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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Nov 10, 2022 at 05:00 AM PST
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The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law has been tracking election deniers on next week’s ballot, from the top of the ticket down, and is seeing a disturbing trend: As the Democrats running in these races increase their lead in fundraising, the...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Nov 02, 2022 at 02:44 PM PDT
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Harris County, Texas, the home of Houston and lots of Democratic voters, is turning into a battleground ahead of next week’s election. Republican state officials are cracking down on Democratic local officials, and in response, they’re asking the...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Nov 02, 2022 at 08:23 AM PDT
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The Republican/Trump/MAGA swamp has been gearing up for the Big Lie 2022, telling voters that there’s no way this election is being conducted fairly because voter fraud (unless they win, in which case it’s perfect). So much fraud. So much fraud that...
by Joan McCarter
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on Mon Oct 31, 2022 at 12:01 PM PDT
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“We’re going to be there and enforce those rules, and we’ll challenge any vote, any ballot, and you’re going to have to live with it, okay?” Steve Bannon bloviated recently on his podcast, promising that Republicans were going to swarm polling...
by Joan McCarter
31 comments
on Tue Oct 25, 2022 at 09:20 AM PDT
with 68 Recommends
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The unifying theme for Republicans running for key positions in 2022 is the Big Lie, denying the results of the 2020 election. That includes candidates for U.S. House and Senate, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and Secretary of...
by Joan McCarter
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on Thu Oct 20, 2022 at 01:52 PM PDT
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An extensive analysis of Republican candidates, challengers and incumbents alike, by The New York Times buttresses the findings from The Washington Post earlier this month: The majority of Republicans running for key statewide offices have embraced the...
by Joan McCarter
48 comments
on Fri Oct 14, 2022 at 09:41 AM PDT
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Don Bolduc, the Republican nominee for Senate in New Hampshire, is trailing in the polls and has been making news lately for saying, out loud, that the question of abortion “belongs to the state. It belongs to these gentlemen right here, who are state...
by Joan McCarter
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on Thu Oct 13, 2022 at 07:00 AM PDT
with 46 Recommends
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x Embedded Content The GOP’s maniacal frenzy to ...
by David Nir
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on Wed Sep 07, 2022 at 08:55 AM PDT
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Morning Digest: GOP hangs on to Minnesota House seat, but they shouldn't feel great about the margin The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Aug 11, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Aug 10, 2022 at 05:10 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Subscribe...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Jun 08, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Mon Oct 25, 2021 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Oct 06, 2021 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Jul 14, 2021 at 05:00 AM PDT
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On this date in 2015, 2016, 2017, as well as 2018, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” published profiles of Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, who we noted had elevated his career in Wisconsin politics by dragging his feet and refusing to...
by republicinsanity
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on Tue Jun 25, 2019 at 08:59 AM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from former Vice President Joe Biden:
I'm going to cut right to it.
I'm asking you to chip in $3, right now, to help elect an incredible slate of Democrats running to become their state's attorney general.
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by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Oct 03, 2018 at 06:21 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Rep. Mark Pocan (D. WI-02) in support of Voting-Rights Lawyer Josh Kaul’s (D. WI) Attorney General campaign:
Dear friend --
Last summer, I had the honor of endorsing Josh Kaul for Attorney General of...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Feb 28, 2018 at 12:49 PM PST
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A Democratic group is suing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) over his refusal to call special elections for two seats in the state legislature.
In December, two Republican lawmakers ― an assemblyman and a state senator ― resigned to...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Feb 27, 2018 at 09:13 AM PST
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Received this e-mail today from Superintendent Tony Evers’ (D. WI) gubernatorial campaign:
Even with the devastation from the Florida school shooting front and center in the news and our youth demanding action, Walker’s attorney general,...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Feb 22, 2018 at 01:35 PM PST
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