A protest challenging the certification of Mary McDonald, a Democrat, as a candidate in the Republican Primary for Montgomery County Commission accuses her of several improprieties including improperly filing an intent to run and submitting defective petitions. >> RELATED COVERAGE: Trotwood mayor loses re-election The protest, detailed in papers filed Thursday by Mohamed Al-Hamdani, Montgomery […]
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Florida bill named after VP Harris would require teaching Democrats were “party of slavery”
How slavery should be taught in schools is back on the agenda for some Florida Republicans. The bill, dubbed the “Kamala Harris Truth in Slavery Teaching Act,” was introduced by Tampa Bay Republican Senator Blaise Ingoglia Wednesday. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS If passed, it would require students learn that Democrats were the “party […]
House Democrats urge Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from Trump Colorado ballot case
A group of House Democrats on Thursday called on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case involving former President Donald Trump‘s eligibility to appear on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot. Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn a Colorado court ruling last month that disqualified him from appearing on […]
Trump received at least $7.8 million in payments from foreign governments as president, House Democrats say
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump received at least $7.8 million in payments from foreign governments during two of his four years in the White House, according to a report released Thursday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Twenty foreign governments made the payments to Trump’s businesses during the two-year period that the committee […]
Democrats will again push in session to pass New Mexico green amendment
Jan. 3—Some Democratic lawmakers hope their persistence in trying to push through a green amendment will pay off in the upcoming legislative session and allow voters to decide in November whether to make a clean, healthy environment a constitutional right in New Mexico. The sponsors of the proposed amendment think a fourth attempt at passage […]
Texas Democrats in Congress say SB 4 is unconstitutional. Here’s what they’re doing about it
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, is leading congressional Democrats in a push to block a Texas law that would usurp federal power over immigration — something Democrats say is unconstitutional. Texas Senate Bill 4, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Dec. 18, authorizes state police to arrest people suspected of illegally […]
Why Democrats can’t rely on abortion ballot initiatives to help them win
Democrats are scrambling to put state abortion-rights initiatives on the ballot this year in the hope that the measures will drive turnout and boost their candidates in national and local elections. But those initiatives may not give Democrats the lift they are aiming for, according to a POLITICO analysis of five abortion-related measures that have […]
5 twists that could upend Democrats’ best-laid plans for the 2024 election
By now we know the White House’s upbeat narrative about how the 2024 campaign unfolds. Republicans pick Donald Trump as their presidential nominee. Voters who’ve been paying little attention come to understand the election is a binary choice between a reliable if unexciting Joe Biden and a watchable if erratic Trump, who may or may […]
Trump will be on California’s March ballot. Democrats had urged election official to leave him off
Despite setbacks in Colorado and Maine, former President Donald Trump will appear on California’s primary ballot in his bid to reclaim the White House. The Republican frontrunner was included on the certified list of candidates released late Thursday by California Secretary of State Shirley Weber. Weber faced political pressure to reject Trump’s candidacy, including from […]
Florida Democrats want ‘integrity’ in a president. Republicans want ‘leadership.’ Almost no one wants ‘empathy.’
Almost no Florida voters, it seems, want a president with empathy. That’s one of the notable findings in a Florida Atlantic University poll released last month that asked the state’s voters what personality trait they value the most in a presidential candidate. Empathy was dead last, at 4%. And it could be even lower. The […]
Democrats in Key States Worry Biden Could Be a Drag on Their Races
Democrats in battleground states are growing increasingly anxious about President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings, worrying that voters’ persistent antipathy toward his leadership could not only cost the party the White House but also weigh down the candidates who are sharing the ballot with him. These Democrats fear that the Biden campaign is late in […]
In South Carolina, Democrats See a Test of Biden’s Appeal to Black Voters
President Joe Biden’s campaign and affiliated groups are amping up their efforts in South Carolina, pouring in money and staff before the first Democratic primary in February in an effort to generate excitement for his campaign in the state. It seems, at first glance, to be a curious political strategy. Few incumbent presidents have invested […]