Political Wire: ““A federal judge has ordered Louisiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature, which overpowered the state’s Democratic governor to enact a congressional map favorable to the GOP, to redraw the map to add a second majority-Black district,” the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.”
“Cisneros asks for recount in Democratic primary runoff against incumbent Cuellar”
WaPo: “Attorney Jessica Cisneros will request a recount of the runoff election between her and Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar. “Our community isn’t done fighting, we are filing for a recount,” Cisneros said in a statement. “With just under 0.6 percent of the vote symbolizing such stark differences for the future in South Texas, I owe it…
“The Glenn Youngkin Model Sputters”
Political Wire: “Last fall, the members of the old guard GOP consultant class and their friends in the conservative media gushed about a new playbook for winning in the post-Trump era without the embarrassing conspiracy-mongering and far-right flirtations that were sullying their brand.” “They called their shiny new toy the Glenn Youngkin Model…” “The brand…
“Fourth grader who survived Uvalde school shooting will testify before Congress”
NC Policy Watch: “Survivors of two horrific mass shootings in New York and Texas will appear before the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday to relate their experiences with gun violence. The witnesses will include fourth grader Miah Cerrillo of Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two adults were gunned down at Robb…
Former VA GOP Congressman Formally Resigns from Party, Saying It Has Fundamentally Changed
Bearing Drift: “Former 5th District Rep. Denver Riggleman announced today that the Republican Party left him a while back and that he no longer considers himself a Republican, according to CNN where he appeared Sunday on “State of the Union.” Noting “that he will never run again as a Republican,” Riggleman added that “he now considers himself…
Rep. Palazzo (MS-4) Facing Primary Tomorrow In Election That Asks: How Little Can Incumbent Do and Still Retain Office?
Chicken Fried Politics: “Palazzo, running for his seventh term, is facing a field of Republican challengers that includes Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell; State Senator Brice Wiggins from Pascagoula; Clay Wagner, a banker from Bay St. Louis; and Carl Boyanton, a retried businessman from Diamondhead who challenged Palazzo in 2020. If Palazzo doesn’t win a majority Tuesday, the top vote…
“How Florida’s red-flag law helps stop potential mass shootings”
WaPo: “After the carnage last week in Uvalde, Tex., with 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead, a bipartisan group of senators has been huddling to push a bill, even a minor one, over the 60-vote Senate filibuster hurdle. One conservative-endorsed proposal being weighed by Republicans could make a difference. Known as a red-flag law, the measure allows the use…
“TV stations take down inflammatory GOP ad about North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley in response to complaints about inaccuracy”
CBS: “TV stations in North Carolina pulled an ad by the campaign arm for Senate Republicans after they were informed it had a false statement and language about North Carolina Democratic candidate Cheri Beasley and her record as a former state Supreme Court chief justice. The ad, titled “Failed Our Children,” ties Beasley to three child predators…
FL Supreme Court Declines Review of Extraordinarily Partisan District Maps Favoring GOP
NY Times: “The Florida Supreme Court refused on Thursday to step into a challenge to a new map of the state’s congressional districts that was approved by the Republican State Legislature. The ruling all but ensures that the November elections will be based on districts that a lower state court said diluted the voting power…
“How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party”
NY Times: “The concerted effort by the Proud Boys to join the leadership of the party — and, in some cases, run for local office — has destabilized and dramatically reshaped the Miami-Dade Republican Party that former Gov. Jeb Bush and others built into a powerhouse nearly four decades ago, transforming it from an archetype of the…