Adam Frisch Concedes to Lauren Boebert
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Lauren Boebert, the Republican Colorado congresswoman who has relentlessly courted controversy since taking office in 2020, appears to have secured reelection by a razor-thin margin. Her opponent, Democrat Adam Frisch, announced Friday that he had…
Georgia Is Limiting Early Voting—Partly Because of a Holiday Honoring Robert E. Lee
Mother Jones illustration; Bob Brown/Pool/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Update: On the afternoon of Nov. 18, the Fulton County, Georgia Superior Court ruled that Georgia counties may allow early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26, citing the “absence of settled law” on the issue.…
Why Lauren Boebert Might Lose
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The only thing that’s certain in Colorado’s third congressional district is that it wasn’t supposed to be this close. Most analysts assumed that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) would cruise to victory in her solidly red district,…
The Midterms Brought Some Bad News for Public Education
Mother Jones illustration; Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As he delivered his landslide reelection victory speech Tuesday evening, Gov. Ron DeSantis repeated one of his favorite battle cries: “Florida is where woke goes to die.” DeSantis has made himself to…
Catherine Cortez Masto Wins in Nevada
John Locher/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For months leading up to Election Day, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada was widely perceived as one of the most—if not the most—vulnerable Democratic incumbents and her seat as one of the best pick-up opportunities for…
Ammon Bundy Led an Armed Standoff With the Government. 100,000 People Still Voted for Him.
Ammon Bundy speaks to a crowd in front of the Ada County Courthouse in downtown Boise. Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Of all the far-right extremists on the ballot Tuesday, perhaps none had the bona fides of Ammon Bundy.…