Update 287 — Why Women Are Winning: The GA Primary Run-Offs as a Case Study Four first-time candidates competed in GA-06 and GA-07 last night in the Democratic primary runoff. In both races, a man ran against a woman and the woman won — a familiar story thus far in the 2018 Democratic primary season. …
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Update 285: Kavanaugh Nomination Fires Up Pink Army, Propelling Blue Wave Gaining Speed The 2018 congressional primary season is more than half over and it is already apparent how this election cycle will stand apart from all preceding ones, with consequences certain to be seen in November and beyond. Women are entering the US …
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Update 282: A Tree Falls in Queens: House Leader Crowley’s Loss Shocks Party In a surprise on the order of then-House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor’s primary defeat in 2014, Rep. Joseph Crowley, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus was defeated by a first-time candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in yesterday’s New York District 14 primary. Ocasio-Cortez …
Update 278 – June 12 Voting In ME, NV, ND, VA 49% of Dem House Nominees are Women Yesterday’s primary elections marked another big night for Democratic women across the country. After last night, Ds have nominated women in 49 percent of house races — 73 out of 150. On the R side, that number is …
Update 276 – Eight States in Midterm Voting Yesterday was the Super Tuesday of the 2018 primary season. The most R to D flippable U.S. House seats in the country are in California, where the “jungle” primary system forced strategic recalibration among candidates and campaigns. Did Democrats manage to avoid being locked out of all the …
Update 273— Inside/Outside Politics: Texas Draw; History in Georgia Last night’s primary replicated an emerging pattern: contests in which the two top vote-getters are one establishment or party-backed candidate and one insurgent. In Georgia, Stacey Abrams won 76.5 to 23.5 percent, a 54 point margin, and made history by becoming the first black woman to …
Update 271 – Women Big Winners in PA Voters Focused on Health Costs, not Tax Cuts Democrats in Pennsylvania came away from yesterday’s primary elections confident of gaining at least five U.S. House seats in November. That would move the Commonwealth’s delegation from a GOP 13-5 advantage into a 10-8 Democratic majority. The delegation will …
Update 270 — Primary Season Opening Day Yields Robust Crop of Progressive Nominees Last night saw results come in from the country’s first round of primary contests this cycle. While there were few surprises, a number of promising Democratic candidates for the U.S. House emerged successful and will mount strong challenges to their GOP opponents …
Update 268 — State of the Labor Market(s); Workers Seeing Red in Republican States Sometimes you can see where starving the beast cuts to the bone. Two months ago, teachers in West Virginia began a statewide strike that would last for weeks. It would pay off, winning gains for educators who have endured some of …
Update 267 — If Charity Begins at Home, Tell it to the Congressional Majority First This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Fair Housing Act’s signing. That landmark Act authorized the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to limit discrimination in housing. While HUD has helped millions of Americans find stable, affordable housing, …
