10+ hour, 18+ min ago   (322+ words) L.A. Mayor Karen Bass demurred when asked whether she’ll give a reciprocal endorsement to outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) if he announces he’s running for president in 2028. On MS NOW Saturday, anchor Jacob Soboroff discussed endorsements for her November runoff against…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (190+ words) “A dramatic season of closely watched political primaries is nearing its end. Tuesday night’s contests in New Hampshire — one of the final stops of the cycle — will set up key battles in the fight for control of both the House…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (170+ words) Amy Walter: “How will we know if 2026 is a wave election in the House? To me, the real sign of a wave year won’t be how many seats Republicans lose, but rather the types of seats that change hands.” Filed…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (154+ words) “Days before California voters receive their mail-in ballots, gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, and Steve Hilton, a Republican, will debate in a nationally televised face-off,” the Los Angeles Times reports. You already know the problem with following the news…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (187+ words) We’re less than two months from Election Day and the broad contours of the midterm elections have come into focus. Donald Trump’s approval rating has sunk to the lowest point of his presidency. Gas prices — actually all prices — are way…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (145+ words) Ty Cobb, a former attorney who served during President Donald Trump’s first term, said the president will “steal” November’s midterm elections in areas wherever he can. “You’ve been in Trump’s White House,” Melber said to Cobb. “This doesn’t seem strategic....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (799+ words) The Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) endorsed City Councilmember Nithya Raman for mayor Wednesday, only months after declining to endorse her in the primary and amid her increasingly open repudiation of the limited reforms she…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (198+ words) Ranked choice voting is not a difficult concept. Advocates consider it a better way to conduct elections because it allows voters to rank candidates by preference, and if no candidate gets 50% in the first round of voting, the lowest-performing candidate…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (452+ words) President Donald Trump went on a tear at the White House on Wednesday against ranked choice voting, dismissing it as “crooked” while discussing an unusual race in Alaska. While speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump discussed an Alaska…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (91+ words) Washington Post: “Only three states still have primary elections pending before the crucial midterm elections to determine which party controls Congress during the last two years of President Donald Trump’s term.” “New Hampshire and Rhode Island hold elections next week,…...