NY Times: “Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic firebrand from the Dallas area, said Monday she was running for Senator John Cornyn’s seat in Texas, shaking up the Democratic primary for what could be the party’s best chance in years to win statewide office. Her entrance into the campaign, hours before the deadline for candidates to…

Political Wire: “Georgia Democrats continued to gather momentum ahead of next year’s midterm elections, flipping a solidly Republican state House seat in a special election on Tuesday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The Downballot: “That’s 25 pickups for Democrats nationwide this year—and zero for Republicans.””

NY Times: “When Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map over the summer, they aimed to flip five districts held by Democrats and were guided by the 2024 presidential election results, which showed voters moving to the right. But winning all five of those seats under the new map is far from a lock for…

WaPo: “The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, over records related to the 2020 election, escalating the Trump administration’s efforts to boost the president’s false claims that his loss to Joe Biden was rigged. Citing a need to investigate “compliance with federal election law,” the lawsuit demands Georgia election officials turn over “all…

THV 11: “Over the weekend, a Neo-Nazi group was spotted marching through the streets of Little Rock. However, we’re now learning that the group, Blood Tribe, didn’t have a permit. Since then, there has been fear and frustration in Little Rock from many people after the Neo-Nazi group marched at two of the city’s most…

Lexington Herald Leader: “A grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old accused of pointing a gun at a group of protesters at an anti-Trump gathering in Eastern Kentucky. Marcus Slusher, of Harlan, was indicted by a Harlan County grand jury Nov. 19 on one count of second-degree terroristic threatening, according to Harlan Circuit Court records. About…

WaPo: “Arrested Nov. 12 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ferreira, 33, said it is insulting to sit in orange prison scrubs facing possible removal to Brazil after spending most of her life in the United States while the Trump administration paints her as a criminal. She is being detained for being in the United…

NY Times: “The Supreme Court cleared the way… for Texas lawmakers to use newly redrawn congressional maps favoring Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. The decision overturns, at least for now, a lower-court ruling that the new maps were likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. That decision had blocked lawmakers from using the maps in the…

Houston Public Media: “Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s political party of more than five decades admonished him on Sunday — barring the lifelong Democrat from receiving its endorsement in the future, according to multiple local precinct chairs who attended the meeting where a vote was held. A progressive group within the Harris County Democratic Party pushed…

CNN: “Aftyn Behn, the Democratic nominee for next week’s special election in a heavily Republican Tennessee congressional district, has made affordability concerns a centerpiece of her campaign messaging – mirroring the playbook of the party’s victorious candidates for governor in Virginia and New Jersey earlier this month. Tuesday’s contest is poised to test just how far Democrats…