Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

Marjorie Taylor Greene Appears at Hearing Over Effort to Make Her Ineligible to Run For Office

On April 22, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) appeared in an Atlanta courtroom to respond to a lawsuit by a left-wing activist group that claimed that she was ineligible to run for office under the 14th Amendment for her comments on and after Jan. 6, 2021. In the case brought against her, Greene was accused…


Republican Group Urges Boycott of April 23 Trump Rally

While J.D. Vance is basking in the benefits of an endorsement from Donald Trump and campaigning alongside Donald Trump Jr., a GOP group that disapproves of the former president’s decision is encouraging voters to boycott Trump’s Save America rally on April 23. The event will be held at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in central Ohio…


Court Filings Draw First Statements From Three Key Democratic Players in Sussmann Probe

A blizzard of petitions, motions, and counter-motions have been filed in response to Special Counsel John Durham’s April 6 request for documents from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign withheld from federal investigators under attorney-client “privilege.” Durham is seeking communications—primarily 38 email exchanges between the DNC and Clinton’s campaign and their…


A Record 10 Republicans File Petitions Vying for Nomination to Take on Whitmer

Ten GOP candidates for governor of Michigan filed nominating petitions to place their name on the Aug. 2 primary election ballot. All 10 Republican hopefuls turned in signatures in excess of the 15,000 required by the April 19 filing deadline. Three of the original 13 declared candidates have dropped out of the race. If the…


Democratic Party Is Alienating Its Base, Heading for Trouble in November Midterms, Analysts Say

Dismal poll numbers suggesting that low numbers of Americans think highly of the job that President Joe Biden is doing—a mere 33 percent of respondents in a Quinnipiac poll last week said they approved—have helped prompt a pivot on Biden’s part toward a greater focus on domestic issues, even as the Ukraine crisis continues to…


Northwest Indiana’s Vigo County Is the ‘Real Thing’ When Picking Winning Presidential Candidates

VIGO COUNTY, INDIANA—When it comes to being a good indicator of voting for the winning presidential candidate, Vigo County in northwest Indiana is “The Real Thing.” That was the advertising slogan Coca-Cola had in the 1970s, which perhaps is appropriate for what is considered the most reliable bellwether county in the United States. The county…


Ohio Governor Candidate Joe Blystone Faces Campaign Finance Hearing One Day Before Primary

Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Joe Blystone will face a full-panel hearing to further investigate and decide upon two campaign finance complaints on May 2, which falls one day before the primary election. This was determined by the Ohio Election Commission (OEC) during a Probable Cause Panel meeting on April 21. The three-person panel voted unanimously…


Ranked-Choice Voting Measures Vying for 2022 Ballots in Missouri, Nevada

Proponents are gearing up for stretch-run petition drives to secure signatures needed to get prospective constitutional amendments implementing ranked-choice voting on 2022 ballots in Missouri and Nevada. The Missouri Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative would give voters the option to pick from both Republicans and Democrats during open primaries and vote in all general elections for either…


More Democrats Split With Biden as White House Hints at No Delay in Scrapping Title 42

A dozen Democrats have urged for a comprehensive plan to address the expected influx of migrants at the southern border before the Biden administration ends Title 42 expulsions. The White House said on April 20 it’s “planning and preparing for the end” of the Trump-era public health order, which was implemented amid the COVID-19 pandemic…


History Says GOP is Likely to Prevail in House and Senate Elections This November

President Joe Biden’s approval rating continues to crater and inflation is the highest its been since 1982. These are among the factors that have Democrats scrambling to avoid losses in the House and Senate that could dramatically impact the presidential election in 2024. The 2022 midterm environment is the strongest for Republicans in a generation,…