Republicans haven’t forgotten about the red wave that got away two years ago but have one big reason to hope Tuesday will turn out differently: Former President Donald Trump will be on the ballot. Trump isn’t the sole determining factor in differentiating the midterm elections from this year’s presidential race. Republican operatives are mostly bullish […]
Gas prices across the nation dropped again on Friday. The national average price for regular gas fell to $3.122 per gallon on Nov. 1, a nearly one-cent drop from Thursday’s price of $3.131. Friday’s price was also less expensive than a week ago, when regular gas cost $3.144 per gallon. Gas is also cheaper than […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is counting on women to show up for her on Election Day, a large voting coalition that has traditionally and disproportionately backed Democratic candidates. As former President Donald Trump tries to increase his appeals, saying he will be a “protector” of women, Harris is hoping women reject him as she seeks to clinch […]
As America faces the most unusual of elections, with one candidate evading two assassination attempts and another stepping away from the campaign in favor of his vice president due to reduced capacity, the citizenry would not be out of line to wonder who exactly is in charge at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Whether it’s due to […]
OMAHA, Nebraska — Nebraska voters will have conflicting measures regarding abortion on the ballot on Nov. 5 that could drive voter turnout as well as fuel confusion in the state. The dueling abortion-related measures, Initiative 439 and Initiative 434, propose drastically different laws to amend the state constitution. The first would enshrine abortion rights up until fetal viability, […]
Maryland Republican Senate hopeful Larry Hogan’s unwanted endorsement from former President Donald Trump has reemerged days before the election as a political headache for the never-Trumper. Hogan privately told donors in a leaked video call that “Donald Trump actually endorsed me” when prompted about the two’s rival relationship, saying that he emphasizes it to […]
California has fallen on hard times, wrestling with nationwide highs for the price of anything — from gas to homes to energy. Worry not though, struggling Californians: Hollywood is getting more tax credits. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), alongside Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, is fighting to more than double California’s Film & Television Tax Credit […]
President Joe Biden is arguably America’s chief executive with the sweetest tooth since Ronald Reagan, who kept a bowl of jelly beans on his desk long before the Jelly Belly brand was de rigueur. Biden is also the snackiest president since Bill Clinton. So when he read reports that potato chip and candy bar manufacturers were […]
The two major political parties both entered this year wanting to win the White House quite badly, but they took radically different paths to the general election. Democrats followed a significantly less small-d democratic process to arrive at Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee than the Republicans did in nominating former President Donald Trump […]
John Spellman vacated the Washington governor’s mansion, a Georgian-style structure on state Capitol grounds in Olympia, in early 1985. Since then, no Republican has gone to the residence of the Evergreen State’s chief executive except to visit. GOP legislators occasionally grouse about the stinginess of invitations. Democrats have owned the chief executive office for going […]
