Jesse Valentine

Florida Sen. Rick Scott backs Donald Trump in revived push to repeal Obamacare

More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.

By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023

Tate Reeves took donations from power company that hiked customer rates

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.

By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023

Daniel Cameron ran on depoliticizing the Kentucky AG’s office. He made it more political.

The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.

By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023

Republican operatives sound every alarm on current trajectory of 2023 governor’s race

It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.

By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023

Michigan Republican US Senate candidate Peter Meijer backed strict abortion bans

During his one term in the House of Representatives, Meijer co-sponsored bills that threatened access to birth control.

By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023

David McCormick bungles critique of Sen. Casey’s China policy

McCormick ran a private equity firm that invested billions in Chinese corporations.

By Jesse Valentine - November 17, 2023

Republicans choose violence in bonkers day on Capitol Hill

A series of shouting matches and physical altercations show that the party of Trump has abandoned any sense of decorum.

By Jesse Valentine - November 16, 2023

Biden’s infrastructure law is boosting Nevada’s economy. Sam Brown opposed it.

The Nevada Republican U.S. Senate hopeful also spoke out against a rail project projected to create thousands of union jobs

By Jesse Valentine - November 15, 2023

Top Republican Senate candidates are endorsed by foes of Social Security and Medicare

The future of social safety net programs could depend on U.S. Senate races in Montana, Pennsylvania, and Nevada in 2024.

By Jesse Valentine - November 08, 2023

Possible 2024 Wisconsin Senate candidate repeatedly predicted recessions that never happened

Republican Eric Hovde touts his economic expertise as one of his chief qualifications for public office.

By Jesse Valentine - November 02, 2023

Companies facing legal action fill coffers of Kentucky Republican attorney general nominee

Russell Coleman has taken tens of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco and toxic polluters.

By Jesse Valentine - November 02, 2023

Virginia Senate candidate’s DC restaurant was cited by health department for rodents

Republican Juan Pablo Segura co-founded a chain of donut shops in Washington, D.C.

By Jesse Valentine - November 01, 2023

Gov. Tate Reeves’ top political donors received $1.4 billion in state contracts from his agencies

Gov. Tate Reeves’ top campaign contributors netted $1.4 billion in state contracts or grants from agencies the governor oversees, a Mississippi Today investigation found. Of the 88 individual or corporate donors who have given Reeves’ campaigns at least $50,000, Mississippi Today identified 15 donors whose companies received a total of $1.4 billion in state contracts […]