Video footage surfaced online that appeared to show a crowd of people at a Somali cultural event in Minneapolis booing “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over the weekend. Omar, who came to the United States as a Somali refugee, made an appearance at a concert featuring Somali singer Suldaan Seeraar at the city’s Target…
Missouri Requires Photo ID, Bans Ballot Drop Boxes in Election Law Overhaul
July 2, 2022
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a new election law on Wednesday that will require a voter to show a photo ID to vote in the coming general election. The new law, House Bill 1878, requires voters to show one of the following photo IDs at polling sites: nonexpired Missouri driver’s license, nonexpired state nondriver’s license,…
Forecasting This Year’s Midterm House Election
Commentary We recently completed a study, “A Model to Forecast Midterm House Election,” that has been published in Social Science Research Network (SSRN). This study identified the major socio-economic and political factors that determine the swing of seats by political party during midterm elections for the House of Representatives. Various statistical measures (R-squared = 0.95)…
Biden Announces Support for Ending the Filibuster to Pass Pro-Abortion Legislation
President Joe Biden announced Thursday would support ending the 60-vote Senate filibuster to pass bills to allow abortions at the federal level. During his campaign, Biden said that he wanted to keep the filibuster. When he entered office, Biden affirmed his support for the Senate rule. Biden was asked during the NATO summit in Spain…
Oklahoma Senate Primary Runoff Narrows A Crowded GOP Field
After deciding among 13 candidates in the Oklahoma U.S. Senate special GOP election primary on June 28, voters will now choose between two. U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin received the most support with 43.6 percent and former Oklahoma Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon finished second at 17.5 percent, Decision Desk HQ reported. Since no one…
Abortion Rights Supporter Squeaks Through Colorado Congressional Primary to Face Pro-Life Boebert
Champagne corks flew skyward on the night of June 28 in Aspen, Colorado, as friends and supporters surrounded former city councilman Adam Frisch and cheered. The Colorado Secretary of State website showed him ahead by only about 1,000 votes. But mathematically talented friends crunched numbers, and confidently predicted him the irrefutable winner of the Democrat…
Joe Rogan Reveals Likely Choice for President in 2024
Podcaster Joe Rogan revealed he would support Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential election because of the governor’s stance on personal liberties. When discussing the 2024 election with actress and former MMA fighter Gina Carano, Rogan suggested he would not support President Joe Biden, prompting Carano to inquire about who Rogan might…
Two Trump Targets Fall, Two Survive June 28 Primary Challenges
June 29, 2022
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Two Republican congressional incumbents who incurred former President Donald Trump’s wrath were defeated, while two survived inter-party challenges in June 28 runoffs and primaries. Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), who is being investigated for federal campaign violations, fell in a Republican runoff while a Trump-endorsed incumbent defeated Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill) in their GOP primary. They…
Crowded Oklahoma US House Primary Heads for Runoff
June 28, 2022
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Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District Republican primary is headed for a runoff after no one in the crowded 14-candidate field surpassed 50 percent of the vote on June 28. With more than 95 percent of the votes reported at 12:11 a.m. on June 29, former state representative Avery Frix received 14.7 percent of the vote and…
Army Vet Wins Colorado GOP Bout Between Political Newcomers
June 28, 2022
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A former U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate running for his first political office has won the June 28 Republican primary in Colorado’s Congressional District 7 (CD 7). Erik Aadland, an Iraq/Afghanistan combat veteran awarded the Bronze Star for valor, edged economist Tim Reichert and 2016 Jefferson County Trump campaign chair and 2020 Republican…
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