Elections

Former Representative and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks during a protest in Austin, Texas, May 8, 2021. (Mikala Compton/Reuters) Robert Francis O’Rourke, who likes to be called “Beto,” has decided to take a run at the Texas governor’s office, his third full-tile charge at a buzzsaw in only a few years. My guess is that
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Voters line up to cast their ballots on Super Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas, March 1, 2016. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) Welcome to the Tuesday, a weekly newsletter about language, culture, and politics. To subscribe to the Tuesday — and please do! — follow this link. Two Cheers for the Ghost of Elbridge Gerry The Democrats
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Former Representative and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks during a protest in Austin, Texas, May 8, 2021. (Mikala Compton/Reuters) Former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke entered the race for Texas governor on Monday, challenging Republican incumbent Greg Abbott. Long considered a reliable red bulwark, Texas has become uncertain political territory in recent election cycles
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Senator Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., January 22, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senator Patrick Leahy, at 81, announced on Monday he won’t stand for reelection, because he wants to “pass the torch” to somebody younger. But this is the same age at which President Biden wants to run
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska) listens during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill, May 7, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool via Reuters) Senator Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska) on Friday announced she will seek reelection to the Senate in 2022, setting up a primary fight against Trump-backed challenger
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I’m a huge fan of Allahpundit over at Hot Air but don’t find his post speculating about Christie’s motives in attacking Trump very persuasive. Is he angling to be bought off into a future Trump cabinet position, or maybe even Trump’s VP? I think Christie was genuinely appalled by Trump’s post-election conduct, is saying what
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Then New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli appears in a campaign video, October 25, 2021. (Screenshot via YouTube) Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli finally conceded the New Jersey governor’s race today, ten days after Election Day. As a partisan of swift vote counts and concessions, I should have liked to see an earlier concession in
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Ibram X. Kendi​ at the School of International Service following a panel discussion on his new book How to Be an Antiracist in Washington, D.C., in 2019. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post/Getty Images) Americans are asking whether the radicals of CRT and BLM have any decency left. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W hat good American
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New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu speaks prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., August 02, 2020. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu announced that he’d be running for a fourth term on Tuesday morning, disappointing Republicans who had hoped he’d challenge incumbent
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Mail-in ballots are counted in Chester County, Pennsylvania, November 4, 2020. (Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters) It took until Saturday night to finish counting more than 20,000 defective or sequestered mail-in ballots. Republicans in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ended up flipping two school boards and picking up seats on at least three other local school boards after election officials
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis talks to the media during a news conference in Miami, Fla., August 29, 2019. (Marco Bello/Reuters) Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, long considered a favorite for the 2024 presidential nomination, officially announced his 2022 gubernatorial reelection campaign Monday. In his statement to Fox News, DeSantis highlighted the accomplishments of his first
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Dan Rather visits SiriusXM Studios in New York City, September 10, 2019. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) No, seriously. With whom is he arguing here? Many people alive today were alive when Jim Crow was in full force. And when these same people were born, former slaves were still alive. We are not that far removed from
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President Joe Biden looks on as he delivers remarks on the U.S. debt ceiling from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. October 4, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) I used to say, you know, like a week ago, that if Biden cratered, he’d be in the high 30s in approval. I think
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Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Senator Mark Warner (D, Va.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 20, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senator Mark Warner (D., Va.) claimed on Sunday that former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe could have defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin if Congress had passed the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill sooner.
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Then-candidate for Governor Ron DeSantis attends a campaign rally in South Daytona, Fla., November 4, 2018. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is of the belief that Republican governor Ron DeSantis stands little chance of losing in 2022, and may therefore withhold financial investment in Florida next year, per Politico. There is a sense,
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Raymond Tierney (center), candidate for Suffolk County District Attorney, announces victory alongside Suffolk County GOP Chairman Jesse Garcia, (left), and Michael Torres, Suffolk Conservative Party Chairman (right), in Patchogue, N.Y., November 2, 2021. (Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Frustration with a failed bail reform law was key to Republicans’ success on Election Day. A
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Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., February 28, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel said Friday that the GOP wins in this week’s elections in Virginia showed that the party’s get-out-the-vote efforts have been successful. She
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Supporters of Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin react as Fox News declares Youngkin has won th election during his election-night party in Chantilly, Va., November 3, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) It is an appalling, and predictable, spectacle to sit through after every election season that isn’t a complete Democratic victory. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE
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Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin speaks during his election-night party in Chantilly, Va., November 3, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Despite the last decade of support for Democrats in the state, Tuesday’s election serves as an important reminder. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A couple years back, I did a deep dive for the NR print magazine on
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Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe walks up to the stage at a rally in Arlington, Va., October 26, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Dear Weekend Jolter, Sharron Angle. Martha Coakley. Terry McAuliffe. Consider this an updated pantheon of candidates who really put in the work to lose. The lackluster Coakley famously fell to Republican
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Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin at a campaign event in Leesburg, Va., November 1, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Before we can fully understand why the gubernatorial elections turned out the way they did, it is helpful to look at what happened. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W hat happened on Tuesday to make Glenn Youngkin the governor
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