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Alabama Election Results It's going to be about another month before we know who will represent the GOP in the Alabama Senate race to go head-to-head with Democrat Doug Jones. The race is for Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former US Senate seat. Two Republicans advanced to a runoff on September 26. Roy Moore, a former state Supreme Court Justice and Senator Luther Strange, who is serving as Sessions' replacement, will square off. Moore received 39.8% of the vote compared with Strange, who r

This week on A Civil Assessment we meet the award-winning election journalist Lulu Friesdat. T.J. and Lulu discuss her history reporting on elections, her documentary “Holler Back” about voters who did not vote in 2004, the annual tech conference DEF CON where hackers broke into election machines in under 2 hours, bipartisan election security, the Wisconsin, Georgia, and Florida recounts, and more. Lulu walks us through how hackers easily hacked a number of different election machines, much of

"It took me only a few minutes to see how to hack it." We have known for some time that state voting machines are incredibly vulnerable to cyberattack. Is this breaking news? No. White hat hackers (ethical hackers) in recent history have demonstrated time and time again just how easy it is to hack into the machines. So what is being done about it? At the nation's largest cybersecurity conference over the weekend, DEF CON, attendees were invited to hack a number of voting machines used across

Grabien published a video montage Friday of the Democratic lawmakers who are now calling on US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to step down or be replaced. In fact, 12 Democrats reportedly met to discuss a "coup" against Pelosi. These Democrats include Reps. Filemon Vela (D-Texas), Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), and others. US Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) even said the Democratic brand has become "toxic" under Pelosi's leadership. The calls from some Democrats for Pelos

Take Back Our Republic Executive Director John Pudner released the following statement about this week’s special election in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District: “Negative TV commercials finally stopped running in Atlanta this week, with the election of Republican Karen Handel over Democrat Jon Ossoff. Take Back Our Republic does not take positions on elections, but now that this election is over, we can comment on the millions of dollars that flooded this district through unverified credit

It's hard to believe that special election spending in an odd-year would break so many records, but it did. It was reported ahead of Tuesday that the special election in Georgia's sixth congressional district would be the most expensive House race in history. In fact, it eviscerated that record back in May. What is just as incredible is how much candidates and special interest groups spent per vote: over $200, according to OpenSecrets.org. https://twitter.com/OpenSecretsDC/status/8776155355838

More than $50 million was spent on Georgia's Sixth Congressional District special election. For Democrats, a win would have been a sign that the Trump resistance is translating into tangible electoral gains. For Republicans, it is a sign that despite the harsh media rhetoric towards the President and their party, they continue to win congressional seats. The timing of Karen Handel's win could also impact the national conversation over health care, as Senate Republicans are about to roll out t

The special congressional election in Georgia's 6th District has attracted a lot of outside interest. Democrats, looking for a symbolic victory against President Donald Trump, have spent record-breaking amounts of money and resources to flip the district blue. In California, the Democratic Party is even calling on its people to"Get Out The Vote" for Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff. Party Chair Eric C. Bauman sent an email to state Democrats Tuesday morning, asking them to volunteer to make call

There is one message that voters are getting in Georgia's 6th Congressional District (and elections across the country): Be angry. Reports ahead of Tuesday's election show a 150 percent increase in early voter turnout. That is impressive, but many are attributing this turnout to people coming out in anger. It is anger at Donald Trump or anger at outside Democrats trying to influence the election. Either way, this election has been about tapping into people's fury and even exacerbating it. Now

In November 2016, Tom Price, my congressman, was nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Trump administration. I was still working hard in my natural gas vehicle conversion business, but I felt that an opportunity to have my voice heard was something I just couldn’t pass up. So I worked feverishly to shut down my business and invest my hard-earned money into a congressional run. I was just a 33-year-old kid from Alabama with no name ID, no financial backers, and no politi