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
The ACLU of Nevada has filed a second suit asking the courts to enjoin Mark Kampf, the county clerk in Nye County, Nevada, from conducting a hand count of ballots received in the 2022 midterm elections. The ACLU of Nevada… Continue reading
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
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
Bolts Magazine rounds up the wins and losses for Secretary of State positions. Four “Republicans who ran on the Big Lie” won their races for Secretary of State. They will take office in Alabama, Indiana, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The… Continue reading
Although it has been clear since Election Day, Doug Mastriano has finally got around to conceding, as the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. He lost by 14 points. Still, in a world where election denying has become normal, and from an … Continue reading
NYT Editorial:
Voters in multiple states acted to protect the integrity of American democracy in Tuesday’s elections by rejecting some of the most prominent candidates who embraced lies about the 2020 election and threatened to ignore the will of the… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
AJC:
Early voting won’t be allowed on a Saturday before the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia because it’s the day after the state holiday formerly known as Robert E. Lee’s Birthday and two days after Thanksgiving.Georgia election officials said this… Continue reading