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Nick Vachon is a political reporter at TAI. His work has also appeared in In These Times, National Memo, Common Dreams, and RealClear Politics.
Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Jake Corman blames high gas prices on President Joe Biden and Gov. Tom Wolf.
By Nick Vachon - March 24, 2022
John Gordon is running in the Republican primary for attorney general of Georgia.
By Nick Vachon - March 23, 2022
David Perdue has claimed Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was ‘sitting on’ proof of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
By Nick Vachon - March 17, 2022
The One Georgia PAC is funding candidates and groups that say the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
By Nick Vachon - March 15, 2022
In 2014, the governor of South Dakota said politicians should refrain from publicly criticizing Barack Obama during Russia’s invasion of the Crimean peninsula. But she isn’t extending the same courtesy to Joe Biden.
By Nick Vachon - March 11, 2022
Conservative legislators in the state have proposed expensive legislation that aims to prevent nonexistent election fraud.
By Nick Vachon - March 10, 2022
Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano has been subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
By Nick Vachon - March 02, 2022
Leading GOP candidates for secretary of state in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona have endorsed former President Donald Trump’s false claim that the 2020 election was rigged.
By Nick Vachon - March 01, 2022
The Arizona gubernatorial candidate said she would not support legislation that would expand state civil rights protections for LGBTQ people.
By Nick Vachon - February 18, 2022
The executive director of Kevin Nicholson’s nonprofit group signed a fake certificate that would have awarded Wisconsin’s electoral votes to Donald Trump in 2020.
By Nick Vachon - February 17, 2022
Seventeen out of 25 Republican attorneys general signed on to a failed lawsuit to delay the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
By Nick Vachon - February 15, 2022
Kari Lake tweeted in December, ‘When I’m Governor, we’ll finish the wall ourselves in defiance of them. Is Joe Biden going to send officials in to arrest a sitting Governor? Try me.’
By Nick Vachon - February 08, 2022
Only one leading Republican candidate for governor in the most competitive states this cycle has said that the 2020 election was legitimate.
By Nick Vachon - February 03, 2022
At least five GOP candidates for Michigan governor have said they believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.
By Nick Vachon - January 25, 2022
Garrett Soldano, a chiropractor and anti-lockdown activist, has also called for a lifetime jail sentence for Dr. Anthony Fauci.
By Nick Vachon - January 05, 2022
The Republican governor-elect has been quiet on his campaign promise to ban ‘CRT’ in the state’s schools, since winning in November. But teachers are still on high alert.
By Nick Vachon - December 17, 2021
The U.S. economy is expected to grow by nearly 8% between 2020 and 2022 — ‘a direct effect’ of the American Rescue Plan, according to a new report.
By Nick Vachon - December 14, 2021
The expanded child tax credit is set to expire next week. Policy experts say that would cut off critical aid to tens of thousands of Virginia families.
By Nick Vachon - December 08, 2021
State Sen. Amanda Chase announced her campaign to challenge Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) on Wednesday.
By Nick Vachon - November 17, 2021
One conservative political action committee focused on races in some of the wealthiest and least diverse parts of the country.
By Nick Vachon - November 11, 2021
Some Republicans see the issue as a central part of their campaign strategy ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
By Nick Vachon - November 05, 2021
The former Carlyle Group CEO bested Democratic former Gov. Terry McAuliffe Tuesday night following a race that focused heavily on false claims about ‘critical race theory.’
By Nick Vachon - November 03, 2021
The Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor has brought her ‘lived experiences’ as a former gas station clerk and daughter of immigrants to the campaign trail.
By Nick Vachon - October 29, 2021
Virginia Del. Jason Miyares has refused to say if he would have supported the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
By Nick Vachon - October 28, 2021
The Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee is leading the conservative crusade against public school officials.
By Nick Vachon - October 27, 2021
The 26-year-old progressive organizer would be the district’s first Black representative.
By Nick Vachon - October 25, 2021
The Virginia governor nominee acknowledged that same-sex marriage is ‘legally acceptable.’
By Nick Vachon - October 22, 2021
Parents in Loudoun County are organizing against well-funded conservative activists.
By Nick Vachon - October 21, 2021
Former Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore is bringing his regressive tax philosophy to the Virginia governor’s race.
By Nick Vachon - October 14, 2021
Americans for Prosperity announced a ‘six-figure’ ad campaign for the Virginia governor’s race on Thursday.
By Nick Vachon - October 08, 2021