Amy McGrath Wins Kentucky Primary to Take on Mitch McConnell
Lexington Herald-Leader/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After a long primary season redefined by a pandemic and police brutality, Amy McGrath defeated her progressive challenger, Charles Booker, in the US Senate Democratic primary in Kentucky. McGrath will take on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November. McGrath…
Kentucky Slashes Number of Polling Places Ahead of Primary—Especially Where Black Voters Live
Senate candidate Charles Booker votes at the Kentucky Expo Center.Pat McDonogh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, Kentucky voters will determine which Democrat will challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November. Recent events have tightened the primary into a competitive race: In March, eight police…
Sorry, Mitch. Impeachment Didn’t Cause the Bungled Coronavirus Response.
ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the coronavirus crisis deepens in the United States, experts have pointed to a series of disastrous missteps that helped lay the groundwork for shortages in testing and medical equipment around the country. Even some Republicans have started to concede that…
As the Coronavirus Spreads, Democrats Roll out Postal Voting Plans
Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire Congressional Democrats are pushing for nationwide access to vote-by-mail and early voting in response to the spread of the coronavirus. And while lawmakers have introduced legislation to address the havoc the pandemic has had and will have on voting, they say that they’re running into the same partisan wall that…
Senate Republicans Are Betting That Voters’ Anger Will Fade by November
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives at the Capitol on January 31, 2020.Mario Tama/Getty Images Republicans were always going to acquit President Donald Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, no matter of how much damning information they received. So why consider new evidence that would only confirm his guilt? That is the logic of Sen.…
Lamar Alexander, Who Had Suggested He Might Vote for Witnesses, Just Caved to Trump
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma After two days of questions concluded in the Senate impeachment trial late Thursday night, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) announced that he would vote against having witnesses appear before the Senate in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. In the lead-up to Friday’s pivotal vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has urged…