EL PASO—When Jody Casey came aboard as Beto O’Rourke’s campaign manager in late summer 2017, she faced a dilemma. She was a political novice and O’Rourke family friend who had quit her sales job at General Electric to join the campaign.Source: The Hardest Glass Ceiling in Politics...
In a decision likely affecting thousands of voters, a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel determined that those purged from the rolls between 2011 and 2015 will be eligible to vote as long as they live in the same county where they were last registered. Anyone who re-registered before Oct.Source: Appeals Court Orders Ohio To Count Purged Voters' Ballots...
Voters in more than a dozen states will vote on ballot questions next Tuesday to enact stringent laws on campaign finance and other government ethics issues affecting state and local lawmakers. The surge in ballot questions comes as national Democrats are embracing ethics reform issues.Source: Voters Could Clamp Down On Ethics, Campaign Finance At The Ballot Box...
If you had to conjure a stock Republican congressman in coastal Orange County, he might be Harley Rouda — tall and tanned, a wealthy real estate investor with a square jaw, blue eyes and the tough-talking manner of a man who runs his own multimillion-dollar company.Source: Will Orange County turn blue on election day? It's the mission of two former...
First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.Source: Turnout will be enormous in the election. And that creates lots of unpredictability....
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Sandwiched between Building 20 and Building 21 in the heart of Facebook’s campus, an approximately 25-foot-by-35-foot conference room is under construction. Thick cords of blue wiring hang from the ceiling, ready to be attached to window-size computer monitors on 16 desks.Source: Inside Facebook’s Election ‘War Room’...
Former President Barack Obama says the midterm elections in November will give Americans the chance to — in his words — "restore some sanity in our politics" by changing control of Congress. (Sept. 8) AP ANAHEIM, Calif.Source: Why Obama was handed California's Orange County as Democrat's anti-Trump election target...
When you build services that connect billions of people across countries and cultures, you’re going to see all of the good that humanity can do, and you’re also going to see people try to abuse those services in every way possible.Source: Mark Zuckerberg...
CHICAGO — Democratic Party officials, after a yearslong battle between warring ideological wings, have agreed to sharply reduce the influence of the top political insiders known as superdelegates in the presidential nomination process.Source: Democrats Overhaul Controversial Superdelegate System...
Washington (CNN)Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's lead in the Republican primary for governor dropped by more than half to 91 votes after a county clerk discovered a discrepancy in the state's unofficial results.Source: Kris Kobach's lead in Kansas GOP governor's race cut to 91 votes after county clerk discovers discrepancy...
