The Texas Senate race between Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) is neck and neck, according to a new poll, as former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris come to town. A poll from the Hill-Emerson College shows Cruz leading Allred, 48%-47%, with less than two weeks before Election Day. […]
Prince George County Executive Democrat Angela Alsobrooks is holding a 14-point lead over former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) in Maryland’s Senate race, according to a new poll. The latest poll from Emerson College Polling/DC News Now/the Hill shows Alsobrooks earned 54% of the support to Hogan’s 40%. Six percent indicated they were still undecided in […]
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) blasted the Biden administration over faulty equipment reportedly sent to Taiwan. Citing a report last month from the Department of Defense’s Office of the Inspector General, Ernst demanded answers regarding the shipment of “substandard equipment” to Taiwan between November 2023 and March 2024, including “moldy” body armor and other water-damaged equipment. […]
State of the states Those ballots that voters are filling out now if they’re voting early or are reading up on to make their selections in less than two weeks are stuffed with names. Right at the top are the usual suspects, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Some voters will have […]
(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. […]
