Republican Rick Scott Comes Out on Top After a Dramatic Florida Recount
Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott at a rally in Orlando on November 2, 2018. Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The final results of the Florida Senate race were finally announced Sunday afternoon, revealing Republican Rick Scott ahead of Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson by 10,033 votes,…
California Republicans Ponder Their Darkest Hour
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A full 11 days after the polls closed in California, the Associated Press has called the 39th House district for Democrat Gil Cisneros, who snatched a narrow victory from his Republican rival, Young Kim. The night before, news broke that Katie Porter, an Elizabeth Warren…
“Senator, Why Are You Being Arrested?”
Sen. Nikema Williams (D-Atlanta) is arrested by capitol police during a protest over election ballot counts in the rotunda of the state capitol building Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Atlanta. John Bazemore/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The morning of Tuesday, November 13, started out like many others for…
“It’s Awful:” A Signature Expert Weighs In On How Florida Is Handling Ballots
Florida Canvassing Board members examine signatures on absentee ballots in Miami-Dade County.Lynne Sladky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Patricia Fisher sees news stories about Florida election workers comparing the signatures on mail-in ballots with signatures in the state registration database, she can hardly believe her eyes. “I’ve been horrified,”…
Brian Kemp’s Win In Georgia Is Tainted by Voter Suppression
Brian Kemp gestures as he steps onstage to speak to supporters on November 7 in Athens, Georgia.John Bazemore/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. India Owens, a 22-year-old African American woman, voted in the 2016 presidential election at Union Grove Baptist Church in Auburn, Georgia, an exurb of Atlanta. Two years…
Stacey Abrams Effectively Ended Her Campaign But Refused to “Concede.” Watch Her Rousing Speech.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday afternoon, Stacey Abrams appeared to end her campaign to become Georgia’s next governor, but she refused to say that she conceded. “I will not concede because the erosion of our democracy is not right,” she said in an impassioned speech before supporters. Instead,…