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3 New Members of Congress You Need to Watch
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Here in Washington, just after Thanksgiving, the newly elected members of Congress will begin week two of orientation to learn how to hire staff, where the bathrooms are located, an ...
20 Nov, 2018
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4 min read
Louisiana GOP Chair Wants More Party Control Over Elections
LOUISIANA - Louisiana Republican Party Chair Louis Gurvich laments the use of the nonpartisan, "jungle primary" system in the state's elections, and is calling on "that hallowed day when the return of ...
20 Nov, 2018
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3 min read
My 7 Takeaways Running for Congress As a Third Party Candidate
Like most everyone else, I am thrilled to see a new Congress that looks more like America than ever before. I am lifted by their new energy and commitment. I am delighted that their first shared effor ...
15 Nov, 2018
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5 min read
2018 Midterms the Most Expensive in US History
WASHINGTON, D.C. - It’s official. This year was the costliest midterm election in US history. Outside spenders forked out $1.31 billion. That’s an increase of 61% over the 2014 midterms. The total ove ...
15 Nov, 2018
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2 min read
Caucus Collision: CA Assembly Factions Taking Shape For New Session
Democrats have a supermajority in Sacramento, having won or leading in 58 of the Assembly's 80 districts and could hold as many as 60 or 61 seats after all the ballots are counted.But that far from gu ...
14 Nov, 2018
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8 min read
Don’t Blow It: An Open Letter to the Newly Elected Congress
Dear newly elected Congresspeople,Yes you, the newbies, the previously little-knowns, the everyday men and women who finally had enough, and who responded to the call of their communities and fellow-c ...
14 Nov, 2018
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4 min read
Beyond the Midterms: Independents in History
I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I am an independent who believes that at this moment of partisan dysfunction and division that the health of American democracy depends on the capacity o ...
12 Nov, 2018
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6 min read
Medicare Part D Beneficiaries to Receive Much Needed Relief in 2019 - Here's Why
Medicare Part D beneficiaries may receive some much-needed relief on the cost of their prescription drugs starting in 2019.Back in 2010, the Affordable Care Act set a timeline to close the coverage ga ...
09 Nov, 2018
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3 min read
Midterm Polling Mishaps: White Rural Voters a Big Problem
Washington, D.C.- You don’t often see this sort of disclaimer:“We made 25,975 calls, and 642 people spoke to us.But remember: It’s just one poll, and we talked to only 642 people. Each candidate’s tot ...
07 Nov, 2018
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4 min read
Jeff Denham Reelected: Local Politics, Water Wave Overtake National Blue Wave Narrative
Democrats and pollsters expecting Josh Harder (D) to surf into Washington on a blue wave in California's 10th Congressional District Tuesday were met with the reality that all politics is local.Blood ...
07 Nov, 2018
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1 min read