The Daily Beast: “What happened in Mississippi on election day simply cannot be considered OK in the United States of America in 2023. Mississippi Votes, a non-partisan voting rights organization, filed an emergency complaint that showed how dire the state of affairs was on Tuesday. The incidents reported are deeply troubling, particularly in areas with large Black communities, and raise serious concerns about the…
Month: November 2023
“Virginia just showed Democrats the way to win in 2024”
MSNBC: “Six years ago, the elections for the Virginia state Legislature were so close that control of the House of Delegates had to be determined by drawing a name out of a bowl when the deciding race ended in a tie. This year, the result was much clearer: Democrats won most of the battleground districts, held their majority…
“Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin indicates he won’t run for president in 2024”
NBC News: “Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Wednesday that he’s “not going anywhere” and that he remains focused on the state, indicating that he will not be a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Youngkin has long left wiggle room in his answers to questions about the 2024 election, even as filing deadlines and other…
“Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves fends off Democratic challenger Brandon Presley”
The Hill: “Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) will win reelection over Democrat Brandon Presley to secure a second term, according to Decision Desk HQ projections. Reeves was expected to have the edge in Tuesday’s election, although Presley put up what many observers considered a surprisingly competitive fight to try to flip the governor’s seat in the ruby-red state. Reeves won with the…
Gov. Beshear Elected in KY by 5% Points
NY Times: >95% OF VOTES IN Candidate Party Votes PercentPct. Andy Beshear*incumbent Democrat 694,167 +52.5%52.5% Daniel Cameron Republican 627,086 +47.5%47.5 Total reported 1,321,253
“Why Deep-Red Kentucky Reelected Its Democratic Governor”
The Atlantic: “The GOP controls nearly everything in Kentucky, a state that Donald Trump carried by 26 points in 2020. Republicans hold both U.S. Senate seats and five of Kentucky’s six House seats; they dominate both chambers of the state legislature. What Republicans don’t occupy—and won’t for the next four years—is Kentucky’s most powerful post….
“A Democratic Governor in Mississippi? He Thinks It’s Possible.”
NY Times: “After stopping by a meet-and-greet in Ridgeland, a porch festival in Vicksburg, the Great Delta Bear Affair in Rolling Fork and an event on a baseball diamond in Yazoo City, Brandon Presley entered a packed room in McComb, launching into the message he believes can get a Democrat — namely, himself — elected…
“The Mississippi governor’s race hasn’t been this competitive in 20 years”
WaPo: “Voters in this deep red state haven’t elected a Democrat to the governor’s office in more than 20 years, but party leaders and voters are hopeful about their prospects this year, thanks to a tarnished incumbent and their celebrity-related challenger. Brandon Presley, a former small-town mayor and state utilities regulator, has run a surprisingly…
“Kentucky is about to give us a major test of Biden’s unpopularity”
Politico: “To win a second term as governor next week, Andy Beshear needs to prove that the Democratic Party isn’t dead and buried in places like the Eastern Kentucky Coalfields. And he needs to do it with unpopular President Joe Biden in the White House…. Democrats repeatedly invoked the specter of Trump to energize their…
“Tennessee AG moves to shut down NAACP lawsuit over restoration of voting rights”
Alternet: “One in five Black voting-age Tennesseans lacks the right to vote due to a past criminal conviction — likely the highest rate of African-American disenfranchisement in the nation, according to the Sentencing Project. Overall, nearly 10% of the Tennessee electorate — 470,000 people — have lost their right to vote due to convictions. In…