Tag: 2022 Midterm Elections

Pennsylvania State GOP Files Lawsuit to Throw Out Mail-in Voting Law

Pennsylvania Republicans are arguing a 2019 law that largely expanded mail-in voting in the Commonwealth has been made invalid by a court ruling. A group of 14 GOP lawmakers filed a lawsuit against the state’s Acting Secretary Leigh Chapman in the Commonwealth Court on July 20, seeking again to throw out Pennsylvania’s universal mail-in ballot law,…


Top Democratic Challengers Vying to Take on DeSantis Battle on Debate Stage

The top two Democrats hoping to unseat Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall faced off in a contentious televised debate in Miami on June 21. But the opponents paused their verbal sparring to agree on a handful of issues facing the Sunshine State. U.S. House Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) and Nikki Fried, the state’s agriculture…


Vance Gets Ohio FOP Backing Despite Ryan’s ‘Defund Law Enforcement’ Claim

In a television ad last month, Ohio U.S. Rep. and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Ryan claimed that his opponent, Republican venture capitalist J.D. Vance “wants to defund law enforcement” by eliminating the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Yet it was Vance who received an endorsement from the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police…


Political Gunfight Between Trump and Pence in Arizona’s US Senate Race

Like two gunslingers from an old Western, Arizona may not be big enough—politically speaking—for former president Donald Trump and his former vice president Mike Pence. Both plan to wage dueling rallies in the Grand Canyon State on July 22, just 10 days ahead of the August mid-term primary. Trump will speak at a “Save America”…


Political Fight Between Trump and Pence in Arizona’s US Senate Race

Like two gunslingers from an old Western, Arizona may not be big enough—politically speaking—for former president Donald Trump and his former vice president Mike Pence. Both plan to wage dueling rallies in the Grand Canyon State on July 22, just 10 days ahead of the August mid-term primary. Trump will speak at a “Save America”…


MAGA Republican and Democrat Air Force Vet Battle for Open NC Seat

North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District—safe for black Democrats for 30 years—no longer is. Redistricting gave Republicans a better chance to win it as they seek to regain control of the House. The open seat promises to be a real fight this fall. Democrat Donald Davis, a state senator, faces Republican challenger Sandy Smith, who lost…


Senate Race Tightens in North Carolina as Democrat Beasley Closes on Budd

Democrats think they’ve now got a shot at an open seat in Republican-leaning North Carolina to help them seize the closely divided U.S. Senate. Earlier on Democrats seemed to think the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Richard Burr was a low priority. They didn’t spend much money in the state. But former state Supreme…


Pennsylvania Prohibits ‘Zuck Bucks’ Ahead of 2022 Midterms

Pennsylvania has banned public officials from receiving and using private election grants, including those from nonprofits, in a bid to boost election integrity by reducing outside influence. As of July 2022, over 20 states have passed laws banning or restricting public officials’ use of unregulated third-party monies when conducting elections. It comes after conservative analysts…


Republican Party Attracting More Diverse Candidates Than Ever

While the GOP has often been labeled by opponents as a fraternity of “old white men,” a new cohort of minorities, first-generation immigrants, and moms are bringing a fresh wave of diversity, youth, and a whole new perspective to the Republican Party. A recent report (pdf) by the Congressional Research Service showed that as of…


Rep. Maxine Waters Paid Daughter $16,500 in Campaign Funds for Reelection Services in June

The reelection campaign of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) paid out over $16,000 to Waters’s daughter in the second quarter of 2022, adding to the more than $1.2 million the congresswoman’s daughter has received from her mother’s campaigns since 2003. According to campaign finance filings at the Federal Election Commission, Waters paid $16,500 to Karen Waters in June for…