Billionaire heir Daniel Lurie defeated Mayor London Breed and a crowded field of rivals to win the San Francisco mayoral race, earning his first term leading California’s fourth-largest city. Lurie, a Democrat and political novice, told the Washington Examiner that Breed and his opponents “underestimated not only us, but they underestimated the people of San Francisco and […]
House Democrats have scheduled their leadership elections even as they await election results from across the country that will determine which party attains control of the House. As of Thursday evening, Decision Desk HQ gave Republicans an 85.1% chance of keeping the House. Several seats are still too close to call. House Democratic Caucus Chairman […]
Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) has once again beat a Democrat in California’s 40th Congressional District, which voted for Biden in 2020, topping Joe Kerr, a retired fire captain. Kim beat Kerr with 56.4% of the vote to Kerr’s 43.6%. The Associated Press called the race at 9:09 p.m. with 74% of the vote counted so far. The […]
Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) is publicly encouraging President-elect Donald Trump to stay neutral in next week’s race for majority leader. In repeated TV interviews, Thune has asked that Trump not endorse any of the three candidates running to replace GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Thune is perceived as the marginal front-runner in that […]
A pair of House Republicans demanded on Thursday that the FBI clarify the process by which it updates its crime statistics, accusing the bureau of giving off a false impression that crime has decreased in recent years. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Andy Biggs (R-AZ) wrote in a letter to the FBI that they believed the bureau had quietly updated its statistics last […]
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) took a similarly defiant tone as many Democrats since President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election with a warning seemingly pointed at him. “People have often said that I’m a happy warrior, and I’ve always taken seriously my role as a happy warrior on behalf of this state,” the Illinois governor […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s vision for health and environmental reform promises far-reaching implications for the next Trump administration, where he has been promised oversight over some of Washington, D.C.’s chief federal agencies. The longtime environmental lawyer and former presidential candidate forged a critical alliance with President-elect Donald Trump over the fall, which is centered on a “Make […]
The Republican Jewish Coalition is celebrating President-elect Donald Trump’s vote share among Jewish voters in the 2024 election, as they believe it is the “highest number for any Republican presidential candidate since 1988.” The organization cited a voter analysis conducted by Fox News in partnership with the Associated Press that found 66% of Jewish Americans […]
President-elect Donald Trump has settled on his 2024 co-campaign manager, Susie Wiles, to be his next White House chief of staff. Wiles was widely credited with orchestrating Trump’s political comeback this cycle, and her name had been floated as a top choice to lead Trump’s White House team. Wiles will be the first woman to […]
Control of the House is still in play as both parties await dozens of races that are too close to call, with several “toss-up” contests key to whether Republicans gain a trifecta after the 2024 election. With all 435 seats up for grabs, a party needs to secure 218 to hold the majority. Republicans have […]
