Election News
Gerrymandering, hubris and court fights: How redistricting shaped the battle for the House
From Politico
By: Jessica Piper
Republicans are trying to flip control of the House this week. And their paths to victory were meticulously fashioned via redistricting long before the votes were cast. The districts that will determine the House majority were crafted not only by fellow Republicans protecting their incumbents but by courts and commissions that drew many of the…Read more…
A Guide To The Election Deniers In Midterm Races
From CNN
By: Daniel Dale
Election deniers are running for important offices around the country in the November 8 midterms. And some of them will win. Dozens of Republicans trying to be elected in 2022 as governor, state secretary of state or US senator have joined former President Donald Trump in baselessly rejecting or questioning the legitimacy of President Joe…Read more…
How Republicans’ Racist Attack Ads Wiped Out Democrat’s Lead In Wisconsin
From The Guardian
By: Chris McGreal
After months of flinging mud, Senator Ron Johnson was finally obliged to admit that his Democratic opponent in the upper midwestern state of Wisconsin had never actually made a call to “defund the police”. But that did not stop the Trumpist senator’s re-election drive from continuing to broadcast racially charged advertisements falsely claiming that Mandela…Read more…