(The Center Square) – The latest numbers from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office show that 820,587 Tennesseans have voted early in the first five days of voting. The numbers are still less than 2020 numbers, when 910,802 cast their ballots in the first five days a 9.91% decrease. More voters used absentee ballots in 2020 […]
(The Center Square) – Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance descended on Arizona two weeks before election day to encourage voters to vote for former President Donald Trump. He spoke at two rallies, one in Peoria and one in Tucson, emphasizing the fact that Arizona is a critical swing state. “I think we could win Arizona […]
(The Center Square) – It’s now up to a federal judge to decide what’s in store for Illinois’ gun and magazine ban. Closing arguments in the case Barnett v. Raoul were filed in the Southern District of Illinois federal court of Judge Stephen McGlynn by late Monday. McGlynn gave litigants that deadline at the conclusion […]
(The Center Square) – One day after voter registration closed in Pennsylvania, more than 1 million ballots have already been cast. Residents have returned 1,051,655 mail-in votes as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Department of State, representing more than half of the 1.8 million requested ahead of the Oct. 29 deadline. More than […]
(The Center Square) – The Washington Supreme Court last week released its full decisions regarding a pair of cases involving an attempt earlier this year to keep four initiatives off the ballot. The state’s highest court ultimately rejected removing the initiatives from the ballot. This November, voters will decide on three Let’s Go Washington-sponsored initiatives […]
(The Center Square) – The first witnesses have taken the stand in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. U.S. government prosecutors called two former state representatives as witnesses after opening arguments wrapped up Tuesday morning. Former Illinois state Rep. Carol Sente, D-Vernon Hills, served in the Statehouse from 2009 to 2019. […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s and Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaigns are turning to bitter personal attacks against their opponent’s mental and physical capabilities in the final two weeks of the 2024 election cycle. Age and declining mental facilities plagued President Joe Biden prior to his departure from the November race, but those accusations are still […]
Ohio has flipped back and forth between parties every two elections since 1984. Following this pattern, the Buckeye state switched to blue in 2008 and 2012 but flipped red in 2016 and 2020, when former President Donald Trump took the state’s 18 electoral votes from President Joe Biden by 8 points. The state is in […]
An Arizona campaign office for Republican senate candidate Kari Lake was forced to evacuate on Tuesday after a campaign staffer opened an envelope with a “suspicious” substance with a note that warned anthrax was present. The incident occurred at one of Lake’s Phoenix offices with a note that said “caution anthrax,” according to reports. Lake’s […]
As amazing as it is to say, there are actually other elections going on besides the presidential contest, and a lot of them at the local level will have more immediate ramifications for communities. This Washington Examiner series, All Politics Is Local, will highlight some of the most intriguing mayoral battles, district attorney races, and state legislature tussles that will be decided […]
