerrymandering
    Supreme Court Dashes Virginia GOP’s Hopes for New Map in Racial Gerrymander CaseAn 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
  14. gun violence
    Northam Calls Special Session for Gun-Safety Bills After Virginia Beach MassacreVirginia Democrats are challenging Republicans to back off alliance with gun lobby after state’s second massacre in 12 years.
    By Ed Kilgore