Tag: 2022 Midterm Elections

Hoping to Divorce DeSantis in the Fall, Florida Democrats Choose Between Something Old, Something New

With the heat index at 94 degrees and climbing, few voters in rural North Central Florida ventured out of their air-conditioned homes and offices to visit polling locations on the morning of Aug. 23. At many voting sites on the outskirts of deep-blue Alachua County, people barely trickled in on Aug. 23 to cast ballots…


Oklahoma’s GOP Senate Primary Runoff Likely to Determine Inhofe’s Successor

After advancing to a runoff by defeating 11 opponents in Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate special GOP election primary on June 28, U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin and former Oklahoma Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon will learn if they win the Republican nomination within hours. Oklahoma voters head to the polls on Aug. 23 for the GOP…


New Yorkers Hit the Polls Aug. 23 for ‘Primary Part 2’

From Buffalo’s suburbs on Lake Erie to the eastern tip of Long Island, New Yorkers are casting ballots on Aug. 23 in primaries for 63 state senate and 26 U.S. House seats. It is the second round of inner-party preliminary elections to set slates for November general elections in New York, where proposed state senate…


New York Special House Election a High-Profile Clash of Rising Stars

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, New York’s Republican 2018 gubernatorial nominee, is unopposed in the upper Hudson Valley’s Congressional District 19 (CD 19) Aug. 23 GOP primary. Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, meanwhile, is projected to handedly win his three-candidate race in the Democrat’s CD 18 primary and move onto November’s general election for the…


New Yorkers Look Ahead to What Primary Will Bring

When New Yorkers go to the polls on Aug 23, their numbers may be startlingly low. Analysts say the rescheduling of half the state’s primaries from June to late August may catch much of the state in last-week-of-summer-vacation mode, with many would-be voters away at, say, the beach. Turnout estimates are very low for the congressional…


Citizens United Sues Biden Administration Over ‘Election Takeover’ Records

The non-profit group Citizens United filed lawsuits on Aug. 17 against the U.S. Department of the Interior and Department of State over their failure to provide records related to President Joe Biden’s Promoting Access to Voting executive order, the Federalist has learned. The two agencies were accused of violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)….


Republicans Have ‘50-50’ Chance of Taking Senate: Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Republicans have a 50 percent chance of taking control of the Senate ahead of the November midterm elections. “Flipping the Senate, what are the chances? It’s a 50–50 proposition. We’ve got a 50–50 Senate right now. We’ve got a 50–50 nation. And I think the outcome is likely…


Republicans Have ’50-50′ Chance of Taking Senate: Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Republicans have a 50 percent chance of taking control of the Senate ahead of the November midterm elections. “Flipping the Senate, what are the chances? It’s a 50–50 proposition. We’ve got a 50–50 Senate right now. We’ve got a 50–50 nation. And I think the outcome is likely…


Over 6,000 Have Participated in Election Integrity Trainings so Far: Tea Party Patriots’ Co-founder

The Tea Party Patriots, led by co-founder Jenny Beth Martin, after the 2020 presidential election began election improvement efforts and coordinated with other organizations to implement training programs to ensure a higher level of election integrity throughout the United States. The goal of their training, which has had over 6,000 participants, is to “have citizens…


Cheney Says She ‘Had a Very Good Talk’ With Biden After Primary Loss

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said she had “a very good talk” with President Joe Biden after losing her primary to a Trump-endorsed Republican candidate. “I did hear from President Biden,” Cheney told ABC News. “We had a very good talk, a talk about the importance of putting the country ahead of partisanship. And I’ve heard…