Matthew Chapman
National Political Writer
Video game designer and science fiction author from Texas. Can be found on Twitter @fawfulfan.
The candidate for Iowa governor has lived in Colorado, Montana, and, most recently, Kansas
By Jesse Valentine - June 12, 2026
Molly has spent eight years escorting abortion patients into a Milwaukee clinic and shielding them from harassment, which sometimes turns physical.
By Bonnie Fuller - June 11, 2026
RPM continued to receive federal contracts after the settlement was paid.
By Jesse Valentine - June 11, 2026
Mike Bouchard Jr. and Robert Lulgjuraj have close ties to the alleged sex pest.
By Jesse Valentine - June 10, 2026
More than $160,000 was spent at a Palm Springs resort where 'The Bachelorette' was filmed
By Jesse Valentine - June 09, 2026
Collins’ net worth is $9.8 million.
By Jesse Valentine - June 05, 2026
The company that prints the shirts has been accused of abusive labor practices.
By Jesse Valentine - June 04, 2026
Hinson’s ad centers on Turek’s opposition to a 2023 Iowa law that removed books from school libraries.
By Jesse Valentine - June 04, 2026
Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell nearly died after childbirth when her symptoms were repeatedly brushed aside, despite her high-risk medical history. She says her experience reflects the broader maternal health crisis facing Black women in America.
By Bonnie Fuller - June 03, 2026
Tejano musician Bobby Pulido is challenging De La Cruz in this year’s election.
By Jesse Valentine - June 03, 2026
High gas prices are forcing Uber drivers into desperate situations
By Jesse Valentine - June 02, 2026
Republican lawmakers have faced intense backlash at town halls for supporting cuts to Medicaid
By Jesse Valentine - June 02, 2026
This record undercuts claims that Whatley is a “D.C. outsider”
By Jesse Valentine - May 27, 2026
“Voters expect elected officials to fight for hardworking families, not to cozy up to special interests,” says End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller.
By Jesse Valentine - May 27, 2026
James is running for Michigan governor on an anti-corruption platform
By Jesse Valentine - May 22, 2026
O’Donnell’s net worth is $75.9 million.
By Jesse Valentine - May 21, 2026
House rules say taxpayer-funded advertisements must be nonpartisan.
By Jesse Valentine - May 21, 2026
JBS Foods has contributed large sums to Evans’ campaigns.
By Jesse Valentine - May 18, 2026
The Republican congressman has taken more than $107,000 from groups that want to turn national parks into oil fields and housing developments.
By Jesse Valentine - May 14, 2026
The Iowa representative opposed a rule capping bank overdraft fees at $8.
By Jesse Valentine - May 13, 2026
Anthony Bland, a soybean farmer in the Mississippi Delta, told NPR that he spent $10,000 more on fertilizer this spring than last year.
By Jesse Valentine - May 13, 2026
Steen is a Republican candidate for Iowa governor.
By Jesse Valentine - May 12, 2026
Adair is running for Congress in Oregon’s 5th District.
By Jesse Valentine - May 12, 2026
More than 14% of Edwards’ constituents live below the poverty line.
By Jesse Valentine - May 08, 2026
Lawler also used campaign funds for a stay at the West Palm Beach Hilton.
By Jesse Valentine - May 06, 2026
Lombardo accepted thousands from a billionaire housing developer after vetoing new renter protections.
By Jesse Valentine - May 05, 2026
PFAS exposure in drinking water has been linked to cancers and birth defects.
By Jesse Valentine - May 04, 2026
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie is not under investigation by the FBI and has not been charged with a crime.
By Jesse Valentine - May 04, 2026
The consultant boasted about how easy it is to access voters’ Facebook and Netflix IDs.
By Jesse Valentine - May 01, 2026
Bush, the cousin of the former president, is a Republican candidate for Maine governor.
By Jesse Valentine - May 01, 2026
Nine women were ready to head to court on April 27 after waiting three years to testify about how they almost died when they suffered severe pregnancy complications. The trial was just canceled. Here,lead plaintiff Allie Phillips speaks out.
By Bonnie Fuller - April 29, 2026
Collins has convened zero oversight hearings as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee
By Jesse Valentine - April 29, 2026
Jan. 6 rioters vandalized property and assaulted police officers. Garrity described them as “patriots.”
By Jesse Valentine - April 22, 2026
Mendoza is challenging Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani.
By Bonnie Fuller - April 21, 2026
President Joe Biden got 7 million more votes than Donald Trump
By Jesse Valentine - April 21, 2026
“Scott Perry voted for Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ more than a year ago, and now millions of Americans are losing their Medicaid, as are 310,000 Pennsylvanians,” Stelson said.
By Bonnie Fuller - April 17, 2026
Women have died in Georgia because of its strict abortion laws.
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2026
Buck said a law cutting prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients was a “disaster.”
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2026
Republicans in North Carolina changed election laws to try to rig the state Supreme Court in their favor. It might not work out the way they planned.
By Matthew Chapman - July 19, 2018
Scott Wagner, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, claims he does not agree with the views of a radical cult, but he was caught on tape telling them he does.
By Matthew Chapman - July 12, 2018
Virginia Rep. Dave Brat is all too willing to help Republicans defend Rep. Jim Jordan even as the number of athletes coming out against Jordan grows.
By Matthew Chapman - July 11, 2018
Republican Rep. Scott Taylor refuses to condemn his party’s openly racist Senate nominee because he doesn’t ‘give a sh-t.’
By Matthew Chapman - July 09, 2018
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner tied his tongue in knots when asked whether voters should back a Democrat over a literal Nazi running for Congress in his state.
By Matthew Chapman - July 05, 2018
California Republican John Fitzgerald has been appearing on neo-Nazi podcasts and denying the Holocaust.
By Matthew Chapman - July 05, 2018
Missouri Republican Josh Hawley was paid by a group that wants to sterilize trans people and criminalize homosexuality.
By Matthew Chapman - July 02, 2018
Republican candidate Russell Walker has stated “God is a racist and a white supremacist” and Jewish people “descend from Satan.”
By Matthew Chapman - June 28, 2018
The young progressive champion defied the odds, defeated the fourth most powerful Democrat in the House, and will almost certainly go on to win in November.
By Matthew Chapman - June 27, 2018
Seth Grossman is a national humiliation for the Republican Party. But they are refusing to address it.
By Matthew Chapman - June 26, 2018
Decorated Air Force veteran MJ Hegar is running for Congress, and she’s out with a powerful new ad some are calling ‘the best political ad anyone’s ever seen.’
By Matthew Chapman - June 25, 2018
The House farm bill would kick families off nutritional assistance, while giving subsidies to billionaires. Every House Republican running for Senate voted to pass it.
By Matthew Chapman - June 22, 2018
New Jersey House candidate Seth Grossman previously called diversity ‘a bunch of crap’ and ‘un-American.’ This week, he elaborated on its dangers.
By Matthew Chapman - June 21, 2018
Rep. Kevin Cramer thinks people are being melodramatic about kids in cages.
By Matthew Chapman - June 21, 2018
Michael Grimm, the ex-con running for his old congressional seat, is okay with ripping children from their families.
By Matthew Chapman - June 20, 2018
Kelli Ward argued that it’s fine to separate children from their parents because ‘bad people’ exist.
By Matthew Chapman - June 19, 2018
Wisconsin Republican Leah Vukmir has a new ad of a threatening voicemail she received. Except she didn’t — it’s a dramatization.
By Matthew Chapman - June 18, 2018
Even some Republicans object to Trump’s policy of ripping children away from their families — but not Pennsylvania Senate nominee Lou Barletta. He’s just fine with it.
By Matthew Chapman - June 18, 2018
Lou Barletta and Scott Wagner are totally devoted to Trump. They are also down badly in the polls.
By Matthew Chapman - June 14, 2018
Wisconsin’s Republican governor refused to call special elections until three courts ordered him to. This is why.
By Matthew Chapman - June 13, 2018
The notoriously scandal-plagued Appalachian Trail-hiking Rep. Mark Sanford is out. And now his South Carolina seat could be up for grabs.
By Matthew Chapman - June 13, 2018
Corey Stewart had ties to an overt white nationalist. Virginia Republicans nominated him anyway.
By Matthew Chapman - June 12, 2018
GOP Senate candidates Josh Hawley and Patrick Morrisey want to wipe out one of Obamacare’s most popular provisions.
By Matthew Chapman - June 08, 2018
Republicans had hoped to lock out Democrats from key races in the California primaries, but they failed — and now the chance for Democrats to retake the House is that much stronger.
By Matthew Chapman - June 06, 2018
New Mexico Democrat Deb Haaland is hoping to make history in November.
By Matthew Chapman - June 06, 2018
Lauren Arthur is the 42nd Democrat this cycle to win a red seat in a special election.
By Matthew Chapman - June 05, 2018
Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is not used to competitive elections. But her embrace of Trump has put her in danger.
By Matthew Chapman - June 05, 2018
Virginia Senate candidate Corey Stewart told white nationalist Paul Nehlen ‘I can’t tell you how much I was inspired by you’ in a video posted to his personal YouTube account.
By Matthew Chapman - June 04, 2018
Republican Rep. David Schweikert vowed to return ‘fiscal sanity’ to Washington. Now his office faces an ethics investigation for misuse of taxpayer and campaign money.
By Matthew Chapman - June 01, 2018
George Allen’s endorsement didn’t work for Ed Gillespie. But Rep. Barbara Comstock apparently hopes it will work for her.
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