Lucy McBath takes first step toward Georgia governor run
Rep. Lucy McBath has taken her first formal step towards a bid for Georgia governor in 2026, launching an exploratory committee to boost cash. “Georgians deserve a governor who understands what’s at stake — as a result of they’ve lived it,” McBath, a Democrat, stated in a press release Wednesday. “As a mother and breast most cancers survivor, I’ve seen firsthand how common persons are too typically ignored of the…
Pete Buttigieg met with Chuck Schumer to discuss potential Senate bid
Pete Buttigieg met with Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer final week to debate a potential Senate bid in Michigan, in keeping with two individuals conversant in the assembly and granted anonymity to explain non-public conversations. The previous Transportation secretary continues to be undecided a couple of Senate run in his adopted house state, in keeping with 5 individuals conversant in the state of affairs. However the assembly with Schumer was…
Andrew Cuomo wants to fix New York. Critics say he was part of the problem.
NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo launched a comeback bid Saturday by portray a dismal portrait of a New York Metropolis in decline and pledging to show issues round if elected mayor. By Monday, practically all of his rivals had the identical response: Cuomo is accountable for a lot of what ails the nation’s most populous metropolis. They stated he broken mass transit and housing applications as governor in his want…
Powerful teachers union head faces reelection test amid contentious mayoral primary
NEW YORK — The top of one of many nation’s largest lecturers unions is going through a severe management problem — a risk that might make it more durable for him to play a decisive position in what’s more likely to be New York Metropolis’s most heated Democratic mayoral main in years. As president of the almost 200,000-member United Federation of Academics, Michael Mulgrew has been a participant in metropolis…
Some New York Democrats are desperate to halt Andrew Cuomo’s comeback march
NEW YORK — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is barreling into the New York Metropolis mayoral race — and lots of Democratic leaders are apprehensive they’re working out of time to cease him. As Cuomo readies to announce his long-anticipated run, town’s political class has more and more turned to dangerous methods and long-shot candidates in an effort to thwart what can be an epic political comeback from the previous governor…
How 7 states could thwart GOP plans to overhaul Medicaid
Republicans are going through a nationwide backlash over the destiny of Medicaid — however the potential program cuts are most threatening in seven conservative-leaning states the place voters have forged ballots to develop the entitlement lately. It’s a rising drawback as Republicans hunt for sufficient financial savings to pay for the White Home’s proposed tax cuts. Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, which has enrolled greater than 24,000 individuals…
In a crowded New York City mayoral field, a legislative leader considers late entry
NEW YORK — Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, a comparatively low-profile legislative chief who has publicly sparred with Mayor Eric Adams, has taken a key step towards a last-minute problem to the mayor’s reelection bid. The 64-year-old legislative chief mentioned she is giving a run “more and more severe consideration” after being inspired by “increasingly severe stakeholders.” She is predicted to announce a choice after delivering her State of the…
With his reelection chances in doubt, Adams to skip signature campaign event
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams will skip a candidate discussion board hosted by a union central to his 2021 victory, leaving a giant political alternative on the desk as his reelection bid grows more and more tough. The mayor will not attend a Wednesday evening gathering of Democratic main candidates hosted by the town’s largest municipal union, District Council 37, in line with one among his political aides and…
Trump just blew up Ron DeSantis’ succession plans
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis and first woman Casey DeSantis had a message for donors and different vital Republican backers over the previous few weeks: Don’t throw your help to Rep. Byron Donalds, as a result of Casey DeSantis was significantly contemplating leaping into the 2026 race for governor. That message was upended final Thursday evening with a single social media post by President Donald Trump emphatically endorsing Donalds.…
Dems are preparing to blast Republicans on health care. It worked in 2018.
Home Democrats hammered Republicans on well being care to win again the bulk in 2018. Now, they're getting ready to punish them once more. Non-public messaging steering from occasion leaders, despatched to Democratic lawmakers forward of a deliberate Tuesday finances vote and obtained by POLITICO, urged them to accuse Republicans of “betray the center class by chopping Medicaid whereas giving large tax breaks to billionaire donors.” And it inspired members…
