California House
Rather than running for re-election in the newly-drawn 3rd District and potentially face a formidable GOP assemblyman and competitive general election, GOP Rep. Tom McClintock is choosing to run for re-election in the newly-drawn 5th District, which has more of a GOP lean. It does mean the…
California’s 22nd District
Even before California’s new congressional map has been finalized by the state’s redistricting commission, GOP Rep. Devin Nunes announced he is resigning at the end of the year to become CEO of the new Trump Media & Technology Group. Nunes was in position to become chairman…
Our political system is broken. Partisanship, however, is not to blame. It’s the personalization.
In the current political environment, it’s not enough to disagree with a political foe about policy. You have to discredit, demonize and destroy that person as a human being.
Arizona Republican Paul Gosar’s anime on Twitter…
Georgia Governor
Former state House minority leader/2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams made her long-anticipated 2022 gubernatorial bid official on Dec. 1, putting her on the path for an epic rematch of the 2018 race that pitted her against now-Gov. Brian Kemp in a race decided by 1 point,…
Even though the Virginia gubernatorial race is just one race in one state (OK, commonwealth), Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory will reverberate around the country and set the early stage for the 2022 midterm elections.
Considering the next big Election Day is a year away, there will be plenty of time…
Under normal conditions, Democrats win in Virginia. But these clearly aren’t normal conditions.
In the final moments of the 2021 race for governor, it’s clear that the race is coming down to the wire and Democrats no longer have a discernible advantage. We’re changing our rating from Tilt Democratic to…
A month after polls closed, California has finally finished counting all the ballots for the recall election. In the end, it wasn’t close — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom prevailed 62-38 percent. While polling pointed to a relatively competitive race for a few weeks, Newsom actually matched his margin from the…
With just more than a week to go until Election Day in Virginia, Democrats are sweating the first big political test of the post-Trump presidency era.
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, has been the favorite to win back his old perch since the beginning of the year.
He still…
Even though this fall's race for governor in Virginia is just one race in one state, it will determine the initial narrative of the midterm elections next year.
Former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe has had a consistent advantage over Republican Glenn Youngkin in the commonwealth, but some Democratic strategists are…
The next presidential election is more than three years away, and even the midterms won’t happen for another 14 months. Yet President Joe Biden could be on the brink of losing something costly: the benefit of the doubt.
While I’m on the record as skeptical that Afghanistan will be…
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