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This Election Guide provides information on the most consequential elections for Californians, including the races for US Senate, governor, lieutenant governor, tight congressional races, and key ballot propositions. Table of Contents Candidates Insurance Commissioner US Senate State Senate District 22 Governor Lieutenant Governor Superintendent of Public Instruction Congressional District 10 Congressional District 49 Congressional District 50 Measures Proposition 6 Proposition 8 ...

Independent Kansas gubernatorial candidate Greg Orman announced Tuesday that State Sen. John Doll of Garden City will join his independent ticket for governor. Doll also announced that he will switch his voter registration from Republican to independent, and has notified the Senate Republican Leadership of his decision to leave the party. “I'm running with Greg Orman because I believe he is the best possible Governor that Kansas could have,” said Doll. “He places the people first, he’s not abo...

The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania legislature to overrule a decision by the state Supreme Court to strike down the state's congressional map on the grounds of partisan gerrymandering. Time is running out for state lawmakers as they have 10 days to get new maps drawn and approved by Governor Tom Wolfe. Thank you Hedrick Smith at ReclaimTheAmericanDream.org for this information. You can find more details here. Photo Credit: Jon Bilou / shu...

An unprecedented gathering of the brightest minds from the right and left with one common purpose: fix American politics. Leaders in advocacy, policy, politics, legal, movement-building, and popular culture share their knowledge and experience to build lasting solutions that inspire change. The Unrig the System Summit will be fast-paced and fun, with time to mingle with top advocacy leaders, academics, comedians, musicians, celebrities, activists, philanthropists and journalists, as well as ple...

President Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union address Tuesday night where he touched on several topics in the roughly 90-minute speech, including a surging economy, infrastructure needs, immigration, terrorism and wars abroad, and more. After the speech, a CBS / YouGov poll found that most people who watched generally approved of it -- including independents. CBS News / YouGov poll found that three-quarters of respondents who watched the State of the Union, in general, approved of th...

Millions of people are expected to tune in Tuesday night to watch President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. But according to a new Rasmussen poll, there is also an increased interest in the opposing party's response. Rasmussen found that 72 percent of likely US voters will follow Trump's State of the Union address by watching the speech and/or news coverage of the address. The polling agency also found that a majority of voters (54%) are inter...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Z1YpMQiWA In a new edition of the Ron Paul Liberty Report, Dr. Ron Paul -- former Republican US representative and presidential candidate from Texas -- discusses an agreement between North and South Korea to march together under one flag for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Paul also discusses the fact that Vice President Mike Pence will be at the games -- mainly expressing concern for what this could mean for ongoing peace talks given Pence's "neo-c...

The Senate voted Monday to re-open the federal government after two days of a government shutdown. The deal reached between Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats extends government funding to February 8 while lawmakers further debate DACA and immigration reform. The final vote for the stopgap measure was 81-18 -- with opposition coming from progressive Democrats, two Republicans, and independent Bernie Sanders. Because of the current hyper-partisan environment in Washington, voters are lookin...

DNC lawsuit lawyers Jared and Elizabeth Beck announced on social media Wednesday that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has found sufficient jurisdiction to continue the class action lawsuit against the DNC and former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. https://twitter.com/dncfraudlawsuit/status/951180757883674624 First reported on Disobedient Media, the court order was posted on JamPac.us, the political action committee run by the Becks. It reads: The class action lawsuit was originally file...