27 Aug

An unredacted tax return filed by Nikki Haley’s nonprofit shows that the group’s funders include a wealthy New Jersey family and some of the GOP’s biggest donors. Many of the GOP’s biggest donors are among those who funneled anonymous contributions to former U.Source: Document reveals identity of donors who secretly funded Nikki Haley’s political nonprofit....

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27 Aug

The primaries in Florida and New York this week marked the final major nominating contests of 2022, and the country’s attention is now poised to shift to the general elections that will determine control of Congress for the next two years. Primaries for both parties stretching from March through this week offered up some key…Source: Five takeaways from a bruising...

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24 Aug

Alaska held its top-four primary on August 16. For U.S. House, Republican Tara Sweeney finished fourth with 3.71% of the vote, thus entitling her to appear on the November ballot. But on August 23, she withdrew.Source: Tara Sweeney, Alaska U.S. House Candidate Who Placed Fourth in Primary, Withdraws; Libertarian Who Placed Fifth Now Qualifies for General Election....

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23 Aug

Alaskans went to the polls Tuesday for the first time using a new ranked choice system that’s already under attack by a number of the politicians competing within it, and voters, in interviews, offered wide-ranging reviews. Many said they like the new system, and called it intuitive.Source: Ranked choice voting, in first test in Alaska, is already under attack....

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23 Aug

In a shocking report, the U.S. Census Bureau recently admitted that it overcounted the populations of eight states and undercounted the populations of six states in the 2020 census. All but one of the states overcounted is a blue state, and all but one of the undercounted states is red.Source: Census Bureau Admits Overcounting 7 Blue States, Just 1 Red State....

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