In the weeks and months ahead, as we approach the midterm elections, we will hear a lot of political labels used to frame, define, categorize and box in candidates and their affiliated political groups — positively and negatively. What label defines you? Are you a Democrat, Republican, independent, Libertarian, Green, progressive, socialist, liberal, conservative, leftist, […]
U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise linked Iowa Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, the Democrat running for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, with candidates affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America — though she is not associated with the organization — as he spoke to Republicans in Iowa Wednesday in support of Rep. Zach Nunn’s reelection. Scalise, […]
Michigan voters have barely finished choosing their candidates for November, and already one of the oldest labels in American politics is getting another workout. Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in this week’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate offers a timely example. El-Sayed is unapologetically progressive, and voters should scrutinize his proposals, challenge their costs and consequences, and […]
(The Center Square) – Massachusetts’ Sen Elizabeth Warren, supporter of the Zohran Mamdani socialist view for their party, campaigned alongside U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper on Saturday night at the annual convention of the North Carolina Democrats.
(The Center Square) – There are no surprises at the top of the latest poll in Wisconsin’s race for governor, but there are some new insights that show what matters to voters.
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Small wonder nearly half of voters haven’t decided who to back in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin’s next governor. If you sent in your ballot early, you might have voted for the candidate who won the straw poll at the Democratic party convention only to flail her way through a dramatic public scandal, run out […]