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ALABAMA. Kay Ivey (R), assumed office 2017, elected 2018 (60%). Ivey is running for her second full term and faces two credible challengers in the GOP primary, which is the real contest in this deeply Republican state. Tim James, a construction businessman and the son of former Gov. Fob James, is…
IOWA. Kim Reynolds (R), assumed office 2017, elected 2018 (50.3%). Democrats came just a few points away from winning the Iowa gubernatorial race in 2018 but it’s been downhill since. Almost all of the party’s bench — Rep. Cindy Axne (running for re-election), state Auditor Rob Sand, state Rep. Ras…
NEW YORK. Kathy Hochul, assumed office August 2021. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the towering, dynastic figure who once seemed invulnerable to attacks from his left or right, is gone, felled by a sexual harassment scandal that is still reverberating through the political and media worlds.
In his…
Typically, congressional seats without an incumbent generate a crowd of aspiring candidates. But an upcoming special election for a vacant seat in California’s Central Valley has drawn little interest.
GOP Rep. Devin Nunes resigned from California’s 22nd District on Jan. 3 in order to lead former…
SAN FRANCISCO- In February, San Francisco voters received some national attention when they overwhelmingly recalled three members of the city’s school board. Per final results, Alison Collins was recalled with 76 percent of the vote, Gabriela López was recalled with 72 percent of the vote, and…
Voters officially kicked off the midterms in Texas Tuesday night, heading to the polls to select party nominees for Congress, governor, and other statewide offices. The results were largely as expected, though a few races will head to runoffs on May 24 because no candidate secured a majority of the…
It looks like there will be at least one additional Senate race in 2022. GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma is leaving his seat before the end of his term, according to Jonathan Martin of The New York Times and confirmed by Jessica Taylor of The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter.
Inhofe’s…
Despite some drama, Kentucky’s new congressional map is poised to solidify the delegation’s existing partisan breakdown.
Heading into redistricting, the Republican-controlled state legislature had the opportunity to go aggressive and potentially move the Democratic-held 3rd District into the…