Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

CCP Continues to Interfere With US Election: Chinese-American Congressional Candidate

Following the U.S. State Department’s offer of a $10 million reward for information on foreign election interference, Xiong Yan, who is currently running for Congress in the 10th District of New York, told The Epoch Times that the Chinese communist regime has continued to interfere with his campaign due to his dissident background. The U.S….


Maryland Republicans See a Bit of Red in Deep Blue State

In deep-blue Maryland where seven of the state’s eight congressional districts are represented by Democrats, redistricting has provided Republicans with a perceived opportunity to capture a U.S. House seat. That makes the GOP Congressional District 6 (CD 6) clash between Del. Neil Parrott (R-Hagerstown), who has served 12 years in the state’s General Assembly, and 25-year-old…


Lawsuit Seeks to Boot GOP Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate From the Ballot Over Jan. 6 Arrest

A Michigan man has filed a lawsuit against Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley aiming to prevent Kelley from appearing on the ballot in November over his alleged participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Kelley is already on the ballot for the Aug. 2 primary and is considered the frontrunner to win the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent…


Oprah-Backed Newcomer Eyes Upset in Maryland’s Crowded Democratic Gubernatorial Primary

Nine candidates on Maryland’s July 19 Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot seek the party’s nomination to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in November’s general election. As of early July, the nine had collectively amassed more than $8.5 million in campaign cash, with six garnering at least $1 million each as Democrats try to claim the…


Iowa Congressional Race Could Flip Vulnerable Democrat’s Seat

As Republicans strive to regain control of the U.S. House, Iowa’s lone congressional Democrat is facing a strong challenge for her seat in the state’s third congressional district. Rep. Cindy Axne advanced to the general election without competition in the June 7 primary while state Sen. Zach Nunn easily won the Republican nomination. A week…


In Senate, a Clash on What’s Causing Energy Prices to Spike

Senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Energy Subcommittee heard testimony July 13 on the drivers of high energy prices, a key issue for Americans across the country as inflation rages and November midterms loom closer. In May of this year, Rasmussen Reports found that 82 percent of likely voters in the United States…


Maryland GOP Gubernatorial Primary a Bitter Trump-Hogan Proxy Battle

During and after his tenure in the White House, there was no love lost between Donald Trump and Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who was and remains among the former president’s most outspoken critics from within the Republican Party. With Hogan term-limited and reportedly pondering a run for the presidency himself, that enmity has carried…


Abrams Rakes In Out-Of-State Cash Ahead of Big Fight For Georgia Governor’s Job

With the primaries behind them, Stacey Abrams and incumbent Brian Kemp can now focus on each other as their grudge rematch for Georgia governor intensifies. They’ve got plenty of money to do it with, particularly Abrams. In less than two months after the May primary, her One Georgia campaign group raised more than $18 million….


Biden Fires Back at Reporter, Argues Democrats ‘Want Me to Run’ in 2024

President Joe Biden disputed a question from a reporter after he was asked about reports and polls suggesting Democrat voters don’t want him to run for reelection. “Mr. President, what’s your message to Democrats who don’t want you to run again?” the unnamed reporter asked him at the White House on Tuesday. In response, Biden…


Tennessee Congressional Candidates Appear at The Epoch Times’ First Debate

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Pioneering a new method of political discourse, The Epoch Times hosted a debate among three candidates in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District Republican primary at Landmark Auditorium in Nashville on July 12. Hosted by the Nashville Republican Women, the Nashville Young Republicans, and the Williamson County Young Republicans, the forum featured questions asked by a panel…