Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

Iowa Primary Features Key Races in Both the Senate and House

June 7, 2022
2022 Midterm Elections2022 midtermsAbby FinkenauerChuck GrassleyDonald TrumpGov. Kim ReynoldsIowa midtermsMichael FrankenNicole HassoPoliticsUSZach Nunn
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At a town hall meeting conducted by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley last week, multiple audience members interrupted the seven-term lawmaker and said he was endangering children’s lives by “filibustering gun reform.” Grassley told attendees that, before commenting further, he wanted to monitor negotiations between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) as the pair…

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Key Primaries Looming in Four States, Special Election in Texas

June 7, 2022
2022 Midterm Elections2022 midtermsDan SanchezHenry McMasterMayra FloresPoliticsSen. Tim ScottUSUS News
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The next round of midterm primaries is set for June 14, when voters in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina will cast their ballots. In Texas, a special general election will take place to fill the state’s 34th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House. The special election is being held to fill a vacancy…

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Judge Rejects GOP Challenge to Mail-In Voting in Arizona

June 6, 2022
2020 general elections2022 Midterm ElectionsArizonaballotsKelli WardPoliticsUSUS News
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A judge has ruled that Arizona’s legislature is within its constitutional rights to allow “no-excuse” mail-in ballots, denying the state GOP’s legal challenge ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Mojave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ruled against the Arizona GOP and its chair, Dr. Kelli Ward, in support of a 1991 law that permits…

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Name Recognition May Be Key to Victory in Tuesday’s New Mexico Primaries

June 6, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionscandidatesNew Mexico primaryPolitical rivalriesPoliticsRegional-Local NewsUSUS News
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The hottest political race this season in New Mexico is the Republican primary for governor—and it may all come down to name recognition. Capitalizing on his statewide notoriety as the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020, in which he garnered 45 percent of the vote, and on his exposure as a TV meteorologist, Mark…

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Only 28 Percent of Americans Approve of Biden’s Handling of Inflation: Poll

June 6, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsbideneconomyExecutive BranchinflationPoliticsUS
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Less than 30 percent of American voters are content with President Joe Biden’s handling of inflation, a new poll shows. According to the ABCNews/ Ipsos poll released June 5, 28 percent of voters said they were pleased with how Biden is dealing with inflation, while 27 percent gave the same answer in relation to the…

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Louisiana to Appeal After Judge Blocks Congressional Map, Orders New Black District

June 6, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsJohn Bel EdwardsLouisianaPoliticsUSUS News
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A federal court judge on Monday struck down Louisiana’s new six-district congressional map and ordered the state redraw it to add a second majority-black district by June 20. Following the decision by U.S. Middle District Judge Shelly Dick, Louisiana’s attorney general, Jeff Landry, swiftly announced the state would file an appeal. “We believe [Dick] erred in…

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Senate Candidate’s Appeal for Law License

June 6, 2022
2022 Midterm Electionscancel cultureconstitutional rightsFeatured TopicsJudiciaryMark and Patricia McCloskeyMissouriPoliticsSecond AmendmentSupreme CourtUS
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The Supreme Court decided on June 6 not to hear the appeal of a U.S. Senate candidate whose law license was restricted after he wielded a gun outside his St. Louis home in 2020 to deter a group of trespassing left-wing protesters in the midst of nationwide race riots. Attorney Mark McCloskey is currently running…

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Tennessee Congressional Hopeful Robby Starbuck Restored to Election Ballot After Suing GOP Over Removal

June 6, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsGOPPoliticsRepublicansRobby StarbuckTennesseeUSUS News
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Businessman Robby Starbuck has been restored to the Republican ballot for the upcoming midterm elections in Tennessee after a judge granted his request for a temporary injunction on Friday evening. Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkins ruled that the Tennessee Republican Party’s executive committee violated the state Open Meetings Act back in April when it removed Starbuck from the…

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Progressive Prosecutor Movement Goes on Trial in California Primary

June 6, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsCaliforniaLocal NewsNorthern CaliforniaPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsprogressive prosecutorsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUSUS News
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Three prosecutors at the forefront of the progressive movement in California will be put to the test on June 7. Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s chief prosecutor, faces a recall election in the primary. Polls suggest there is a good chance that he will lose. Diana Becton and Tori Berber Salazar, chief prosecutors of two counties…

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Noem, Johnson Practice ‘Old Fashioned’ Campaigning

June 5, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsLocal NewsPoliticsRegional-Local NewsRepublicansSouth Dakota Gov Kristi NoemSouth Dakota PrimaryU.S. Congressman Dusty JohnsonUSUS News
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SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota—Many politicians turn to social media platforms or television ads to get their message out. But Gov. Kristi Noem and U.S. Congressman Dusty Johnson said they wanted to “take the pulse of the people” themselves, opting to travel door-to-door through a Sioux City subdivision to shake hands with their constituents on June…

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