Republican Brian Kemp Will Be the Next Governor of Georgia
Secretary of State Brian Kemp gives his victory speech in the GOP primary runoff in Athens, Georgia, in July. Curtis Compton/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After more than a week of contentious vote-counting and legal fights, Democrat Stacey Abrams effectively ended her bid to become the next…
With Writing on the Wall, Democrats Mourn Florida Races They Could Have Won
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher gives instructions ahead of the hand recount in the Senate race on Friday.Pema Levy/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The hand recount in Florida’s Senate race is still in progress here in Palm Beach County, but Democrats are beginning to see…
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Has an Ambitious Plan to Govern From the Left
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a press conference with members of the Progressive Caucus in Washington on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018.Susan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday afternoon, just a block from the White House, a dozen of the country’s most liberal lawmakers gathered in the lobby of the…
Katie Porter Wins in California
Chris Carlson/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday, nine days after polls closed in California, the Associated Press made it official: Democrat Katie Porter unseated Republican Rep. Mimi Walters in the 45th district. Walters, who led Porter in the vote-count until Wednesday, made false allegations about election fraud…
Oops! Broward County Didn’t Make the Recount Deadline After All
The Broward County canvassing board on November 15, the last day of Florida’s machine recount.Pema Levy/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Broward County, the epicenter of the drama surrounding Florida’s contentious elections, just missed the deadline for submitting its machine recount totals to the Florida secretary of state. Joe D’Alessandro,…
Democrat Jared Golden Is “Apparent Winner” of Maine Congressional Seat
Jared Golden addresses the Maine Democratic Convention on May 18, 2018, in Lewiston, Maine.Robert F. Bukaty/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a dramatic event streamed lived on Facebook Thursday, Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap declared that Democrat Jared Golden is the “apparent winner” of the race for the…