I am a lifelong Democrat. I started campaigning for the party's local candidates as a teenager in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been a registered Democrat for 67 years... Yet I've decided to bite the bullet and register as a Republican.
James Talarico, a Democratic Senate candidate in Texas, has raised a staggering $27 million so far this year, with California donors contributing just under $1.2 million to back his campaign - second only to Texas supporters among those donors whose names were disclosed.
No candidate will be successful in a primary or win a general without Black voters, Smikle said, adding that the conference is a key step in Sharpton's endorsement process.
Clearly there's a disagreement of strategy here. The business-as-usual calculation for what is going to be successful in a given election cycle does not necessarily, in my view, meet the moment.
Backlash is continuing to grow after US House Democratic leaders made the decision to push off a war powers vote on President Donald Trump's Iran war for more than two weeks, even though they may have the votes to pass it immediately.
A new poll, commissioned by the California Democratic Party and conducted by Evitarus, found that of 2,000 likely voters, Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco lead the pack with 16% and 14% of the vote respectively.
The amendment failed in a 49-41 vote, as lawmakers remain deadlocked over the broader bill, which faces unified Democratic opposition and a hurdle of the 60-vote threshold needed to advance.
