WaPo: “The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local GOP offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Republican for president in a century. Party workers were actively reaching out to residents who felt forgotten…
“Trump lost Virginia but gained ground in slightly less blue D.C. suburbs”
WaPo: “The Northern Virginia suburbs shifted slightly toward President-elect Donald Trump in Tuesday’s election, defying conventional wisdom about the D.C. area’s status as an increasingly blue bulwark, according to unofficial returns. In a state where Democrats rallied heavily around Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, some in the party were caught off guard by a GOP surge that…
“North Carolina Breaks Democrats’ Hearts”
NY Times: “I can’t overstate how much Democrats wanted to win North Carolina. How much hope they invested in my state. How many reasons they found to argue that Vice President Kamala Harris could emerge victorious, succeeding where every Democratic presidential candidate this century — with the sole exception of Barack Obama in 2008 —…
“Betting markets predict Rick Scott will become the next Senate GOP leader”
Alternet: “Has Rick Scott emerged as the front-runner to succeed Mitch McConnell as majority leader for Senate Republicans? Two betting markets think so. On Monday, Polymarket gave the Florida Republican a 60% chance of succeeding McConnell, who announced earlier this year that he would step down from leading Senate Republicans following the general election. Polymarket places Idaho…
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“In Louisville, Relief and Regret After Ex-Officer’s Conviction in Breonna Taylor Case”
NY Times: “Four years ago, thousands of demonstrators would squeeze into Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville, Ky., to remember Breonna Taylor. They marched, they chanted, they gathered for vigils. Police officers broke up crowds with flash bang grenades. It was the epicenter for racial justice protests in the city. On Saturday, less than 24…
“Supreme Court to Review Louisiana Map”
Political Wire: “The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal over Louisiana’s more Democratic-friendly congressional districts, though the case won’t impact this year’s election,” CNN reports. “The fight over how to divvy up the state into six congressional districts has been playing out for years, with repeated stops at the Supreme Court. The current map,…
The Latest Election News from GA
Atlanta’s northern suburbs are likely to decide who wins Georgia“Like Green, many were White, but the group also included a large number of Asian Americans, Indian Americans and Black people, all dancing in unison. The crowd was reflective of the rapidly diversifying population of Forsyth and other North Atlanta suburbs in recent years that has made the region…
The Latest Election News from NC
The Biggest Question in North Carolina: Can Democrats Win?“The race for North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes remains incredibly close. The New York Times polling average shows Mr. Trump up by one point, well within the margin of error. “It’s been frustrating to not know for months: Who are we as a state?” said Jerry Sholar, a…
“In Georgia, Harris Supporters Pull Together and Fight the Odds”
NY Times: “The Republicans of Forsyth County, Ga., deep in Trump country, have a peculiar problem: More and more of their white neighbors are voting for Democrats. Forsyth County, about 40 miles north of Atlanta, was until the 1990s a whites-only suburb. Democrats don’t hold a single elected office. But these days, some white residents…