Alaska.
At-Large District. Don Young, R, re-elected 53%. Trump 51%. Like Al Gross in this state’s Senate race, Alyse Galvin was affected by the Alaska Division of Elections’ decision to remove the “undeclared” label from independents running with a major party nomination. Unlike Gross, Galvin has…
Delaware. John Carney (D), elected 2016 (58%). Georgetown, Del. attorney Julianne Murray won the GOP primary against 2016 nominee Colin Bonini and several other candidates, but she won’t win the general election against the incumbent. In 2016, Carney won by 19 points — between a better national…
In the recent documentary film Boys State, a thousand high schoolers from across Texas gather in Austin for a whirlwind week of mock elections for various state offices including governor. Although the political parties and platforms are fictional, the participants campaigning for office often take…
Virginia’s 5th District — Rating: Likely Republican
Interview Date: Sept. 14, 2020 (Zoom)
Date of Birth: June 21, 1983; Fairfax, Va.
Education: Univ of Virginia (2005); Loyola Univ. Chicago School of Law (2012); Wake Forest School of Medicine (2013)
Elected Office: None.
Current Outlook: The…
The race for the Oval Office remains steady — although a case could be made that there’s been slight tightening in favor of the president.
In an average of 24 polls conducted over the past two weeks, Joe Biden led Donald Trump by 6.9 points (49.1 percent to 42.2 percent).
To be sure, this is one…
Party operatives playing fast and loose with the facts is commonplace in campaign ads, but a recent TV spot in the Kansas Senate race is stretching the norms.
A recent ad from Rep. Roger Marshall, the GOP nominee, is intended to paint Marshall’s opponent, state Sen. Barbara Bollier, as a typical…
