The biggest disappointment in the CD1 Democratic primary has been the blown opportunities by the six candidates to distinguish themselves. As a result, the race may well be decided not by policy, or even personality, but by negative campaigns. The dominant debate in recent weeks centered on whether having a Republican past is disqualifying. The […]
The primary for New York’s 16th congressional district, which takes place on Tuesday, has drawn record-breaking spending, with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) and a crypto-currency Super Pac behind the lion’s share of the funding. AdImpact, a group tracking political advertisements, reported earlier this week that the race between the incumbent progressive representative […]
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers, one endorsed by former President Donald Trump, are seeking the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in a Maine district rocked by a mass shooting last year. The two members of the Maine House of Representatives […]
May 31—EDITOR’S NOTE — This is the first of three sets of City Council candidate profiles that will be published in the Mitchell Republic prior to the city election. MITCHELL — A longtime Ward 4 Mitchell City Council member is being challenged by a pair of candidates who have different views on Lake Mitchell, which […]
A wealthy Texas businessman — with few connections to Oklahoma ― is one of four Republicans trying to unseat incumbent 4th District Congressman Tom Cole. The GOP primary election is set for Tuesday, June 18. Paul Bondar, a self-described patriot and family man from Texas, said he now lives in Oklahoma. Bondar, who grew up […]
From top left: Ashley Hicks, Paul J. Romero Jr. and Todd Vaughn (bottom left) are running in the Republican primary in southern Oregon Senate District 1, hoping to unseat incumbent Sen. David Brock Smith (bottom right). (Campaign photos) An unusual four-way Republican primary race is afoot in the 1st Senate District along the southern Oregon […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican businessman and real estate mogul Eric Hovde launched his bid for the U.S. Senate against Wisconsin Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday, saying in a video that “America is slipping away” and “everything is going in the wrong direction.” This is Hovde’s second Senate campaign; he ran in 2012 […]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Hundreds of South Africans gathered in the capital Saturday to show support for the country’s biggest opposition party as it prepares for a much-anticipated national election in which it hopes to wrest control of the government from the ruling African National Congress. Many of the Democratic Alliance backers assembled in […]
One World Trade Center could soon lose its title as America’s tallest building — if developers in Oklahoma City succeed in their plan of constructing a massive skyscraper at the height of 1,907 feet. Dubbed “Legends Tower” at a development site known as the The Boardwalk at Bricktown, the proposed building would easily surpass One […]