GOP senator who ‘joked’ about lynching also celebrated Confederacy
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s past is catching up with her.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 21, 2018Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s past is catching up with her.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 21, 2018Over 60 million Americans voted for Democrats in 2018, nearing presidential levels of support in a midterm election. That is very bad news for Trump in 2020.
By Oliver Willis - November 19, 2018California Republicans lost six seats, including every seat in the former GOP stronghold of Orange County.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 19, 2018This is a scandal for anyone who cares about free and fair elections in America.
By Emily Crockett - November 16, 2018Katie Porter will join a growing Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 16, 2018California Republicans on the verge of losing are peddling the most pathetic Trump-style lies.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 14, 2018Trump is making up wild conspiracy theories after GOP’s massive midterm defeat.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 14, 2018It’s time to get to work.
By Caroline Orr - November 11, 2018Health care was by far the top issue for voters this year. It doomed the GOP.
By Tommy Christopher - November 09, 2018The NRA has been a powerful force in elections. But on Tuesday, NRA-backed candidates who have refused to support gun safety went down in humiliating defeat.
By Oliver Willis - November 09, 2018Democratic women made historic gains in Congress, but the Republican Party’s misogyny is making sure conservative women get left behind.
By Emily Crockett - November 08, 2018Xochitl Torres Small won a narrow victory, making New Mexico the third state sending only Democrats to Congress.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 08, 2018Republican Dave Brat couldn’t stop complaining about his constituents. After they fired him on Tuesday, he won’t have to worry about them anymore.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 07, 2018The Democratic Senator from Montana survived Trump’s obsessive attacks.
By Eric Boehlert - November 07, 2018Trump is actually happy that members of his own party lost on Tuesday night.
By Oliver Willis - November 07, 2018Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin voters won’t be fooled again.
By Eric Boehlert - November 07, 2018Obamacare is popular, it is here to stay, and even voters in the reddest of states want it that way.
By Oliver Willis - November 07, 2018Nevada voters embraced Jacky Rosen’s progressive agenda, and punished Dean Heller for his attempts to sabotage the American health care system.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 07, 2018Trump is slowly realizing what everyone else knows: He’s in serious trouble now.
By Kaili Joy Gray - November 07, 2018Far-right fringe Republican Rep. Lou Barletta loses his bid for Senate.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 06, 2018Virginia voters continue to abandon the GOP.
By Eric Boehlert - November 06, 2018Will voters finally say ‘nyet’ to Putin’s favorite congressman?
By Dan Desai Martin - November 06, 2018If the midterm is a referendum on Trump, his dismal approval ratings should worry his fellow Republicans.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 06, 2018Don Young’s controversial four-decade career may be coming to a close.
By Eric Boehlert - November 05, 2018Republicans were excited about Trump’s racism until they realized it could backfire with voters.
By Eric Boehlert - November 05, 2018A wave election would be felt far beyond Washington, D.C.
By Eric Boehlert - November 02, 2018Prominent Pennsylvania Republicans are crossing party lines to support Democratic nominee George Scott over far-right fringe Republican Rep. Scott Perry.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 01, 2018In a desperate bid to scare voters ahead of midterms, Trump unleashed a fit of rage from inside the White House Thursday.
By Caroline Orr - November 01, 2018Rep. Steve Knight won’t condemn the violent rhetoric of a man starring in his campaign ad.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 01, 2018Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) is lambasted for his extreme anti-immigrant agenda as his Senate campaign falters.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 01, 2018