The time has come at last. While we’ve already examined two of this November’s three Gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi, we now turn to the open contest down in Louisiana. The Pelican State is one of just seven crossover states – alongside Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Vermont – where the state’s sitting Governor and its 2020 … [Read more...] about First Look at the Open Louisiana Governor’s Race
First GOP Presidential Debate Preview: Where Each Candidate Stands and What They Need to Do
Time sure does fly, doesn’t it? After all, it was eight years ago now to the month when Donald Trump first walked onto a debate stage. 24 million viewers, still a record for a Presidential primary debate, tuned into Fox News to watch Trump get into ugly sparring matches with the likes of Jeb Bush and Megyn Kelly. Although the memory of those multi-candidate skirmishes still … [Read more...] about First GOP Presidential Debate Preview: Where Each Candidate Stands and What They Need to Do
Pro-Choice Advocates Notch Victory in Ohio Ballot Issue
Pro-choice forces earned a preliminary victory yesterday in the Buckeye State. Since the Supreme Court overruled Roe last summer and made the right to an abortion subject to state laws, voters have consistently favored the pro-choice side of various state referendums. It was just about a year ago when the political world was shocked to see an effort to ban abortion in ruby … [Read more...] about Pro-Choice Advocates Notch Victory in Ohio Ballot Issue
Previewing The Candidates In Rhode Island’s 1st District Special Election
Politics never takes a break, not even during the dog days of August. This year, the drama is in tiny Rhode Island, where the primaries for the special election in the 1st Congressional District is set for September 5th. This contest was set up to replace Rep. David Ciclline, who resigned to be CEO and President of the Rhode Island Foundation. The 1st is a particularly … [Read more...] about Previewing The Candidates In Rhode Island’s 1st District Special Election
Sununu Passes on Another Term, Creating Toss-Up Gubernatorial Contest in New Hampshire
It was a brutal week for New Hampshire Republicans, as popular GOP Governor Chris Sununu announced that he wouldn’t seek a fifth term. The ‘Live Free or Die’ State doesn’t employ any term limits, and each term lasts just two years, so Sununu first won the office in 2016. Back then, his narrow victory (48.8% to 46.6%) likely owed a sizable debt to his family history. After … [Read more...] about Sununu Passes on Another Term, Creating Toss-Up Gubernatorial Contest in New Hampshire