Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

Rep. Crist Resigns Ahead of Florida Governor Race

August 31, 2022
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Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) announced that effective at the end of the day on Aug. 31, he will resign from the U.S. House in preparation for his gubernatorial bid against Gov. Ron DeSantis. Crist won the Democrat nomination for the seat by double-digit margins in an Aug. 23 primary, beating out a field of three…

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John Fetterman Won’t Debate Mehmet Oz in Early September

August 31, 2022
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Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate contest, said Tuesday that he won’t debate Republican rival Mehmet Oz in early September as he recovers from a stroke in May. According to a statement obtained by The Hill, Fetterman, who won the Democratic nomination while in the hospital, cited a statement made earlier…

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Blue County Blunders Left GOP Voters in Central Florida County Without Ballots, Calling for Investigation

August 30, 2022
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LAKELAND, Fla.—The Alachua County School Board in 2020-21 tangled with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly during a bitter battle that pit local school board autonomy against the state’s preemptive authority in managing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the Broward County School Board, it was one of two Florida school boards where members’ salaries…

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Trump-Backed Senate Candidates Have A ‘Good Chance of Winning’: McConnell

August 30, 2022
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Aug. 29 opined that GOP Senate hopefuls with former President Donald Trump’s backing have a “good chance of winning” in November. McConnell has long had an adversarial relationship with the former president. That rift has only grown further in recent years as McConnell has tried to turn the…

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FBI Raid, Probes Unlikely to Hurt Trump’s Popularity: GOP Strategists

August 30, 2022
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The ongoing probes targeting former President Donald Trump have done little to dampen his prospects for a presidential run in 2024, according to political analysts. Despite a series of investigations, including a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into whether Trump had mishandled classified documents after leaving office, Republican voters have made up their minds about…

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Two Georgia Candidates Look to Surf Demographic Trends to Congress

August 30, 2022
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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…

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Virginia CD 2: First-Ever US House Race Between Women War Veterans

August 29, 2022
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According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI), Virginia’s Congressional District 2 (CD 2) is the nation’s ultimate “median” district. By Cook’s rating, 217 of the country’s 435 congressional districts are regarded as more Democratic and 217 as more Republican.  That places Virginia CD 2 firmly among 36 Ballotpedia “battleground” districts and among 22 “tossup”…

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Pennsylvania Patriot Groups Implore Voters to Engage

August 29, 2022
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BLOOMSBURG, Pa.—Audit the Vote PA founder Toni Shuppe started her speech with a question: “Who here believes Donald Trump won the 2020 election?” A crowd of over 1,000 people, some wearing “Trump Won” T-shirts, cheered and raised their hands. Shuppe spoke on Saturday to a gathering at the Keystone Horse Center in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, organized…

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Must Testify Before Special Grand Jury After Nov. 8 Elections: Judge

August 29, 2022
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A judge in Georgia on Aug. 29 denied Gov. Brian Kemp’s motion to quash a subpoena for him to testify before the special purpose grand jury in the probe of the 2020 election. Robert McBurney, a Superior Court of Fulton County judge, denied Kemp’s motion, which invoked sovereign immunity and claimed that the Superior Court…

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Georgia Gov. Kemp Must Testify Before Special Grand Jury After Nov. 8 Election: Judge

August 29, 2022
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A judge in Georgia on Aug. 29 rejected Gov. Brian Kemp’s motion to dismiss a subpoena for him to testify before the special purpose grand jury in the probe of the 2020 election. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney denied the motion, which invoked sovereign immunity and claimed that the county court didn’t have…

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