#midterm elections

#midterm elections

In black boots, jeans and an untucked shirt the fund-raiser dress code specified ranch casual Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Saturday tried to persuade Republican voters in Nevada still loyal to former President Donald J. Trump that the party's formula for winning elections was beyond its shelf life.

The last time New Yorkers went to the polls, they had to contemplate a governor's race and a slew of congressional races in the critical 2022 midterm elections.But there was one variable that they did not have to deal with: ranked-choice voting, which had been used the previous year in the mayoral election.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act for using the term mega MAGA from the briefing room podium, the US Office of the Special Counsel has determined, and has received a warning letter.Jean-Pierre was found to be in violation of the Hatch Act, a law that is supposed to stop the federal government from affecting elections or going about its activities in a partisan manner, when she said mega MAGA Republican officials who don't believe in the rule of law, according to a letter from OSC.

Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in an Alabama redistricting case, speaks following Supreme Court oral arguments on Oct. 4, 2022.The court on Thursday ruled in favor of Milligan in the case, ordering the creation of a second Alabama congressional district with a large Black population.Patrick Semansky/AP MONTGOMERY, Ala.

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on "Remaking the Economy: Caring for the Care Economy."View the full webinar Jenn Stowe: The domestic worker workforce has had a history of exclusion and sexism and racism surrounding it because farm workers and domestic workers were left out of the New Deal in the 1930s.

A Republican lawmaker in Illinois cited the myth that students are dressing up as animals and using litterboxes in school instead of toilets while ranting against a bill he opposed that had nothing to do with school policy.At issue is Illinois H.B. 1596, which would update some language in state family law.

South Carolina Democrats elected Christale Spain, the former executive director of the state Democratic Party, as state party chair at their convention on Saturday.She ran with the backing of the party's top brass, including Representative James E. Clyburn, and will be the first Black woman to lead the state party.

A federal appeals court has upheld several provisions of a restrictive election law in Florida that was passed by the GOP-controlled legislature in 2021.A divided panel of the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed most of a ruling by a trial judge last year that said the provisions in question violated the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act by intentionally targeting Black voters.

The GOP-led house on Friday voted to advance controversial legislation aimed at providing parents with more information and control over what is being taught in public school classrooms.The Parents' Bill of Rights act narrowly passed in a vote of 213-208, with just five republicans - most of them members of the House Freedom Caucus - voting against it.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday to try to override President Joe Biden's veto of a measure to overturn a retirement investment rule an effort that faces long odds in the narrowly divided chamber.Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday on a resolution to overturn a retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact of climate change and other environmental, social and governance factors when picking investments.

The National LGBTQ Task Force's annual Creating Change conference was held, for the first time ever, in San Francisco.The conference took place from February 17-21, 2023, at the Hilton San Francisco.Upon arrival, participants were greeted by streams of rainbow colors installed on the interior steps leading from the hotel's main entrance into the main lobby interior.

Obama looking to position himself well in case government shutdown threatened Marco Rubio tries to turn tables on Obama, laying blame at his feet Republicans will likely use their recess to figure out how far to go with this fight Republicans are right in saying President Barack Obama's new economy road show is a rerun full of policy proposals and political attacks the country, and the GOP, have heard before.