This South Carolina Primary Will Test Whether Democrats Are Willing to Overlook Domestic Violence
Mother Jones illustration; Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the past year, Archie Parnell, a former Goldman Sachs managing director and former tax attorney for ExxonMobil, has been among the candidates the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee viewed as contenders to fulfill their dreams of a Blue Wave in the 2018…
Newsom and Feinstein Advance in California Primaries
Gavin NewsomJeff Chiu/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Even as California Democrats battled to make headway in Republican-held congressional districts, Tuesday’s primary confirmed their party’s lock on statewide offices, all but ensuring that the Golden State will maintain its opposition to President Donald Trump beyond November. California operates an uncommon…
California Judge Will Lose His Job Over 6-Month Sentence in Stanford Sexual Assault Case
Jeff Chiu/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two years since former Stanford student Brock Turner was sentenced to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, voters in Santa Clara County, California, voted to recall the judge who sentenced him. Judge Aaron Persky of the Santa Clara County Superior Court will promptly…
Alabama Republican Who Refused to Back Trump Faces Runoff
Rep. Martha Roby (R-Ala.) on the Capitol stepsBill Clark/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In October 2016, Rep. Martha Roby made a decision that seemed reasonable at the time—she revoked her endorsement of Donald Trump after hearing him brag about groping women on the now-infamous Access Hollywood video. “I cannot…
Kris Kobach Just Went on Parade With a Machine Gun
Pete Marovich/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It is tradition for candidates for political office to spend their weekend mornings marching in small-town parades, shaking hands and kissing babies. But on Saturday, Kansas Secretary of the State Kris Kobach—who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor—did it with a twist:…
A Democrat in Farm Country Hopes to Beat One of Congress’ Biggest Racists
Democratic candidate J.D. Scholten meets with the public in the Milwaukee Train Depot in Jefferson, Iowa in the week before the June 5th primary. Scholten is running in Iowa’s 4th congressional district for the Democratic nomination to run against the Republican incumbent, Steve King in November.Dennis Chamberlin/FERN Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our…