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“How did Gascón end up launching a criminal probe sparked by far-right election conspiracy theories?”
LA Times:
In the months following the Pit event, Gascón became an extraordinarily unlikely backer of some True the Vote claims, echoing in an Oct. 14 news conference the group’s allegations that Konnech stored poll worker data overseas. Ultimately,… Continue reading
“Women will make up majority in Colorado legislature”
Pluribus News reports that “Colorado is set to become the second state in the country where women constitute a majority in the legislature.” Nevada was the first. This milestone comes “more than 150 years after [Colorado] became the first state… Continue reading
Breaking: Georgia Democrats File to Expand Early Voting
The Georgia Democratic Party has filed a suit challenging the Secretary of State’s decision to bar counties from permitting early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Thank you to Stephen Fowler. There is a fuller article now at the Atlanta … Continue reading
Conservative Efforts to Re-shape School Boards
Local elections obviously matter a great deal too: “Republican groups including the 1776 Project PAC, which steered millions of dollars into local school races this year amid predictions of a red wave.” AP News reports on the lay of the… Continue reading
Breaking: NBC Projects Arizona Governorship for Democrats
NBC News:
“Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has defeated Republican Kari Lake in Arizona’s race for governor, NBC News projected Monday.Hobbs’ victory is key for Democrats in a presidential battleground and a rebuke to a prominent election denier… Continue reading
Pennsylvania–Split Tickets and White Rural Voters
Some of you might be interested in this thread on Twitter with Lara Putnam analyzing the votes in Pennsylvania. Two themes are worth highlighting:
Split ticket voting is happening in Pennsylvania, and Josh Shapiro has been its beneficiary since he… Continue reading
“Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to access Arizona GOP chair’s phone records”
Politico reports that “The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the House’s Jan. 6 select committee to obtain the phone records of Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward, a key ally during Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election.”… Continue reading
Tabatha Abu el-Haj is Primary ELB Blogger This Week
Thanks for giving me a breather! It’s been quite a midterm election season.
“Voters of color did move to the right — just not at the rates predicted”
With the caveat that this analysis is based on exit polls–which are not terribly reliable—Politico has an analysis of how the Democratic Party did among different racial and ethnic groups. Key themes:
“[N]ew voters from 2018 and 2020,… Continue reading
Update: House Races as of Monday, Nov. 14
Politico has a nice summary of the state of the House.
“There are still 20 seats left uncalled, and Democrats have a legitimate — if narrow — chance of holding the lower chamber as well. In those uncalled races, Democrats… Continue reading
Eyes Turn to Georgia–and Impact of Democratic Control on Turnout in the Run Off
Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on the how the Walker and Warnock campaigns are reacting to the news that Democrats have maintained their 50 seats in the Senate. The Warnock campaign is urging early voting and its allies are reframing the… Continue reading
“Arizona precincts with voting problems were not overwhelmingly Republican; Data analysis by The Washington Post undercuts claims pushed by gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and former president Donald Trump, among others”
WaPo:
The voting locations that experienced problems on Election Day in Maricopa County, home to more than half of Arizona’s voters, do not skew overwhelmingly Republican, according to ananalysis by The Washington Post.The finding undercuts claims by someRepublicans —… Continue reading
“Election deniers lose races for key state offices in every 2020 battleground”
WaPo:
Voters in the six major battlegrounds where Donald Trump tried to reverse his defeat in 2020 rejected election-denying candidates seeking to control their states’ election systems this year, a resounding signal that Americans have grown weary of the former… Continue reading