Tag: 2022 midterm election

Veteran Congressman Faces Stiff Challenge in Close Georgia Race

The dean of Georgia’s Congressional delegation now faces the most formidable electoral challenge of his 30-year House tenure in a race said to be the closest in the Deep South. Redistricting has put into play Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District, which Sanford Bishop has represented since 1992. The southwest Georgia district, extending from Columbus south to…


Two Georgia Candidates Look to Surf Demographic Trends to Congress

The two candidates running for an open North Georgia Congressional seat each see an opportunity. Rich McCormick, the frontrunner in a district drawn for a Republican, sees it in his party’s growing appeal to minorities and women, work he thinks he is cut out to do. Democratic nominee Bob Christian, facing an uphill battle in…


New Yorkers Look Ahead to What Primary Will Bring

When New Yorkers go to the polls on Aug 23, their numbers may be startlingly low. Analysts say the rescheduling of half the state’s primaries from June to late August may catch much of the state in last-week-of-summer-vacation mode, with many would-be voters away at, say, the beach. Turnout estimates are very low for the congressional…


Low Turnout Predicted for Late-Summer, Last-Minute New York Primary Deemed ‘Confusing’

New Yorkers head to the polls on Tuesday for their second primary in two months. Politicos predict historically low turnout. Not only are voters confused about why, after they voted on June 28, they have to vote again, but it’s altogether the wrong time for a primary. In New York State, where school doesn’t start…


Elections as Ideological Contests

Commentary Listening to some Republican spokesmen predicting a Republican blowout this fall, I have to wonder in what world they’re living. As I look around at the races in key states, I’m astonished by how well the Democrats seem to be doing. This is the case despite a barely coherent Democratic president, borders that are…


School Choice Looms as Electoral Stealth Issue

Conservatives gathered at the pro-Trump America First Policy Summit in Washington this week talked about numerous issues like soaring crime, the ailing economy, and tensions abroad. One topic, though, emerged as a stealth issue and potentially significant factor in the upcoming elections: school choice. The policy seeks to give parents who want to take their children…


Blurry Barcodes Delay Oregon Congressional District Race Results

A ballot printing error in Clackamas County, the third-most-populous county in Oregon, is delaying results of a key congressional primary race in the state. Thousands of ballots with blurry barcodes have stalled vote counting in the primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, where seven-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader is facing a stiff challenge from…


Rarely Has a Midterm Election Offered Such a Stark Choice on Issues

Commentary The first midterm election after a presidential election is most often a referendum on the new president and his party along with a natural pendulum swing toward the other side. Rarely do individual issues dominate such races. The 2022 midterms, however, could well be different. The 2020 presidential election was, in significant part, the culmination of…


Trump Lays Out Strategy for South Carolina Midterms at ‘Save America’ Rally in Florence

Former President Donald Trump mapped out his strategy for the South Carolina Republican Party’s role in winning the midterm elections during his Save America rally in Florence, South Carolina on Saturday. “Eight months from now the people of South Carolina are going to vote to fire the radical Democrats,” Trump said. “You’re going to elect…


Trump Lays Out Strategy for South Carolina Midterms at ‘Save America’ Rally

Former President Donald Trump mapped out his strategy for the South Carolina Republican Party’s role toward winning in midterm elections during his “Save America” rally in Florence, South Carolina. “Eight months from now, the people of South Carolina are going to vote to fire the radical Democrats,” Trump said on March 12. “You’re going to…