Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that Donald Trump will probably lie about the outcome of the 2024 primary contests in Iowa and New Hampshire if he doesn’t win them. “If Trump loses, he will say it’s stolen no matter what,” DeSantis said on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, responding to a reporter’s question […]
Could control of the House flip in 2024? The chamber currently has a five-seat Republican majority, 222-212, with one vacant seat that’s expected to go Democratic. That’s a small margin by historical standards. Only twice since World War II has the majority party held fewer than 222 seats when it was at full strength – […]
Former President Donald Trump on Friday indicated he would skip Wednesday’s first Republican presidential debate in favor of a one-on-one interview with a friendly right-wing commentator – the second time in as many days that he backed out of an event that spelled trouble for his multiple and overlapping criminal defense strategies. Trump for weeks […]
The first Republican presidential debate is quickly approaching, and with it, an early test of the candidates’ viability. To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate in Milwaukee, a candidate must poll at least 1% in three national polls, or a mix of two national polls and two polls from early-primary states, according to rules set […]
There’s been some movement in the three 2023 gubernatorial races since we last handicapped them in June. One shift helps the Republicans, while one aids the Democrats. Three states are holding off-off-year gubernatorial elections this year: Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. All three states lean heavily Republican in federal elections, yet Democrats currently control the governorship […]
Independent candidates are the scourge of major party candidates, who complain that they serve no other purpose than to spoil the race for one of the major party candidates. But in the case of two high-profile Democrats-turned-independents, it may be the Republican Party that suffers from the spoiler effect. In Arizona, Republican Kari Lake, who […]
With a little more than a year to go until Election Day 2024, the Senate battlefield is evolving, but slowly. Democrats continue to cling to a 51-49 majority in the chamber, with three of their incumbents from red states – Sherrod Brown in Ohio, Joe Manchin in West Virginia, and Jon Tester in Montana – […]
2023 isn’t just an off-year election — it’s an off-off-year election. But in several states, important races will be on the ballot Nov. 7. Kentuckians will decide whether Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear wins a second term, while Mississippi is holding a surprisingly competitive race for governor. Both states will also hold contests for attorney general […]
Utah senator Mitt Romney declined to rule out voting for Joe Biden next year and said he hasn’t offered an endorsement in the Republican race because his backing would probably be a “kiss of death”. “If I endorsed them, it would be the kiss of death – I’m not going to do that,” Romney said […]
Four White House hopefuls will meet onstage in Alabama for the fourth Republican presidential primary debate, the smallest lineup yet as the window for denting Donald Trump’s lead narrows. Wednesday night’s debate, hosted by the cable network NewsNation at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, offers one of the last […]