Young voters are looking for 'fun.' Democrats hope Walz can bring it.
PHILADELPHIA — Most younger voters didn’t know who Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was lower than every week in the past. However those that went to the freshly minted vice presidential candidate’s first marketing campaign occasion Tuesday within the pivotal state of Pennsylvania already preferred what they have been listening to and seeing about him on-line. Walz, a 60-year-old former instructor in his second gubernatorial time period, enters with little nationwide…
Cori Bush becomes second Squad member ousted in a primary
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) was defeated in a major Tuesday, changing into the second member of the progressive Squad to be ousted this yr after large spending by pro-Israel teams. Wesley Bell, the elected lead prosecutor in St. Louis County, Missouri, beat Bush in what grew to become the second most-expensive Home major in historical past, thanks largely to the over $8 million in spending from the United Democracy Venture,…
Siena poll: Harris gives Democrats breathing room in New York
ALBANY, New York — After months of tightening presidential polling numbers in New York, Vice President Kamala Harris has given Democrats a little bit of respiration room within the nation’s second-largest blue stronghold. Harris leads former President Donald Trump 53-39 amongst possible voters, in accordance with a Siena School Analysis Institute ballot launched Tuesday morning. That 14-point lead remains to be comparatively slim — every of the previous 4 Democratic…
LA Council member Kevin de Leon’s ballot measure shell game
Kevin de León is taking part in a half-million-dollar shell recreation with three completely different marketing campaign accounts as he fights for his political life. Late final month, de León moved $550,000 from a conflict chest created to again a 2026 run for lieutenant governor to a newly shaped Kevin de León Believing in a Higher California Poll Measure Committee. It’s all possible designed to assist him win a tricky…
US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election
The U.S. authorities on Thursday acknowledged Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González because the winner of the South American nation’s presidential election, discrediting the outcomes introduced by electoral authorities who declared President Nicolás Maduro the victor. “Given the overwhelming proof, it's clear to the US and, most significantly, to the Venezuelan those that Edmundo González Urrutia gained essentially the most votes in Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election,” U.S. Secretary of State…
Appeals court rules distinct minority groups can’t join together to claim vote dilution
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Distinct minority teams can't be a part of collectively in coalitions to assert their votes are diluted in redistricting circumstances underneath the Voting Rights Act, a divided federal appeals courtroom dominated Thursday, acknowledging that it was reversing years of its personal precedent. At subject was a redistricting case in Galveston County, Texas, the place Black and Latino teams had joined to problem district maps drawn by…
Harris campaign rakes in $310M in July, far outpacing Trump
The Joe Biden-turned-Kamala Harris marketing campaign raised $310 million in July — a monster sum of money sparked by the vp’s entry into the presidential race. Harris’ haul greater than doubled the $137 million introduced in by former President Donald Trump, who survived an assassination try and headlined the Republican Nationwide Conference final month. Harris’ marketing campaign and different affiliated committees have $377 million in money available, a $50 million…
Recount confirms Bob Good’s loss after GOP rallies to oust one of their own
Rep. Bob Good is infamous for the scorched-earth ways he has repeatedly used because the chief of the ultra-conservative Home Freedom Caucus. He simply acquired burned by them. In simply two phrases, Good constructed enemies in each wing of the Republican Celebration — and that opposition got here out in pressure to align itself with state Sen. John McGuire, who defeated Good to clinch the GOP nomination for a red-leaning…
What to watch in Tennessee's primaries
The destiny of one other incumbent hangs within the stability throughout Thursday’s primaries in Tennessee. It’s been powerful to oust incumbents this cycle, with simply three — Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.); Jerry Carl (R-Ala.), to a fellow member; and Bob Good (R-Va.), pending a recount — getting knocked out to this point. However first-term Republican Rep. Andy Ogles faces a well-financed challenger on Thursday who has questioned his effectiveness and…
Trump’s first try at pivoting to Harris blows up in his face
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday took his first massive swing Wednesday on the revamped Democratic ticket — and it didn't go effectively for him. Trump participated in a controversial reside interview at a conference of Black journalists in Chicago and shortly stumbled into racially insensitive remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris as he questioned her identification and {qualifications}. When requested about Republicans who say Harris, the primary lady of…
