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2022 Midterms
early and often
June 6, 2022
De-endorsed Mo Brooks Begs Trump to Take Him Back MAGA Mo, who lost Trump’s support, has come crawling back to Mar-a-Lago, desperate for a boost in his runoff against McConnell favorite Katie Britt.
early and often
June 5, 2022
California Republicans Downplay Their Toxic Brand to Survive Rick Caruso, Anne Marie Schubert, and Lanhee Chen are distancing themselves from the GOP even as they run on conservative themes.
early and often
June 5, 2022
The 3 Democrats Who Could Save the Party Gretchen Whitmer, John Fetterman, and Tim Ryan could win in the Midwest, which is key to the Senate and a post-Biden White House.
early and often
June 4, 2022
Welcome to Oz, Pennsylvania Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz is now the uncontested winner of the state’s GOP senate primary.
early and often
June 4, 2022
Trump Endorses Peter Thiel Protégé Blake Masters’s Arizona Senate Bid Trump is risking his solid record in Senate primaries by promoting an extreme candidate to run against Democrat Mark Kelly.
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June 4, 2022
The Post-Post-9/11 Campaign Max Rose and Brittany Ramos DeBarros served in Afghanistan and left with radically opposed views of the war. Now they’re running against each other.
early and often
May 31, 2022
Alaska Struggles With Its Weird New Election System A top-four primary, ranked-choice voting, and a special congressional election are colliding. Plus, the race features Sarah Palin and Santa Claus.
early and often
May 31, 2022
Trump Can’t Blame Democrats for His Georgia Flop A significant number of Democrats participated in the Georgia Republican primary. But there’s no evidence that they were all trying to thwart Trump.
texas school shooting
May 28, 2022
Will the ‘School-Shooting Generation’ Change Politics? Congress failed to act after Sandy Hook, and it feels just as paralyzed on gun violence today. But there are reasons for renewed hope.
student loans
May 27, 2022
Biden Searches for the Political Sweet Spot on Student-Loan Debt Relief His long-overdue promises to provide loan forgiveness are colliding with fiscal realities and differences of opinion between generations.
early and often
May 27, 2022
Will Trump Ruin Georgia Republicans Out of Spite? Trump really dislikes Governor Brian Kemp, who thwarted his primary purge attempt. But Georgia Republicans want a united front against Stacey Abrams.
early and often
May 26, 2022
Is Trump Really a Republican Kingmaker? The former president is still touting his highly inflated endorsement record, but his humiliating losses in Georgia tell a different story.
early and often
May 25, 2022
The Bush Political Dynasty Ends With a Whimper The once-dazzling George P. Bush lost badly to Trump-backed Attorney General Ken Paxton, whom he called a “philandering felon.”
early and often
May 25, 2022
Trump Dumped Mo Brooks. He Made the Senate Runoff Anyway. The January 6 speaker survived Trump’s ludicrous “woke” accusation and will face Katie Britt in next month’s Alabama GOP Senate runoff.
early and often
May 25, 2022
The Devil Went Down to Georgia and Lost Trump spent the past two years working to exile Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger from the GOP, but he couldn’t do it.
2022 midterms
May 24, 2022
Republicans May Have Sabotaged Their Best Chance to Beat Whitmer Five GOP candidates for governor in Michigan — including the top two contenders — faked signatures to get their names on the ballot.
early and often
May 24, 2022
Perdue Ends Flailing Campaign With Racist Remarks About Stacey Abrams The former senator capped off his Trump-inspired challenge to Governor Brian Kemp by accusing the Democrat of “demeaning her own race.”
Democrats Quietly Search for an Alternative to Biden in 2024 Inside the 2024 soul-searching that’s happening in every corner of the Democratic Party — except the White House.
the city politic
May 23, 2022
Maybe Bill de Blasio Deserves a Comeback The former mayor stooping to run for Congress is absurd, but a little less so when considering his record.
the city politic
May 21, 2022
6 Things to Know About New York’s New Congressional Map The final redistricting map was revised to avoid a civil-rights firestorm, but it still creates a complicated mess for Democrats.
early and often
May 21, 2022
Trump Faces Another Round of Humiliation in Georgia Trump hoped to get his revenge in Tuesday’s primary. Instead, his pick for governor, David Perdue, is sure to lose, and his other prospects look iffy.
early and often
May 19, 2022
How Doug Mastriano’s Primary Victory Threatens the 2024 Election The GOP gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania backed Trump’s failed election coup in 2020 and could be well positioned to help him succeed next time.
early and often
May 18, 2022
Progressives Win Some, Lose Some in House Primaries AIPAC and a crypto billionaire’s PAC made waves in multiple House Democratic primaries on Tuesday.
early and often
May 18, 2022
Idaho Governor Brad Little Fends Off Trumpy Usurper In Tuesday’s GOP primary, Little trounced Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, who’d tried repeatedly to cancel his COVID policies.
early and often
May 18, 2022
Trump Wants Dr. Oz to Copy Him and Declare Victory Before the Race Is Called The race between Mehmet Oz and David McCormick has not been called and will likely head toward an automatic recount.
early and often
May 18, 2022
Trump Couldn’t Give Oz a Decisive Win Over McCormick Three MAGA-y candidates dominated Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary, but Trump’s official pick appears to be headed to an automatic recount.
early and often
May 17, 2022
Madison Cawthorn’s Self-destruction Is Complete The youngest Republican representative in history lost on Tuesday following a series of bizarre scandals.
early and often
May 17, 2022
Cargo Shorts Enthusiast John Fetterman Wins Democratic Senate Race He won days after suffering a stroke and may be Democrats’ best hope for flipping a Republican senate seat.
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May 17, 2022
Generic Ballot Shows Republicans on Track to Retake House The reliable indicator shows Republicans with a modest but steady lead. If 2022 is anything like recent midterms, the House will flip for sure.
early and often
May 16, 2022
Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Fetterman Recovering From Stroke The lieutenant governor said he is feeling better and that doctors told him he will make a full recovery.
early and often
May 15, 2022
Trump’s Hold on the GOP Won’t Loosen Even If His Candidates Fail His cult of personality can withstand a few botched endorsements.
2022 midterms
May 14, 2022
Trump Endorses Extremist Mastriano in Pennsylvania Governor’s Race It’s a bit awkward, since the gubernatorial candidate’s “running mate,” Kathy Barnette, is threatening Trump’s Senate candidate Dr. Oz.
early and often
May 13, 2022
Why Both Sides Are Making the Term MAGA Great Again Democrats are saying “MAGA” more because they badly want to identify the GOP with its unpopular leader. So, too, do many Republicans.
early and often
May 13, 2022
Mike Pence to Campaign for Fellow Trump Traitor Brian Kemp The two MAGA heretics are, in their own ways, trying to show that Trumpism without Trump has a future.
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May 13, 2022
Scott Pruitt Brags About Media Attacks on His Rampant Corruption Trump’s EPA chief could barely draw a breath without doing something comically scandalous. Now he’s trying to ride his notoriety to the Senate.
early and often
May 12, 2022
Mo Brooks May Survive Trump’s Betrayal in Alabama Senate Race The representative sojourned on after Trump unendorsed him for alleged “wokeness.” Now he has a decent chance at making a GOP runoff.
early and often
May 11, 2022
What Does Chuck Schumer Think He’s Doing? There are some good reasons for Senate Democrats to dramatize doomed votes on abortion and other issues. Or maybe they’re just incompetent.
early and often
May 11, 2022
Trump-Endorsed Alleged Serial Groper Loses in Nebraska Trump’s support couldn’t overcome Charles Herbster’s sexual-assault scandal in Tuesday’s primaries. But his candidate prevailed in West Virginia.
early and often
May 5, 2022
Is Kathy Hochul Losing Her Party? Democrats are starting to open up about their problems with the governor, who promised to be the un-Cuomo.
life after roe
May 4, 2022
Senate Democrats Will Try to Save Abortion Rights. It Won’t Work. Democrats have vowed to take action before the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade . But they still don’t have a plan to beat the filibuster.
2022 midterms
May 3, 2022
Trump Helped Save J.D. Vance in Ohio Thanks to the MAGA king and Peter Thiel’s money, the Hillbilly Elegy author and venture capitalist turned back two strong rivals.
life after roe
May 3, 2022
Republicans Too Upset About Leak to Celebrate Abortion Win Conservatives can’t talk about the Supreme Court ending reproductive rights right now, but please ask again after the midterms.
2022 midterms
May 2, 2022
Is Trump Headed for a Nightmare in Ohio on Tuesday? It would be ironic if a Senate primary in which so many candidates sought the MAGA brand was won by the exception.
early and often
May 1, 2022
How to Gerrymander a Fiasco New York Democrats thought they could rig redistricting. They made the state’s democracy a national laughingstock again instead.
early and often
Apr. 29, 2022
Trump Coaching Nebraska Candidate Accused of Serial Sexual Assaults Trump is holding a rally for gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster and encouraging him to attack the eight women who say he groped them.
2022 midterms
Apr. 27, 2022
Republicans Can Still Fumble Away the Senate The GOP is favored to retake the Senate in 2022, but they’ve screwed up similar situations through a combination of extremism, gaffes, and bad luck.
2022 midterms
Apr. 26, 2022
Utah Democrats Endorse Independent Evan McMullin in Challenge to Mike Lee Democrats opted not to nominate their own candidate in order to help McMullin unseat the Republican senator.
2022 midterms
Apr. 25, 2022
Kemp and Perdue Get Nasty in Georgia Gubernatorial Debate Trailing in the race, Perdue is trying to make it a test of loyalty to Trump. Meanwhile, Kemp is trying out his own version of Trumpism Without Trump.
conservative extremism
Apr. 23, 2022
How Much Does Trump Still Matter to the GOP? In the eyes of his party, Trump may have already served his purpose.
2022 midterms
Apr. 22, 2022
Trump Turns Up the Rancor in the Ohio GOP Senate Primary The former president reportedly told the leader of a PAC who ran ads condemning J.D. Vance to “go f- - - yourself.”
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