Elections, State Legislature
G.O.P. Feuding and Chaos Endanger the Party’s Chances in Michigan
PONTIAC, Mich. — “Dear Mr. President,” the letter began. Donald J. Trump’s estranged former education secretary, Betsy DeVos — last seen trying to remove him from office using the 25th Amendment after the Capitol riot — took pen in hand the other day to plead with him to look past Michigan’s no-holds-barred Republican infighting and […]
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Melissa Carone, an Election Denier Who Was Parodied by ‘S.N.L.,’ Is Disqualified
Melissa Carone was supposed to be a star witness for Rudolph W. Giuliani on his election denial tour, but she is perhaps better known as a caricature on “Saturday Night Live” — a mercurial purveyor of wild conspiracy theories about fraud and miscounted ballots whom Mr. Giuliani shushed in the middle of her testimony. Her […]
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In Ohio, a Standoff Over Political Maps Threatens the Next Elections
A bipartisan majority of Ohio Supreme Court justices has ratcheted up an extraordinary legal standoff over the state’s political boundaries, rejecting — for the third time in barely two months — new maps of state legislative districts that heavily favor the Republican Party. The decision appears likely to force the state to postpone its primary […]
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Democrats Say They Are Serious About State Elections. But Are They Too Late?
“It feels very much like climbing uphill, pushing a rock while your arms are melting,” said Amanda Litman of the liberal group Run for Something, which recruits young people to run for state and local office. Redistricting at a Glance Every 10 years, each state in the U.S is required to redraw the boundaries of […]
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Edward Durr Jr.: The Trump Republican Who’s Riding High in New Jersey
“People were, like, shocked,” Mr. Durr said. “They’d say, ‘Nobody’s ever been here.’” Mr. Durr said he hoped to keep his job as a truck driver for the Raymour & Flanigan furniture chain, and the health insurance it provides, even after he is sworn in as a senator, a part-time position that pays $49,000. Lawmakers […]
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G.O.P. Cements Hold on Legislatures in Battleground States
Republicans are locking in newly gerrymandered maps for the legislatures in four battleground states that are set to secure the party’s control in the statehouse chambers over the next decade, fortifying the G.O.P. against even the most sweeping potential Democratic wave elections. In Texas, North Carolina, Ohio and Georgia, Republican state lawmakers have either created […]
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